- Oct 15, 2018
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I'm just glad someone reads! While they aren't many, some of the complainers we do have tend to say they lean on the ctrl key. lolMy personal preference is to have some inner monologue, but I can understand why people would prefer no inner monologue so they can better self insert.
But I consider VNs novels with pretty pictures and a kind of omniscient narrator who at least sometimes reveals what characters (or at least the MC) think helps with the actual story part of the game. Maybe somewhat less so when like in WTHI you have so much agency, more so in games that veer more onto the kinetic side of things. But I do appreciate the inner monologue even in WTHI, even though you have so many choices. I want my MCs to be less of an empty shell.
Maybe in an ideal world there would be a menu setting for inner monologue, so people who want it will get it, people who hate it won't ever read a single thought by the MC or other characters.
I think there is some correlation there myself.