The visual novel genre constantly walks a very fine line of focusing on story and gameplay. Rightly, since the genre is mostly about telling a good story, some of them make that the focus in games like 9 Hours 9

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I think that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain might be one of the best games ever made. Hyperbole aside, Kojima has gone out of the franchise with a bang, creating a solid action game with so much replay