GoldenPincers

I didn't read many VNs in 2022, but my favourite protagonist was Haku, the lovable lazy bum from Utawarerumono. Also, great choice.

The English patch has finally been released, by the person 'killerboss2000' mentioned! Finally!

While I have played only very few VNs, I agree with that. I see immersion as something important in a VN, which of course can also be done with few choices, if the story and characters are good, but easier when there are many choices. I recently played a VN called 11eyes, decently long. I've only completed 1 route so far, but I really liked how it has many choices... a whole 40 of them... 23 of which can lead to the MC's death. Now, for some people, this case might be going too far, as 40 choices is a lot and over half of them being bad ends can be discouraging, but I found it really fun, trying to best to stay alive (for some of them, the correct choice is hinted, other times no. I still died 4 times). I liked this high amount of choices because most of them either affect the girl you end up, certain plot points, or whether the MC lives or dies, so none are meaningless. Also, experiencing the VN blind on the first read increases the immersion and enjoyment, I believe, than if you played with a walkthrough open. The downside is that, because of all these choices, unlocking every single CG, text and scenario becomes a long and perhaps tiring quest for many people. I myself am not sure when or if I will ever complete everything on such a VN. On the one hand, I like having my games cleared the closest to 100% I can, but on the other, I am a pretty lazy person. So I'm really thankful of walkthroughs to help complete the VN, when they exist. In the end, if I come across another many-choice VN, I'm not fully sure if I will go blind again, as there are many VNs I want to read, but my laziness might prevent me from coming back to them to complete them. I just realized I actually agree with both Chaos and Senior here xD