So i want to ask a question here to all the people here who have read a Visual novel. We all know reading books gives a lot of great benefits to the people who read it like improved reading capability and better memory. But do you all think Visual novels give the same kind of benefits? I am talking about stuff like increased reading capability and improved memory that you get from reading real novels. I believe they certainly do since a Visual novel is basically just a book but with music, voices and Visuals.
Psychological benefits like improved memory or the like, I dont know, because (in theory), that could be the result of creating mental images as a result of reading which is somewhat removed with VN’s. That being said, there can still be alot of imagining how characters are acting specifically in VN’s, so I just have to end on “I dont know.”
I do think VN’s are basically just books though and can have more or less depth to them depending on what it is you’re reading. Maybe VN’s are closer to Light Novels in terms of diction or the like but I still wanna believe there’s benefits to reading VN’s over just…not reading anything at all.