Visual novel

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A Japanese novel read as an game-like application on a computer. A term to distinguish itself from a Game because there is usually no gameplay involved, and the only interaction that the player can [make with] the game is making certain choices at specific points in the game that decides which branch of the storyline that the player will take.
Also distinguishes itself from an [eroge] or [hentai game] in that sex is usually the main appeal of a hentai game, but plot and story is the main appeal of a visual novel.
Anime-styled drawing most of the time. Some may contain sex scenes, and some are emotionally charged stories targeted at older audiences with a lot of plot and depth. The pros are that it usually comes with pictures, sounds effects, music and voices which gives one a richer experience than reading a plain novel. [The cons] are that it requires a lot of clicking of [the mouse] to scroll through the novel text.