When do you consider that you finished a VN?

[theboxcarracer]

When I get at least one of the good endings + see everything that I want to see (which usually means finish all routes, but not always.)

 

I always get True Endings where that's applicable.

[Praeliator]

I say that I've finished a VN when I've finished all the story-relevent routes and get all the endings. So in a sense, I've finished Rewrite but I havn't bothered with getting the oppai ending.

[Pabloc]

I'm a bit of a completionist, so I read all good, normal, bad endings, get all CGs, and read all branches.

When I know that some bad endings are short and meaningless ("You didn't get any girls, the end."), I sometimes skip those.

[hydro]

I used to read all routes in a VN, but these days I ignore the ones I don't have an interest in. I just consider it complete when I'm done playing for good. If I plan to get back to it eventually, no matter how long that may be, then I just consider it "on-hold". I have a couple that have been like that for a long time now.

 

The fact I've "dropped" a few VNs confuses things a bit, but I guess I just make the personal distinction by how much I've read and why I stopped.

[madvanced]

Wait, what?  Why is it uncompletable?  This may be a problem for me  :/

[Freestyle80]

i dont always read all the routes,no point in reading the annoying heroine routes really rather do sth else in that time

[Vokoca]

When I 100% the VN. That is, as long as there's some way of measuring it, like going by the CG gallery, etc. I always do my best to go for bad endings first, so it's not really difficult or annoying, it just feels like the natural progression.

 

That said, if there is a VN I really don't enjoy, I skip something in it. I don't really feel like I've finished it then, though.

[Kosakyun]

I don't really like skipping parts. It makes me feel incomplete.

Like I cheated the game or something.

[Ceris]

Coming from a gaming background that focuses on achievements and 100% meaning 100%, I consider a VN complete with every CG unlocked with all lines read. I may not reach that 100% and only read all the routes, but I can be "done" with something without having completely "finished" it.

So, done with a VN =/= finished.

[Cyrillej1]

I chose "When I read all routes that I am interesed in."  I tend to try and get True Ending if I'm really interested in the game.. otherwise, I'd just play routes I want and consider it complete.

[Kenshin_sama]

How much of the VN I complete would depend on how much I like the VN, but for the most part, I consider it complete when I read all content associated with the main story. So far, out of all the VNs that aren't kinetic, the only two VNs I've seen to full completion are Little Busters (including the bonus battles) and FSN.

[Darkshine]

I like to finish things that i've started so I don't stop until I finish all the routes and see all the story. That's the way I enjoy my VNs.

[Desert35]

Most of the time it's when I read all the good endings and whn I have all the CGs and scenes.

[Kosakyun]

I also think having all the CGs is a vital factor in determining whether you completed a VN or not.

 

With that said, I never truly completed G-Senjou no Maou.

Was missing one Haru scene.

Never found it.

 

Also, games with clear game reports pressure the player into letting them know how much they haven't finished.

I'm looking at you, Sengoku Rance.

 

Pic unrelated.

 

[メルP]

I voted for the 1st option but...

 

I consider that I finished a vn when I saw all the CGs, heard all the music, saw all endings (including hidden ones that may require some effort to encounter them), found and read all the tips (if there are any) etc. Many VNs have their own "completeness meter". In this case it have to be 100%.

However it does not mean that I've read all the text and made all the choices possible. There can be choices that, aside from altering a few text lines, do nothing. Or even choices that are totally pointless. So keeping track of them is just too hard.

[kirbymaser101]

Pretty much when I get every ending and unlock all the cgs. It just doesnt look right when you go into a gallery and theres one missing cg lol.

[Monmon]

100%cgs+all end(normal end, true end and bad ends).

Gotta catch em all!!!!

[Heizei_koukousei]

I like to play the main route without a walkthrough and all the side routes with one. If there is any CGs or music that I can't unlock even using a walkthrough then I tend to skip over it.

It hurts me to miss out on a CG but I don't worry about 100% completion

[V_Kitsune_V]

Got to have it all, I can't stop myself. I have a NEED to get 100%, if not I won't be satisfied

[Lefon]

After i have played each girl once. But if i havent got the good ending i play through it again. These woman desserve happy lives!

[mattroks101]

I consider da gaem beet when i beet da gaem. Nah but in all seriousness, I usually consider it beat whenever I've played through at least one girls path. If it was a really good game I might go through a different persons path, but usually once is enough for me.

[Asterisk]

I always aim to have everything read and done but sometimes that's easier said than done. If things get too tedious or I just flat out stop enjoying it I'll stop. No use having a bad time over a few extra CGs

[Eclipsed]

For me a 100% visual novel used to be when I've read every. single. line. but now I just aim for all CG's and all heroine routes & endings.

[Rose]

Usually once I get all the endings. The only exception was when I considered konosora finished with 3/5 routes because I couldn't enjoy reading Asa and Yoru routes.

[Mr Poltroon]

I'm a craven, I don't go for bad endings. But I'm still a completionist, so you can see the internal conflict here.

I do everything but bad endings.

 

Where have I purposely gotten a bad ending?

Fate/Stay night, but even when I did, it was so I could get bonus content. (And I didn't actually read any of those bad endings, so Take That!, game)