Zolnir wrote...
The Problem: Fast readers would not waste time waiting until a character finishes speaking and animating. The moment I read and understood their conversation
I would immediately clicked to the next text, and hence the majority of the animation would eventually go to waste.
That's the readers problem not the developers problem.
You tend to generalize most VN players the same as yourself, while there are limitless people and their playing style. Companies are not making them for fast readers only, they're making them for the whole demographic.
Some people actually likes to hear the voices and will listen to the voices, so for them it's not a deal breaker. And they got a nice animated characters to accompany. Not all of the VN players are just trying to read fast. some of them might be slow paced readers, and enjoys them more with slower pace.
It's not a waste, the fast readers just disregards it and treats it as waste.
Like in fine dining. Most plates are decorated with other ingredients.
Some will think
"What are they thinking, I'm here to eat not gaze at art"
Some will think
"This plate is beautifully complemented by the decorations"
So in the end,
its true worth depends subjectively.
And honestly, you're lately talking more like an elitist, the ones that speaks that VNs are supposed to be made for your kind of readers.