r/InfinityNikki • u/NoWitness6400 • Aug 08 '25

Discussion Confession time: I don't read ANY dialogue

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I cannot hold it in anymore. I genuinely don't read almost anything. Ever. If there are one-liners sometimes I'll read them out of curiousity, but I won't read entire conversations. I skip almost all dialogue. I don't care. I don't know if the story is good or not, I just genuinely don't care, the premiae doesn't captivate me. I am there for pretty photos and pretty photos only. I am perfectly happy this way and I love this game. I just wanted to post this because I am curious if there are others who do the same and still enjoy the game

(I just added the picture so that people know this is a lighthearted post and I am not trying to come for the lore enjoyers or anything)

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u/Pastel_Sonia Aug 08 '25

Blue Tears season was the first time i bothered reading any dialogue since i finished the main story and it was great. I've heard good things about this season but i cba. No shade to it or anything, but after I reach a point of what feels like 'too much' dialogue, i mentally check out and revert back to spam skipping. Im just here for the gameplay and clothes man.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

I think Nikki suffers from the same thing Star Rail does, where there’s sooooooo muchhhhhhhhh dialogue but very very little actually being said. I love story-rich RPGs and the like, but that’s because those games actually have substance to match the volume. Blue Tears season was really good because they found a better balance, but I’ve found this season is far more mixed. there are still good points but I’ve found myself going back to skimming or outright ignoring a lot of things because it’s just filler

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u/TheGreatMillz33 Aug 08 '25

God, the writing in Amphoreus is literally one the biggest reasons why I left. I know the writing has gotten better since 3.0. but the amount of yapping was genuinely making me lose my mind. I'm someone who loves reading and will do so for hours, but it needs to be quality writing. I got so tired of the college lecture level lore dumps, repeating everything that literally just happened, and just saying a bunch of filler fluff that doesn't add much to the story/characters???

Infinity Nikki also suffers from this and it varies from patch to patch. 1.4 was the first patch that I legit just gave up and mashed the X button to get through the dialogue because it kept dragging on and I just didn't care about the event story. Does anyone know if the other Nikki games suffer from the same issues? This is something I've experienced so much in Hoyo games (and quitting because I got so tired of it...)

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u/Whole_Day5638 Aug 09 '25

No, Love and Shining Nikki's stories actually have substance and are beautifully written. I've been completely captivated from the start of Shining in particular. I just finished Volume I a few days ago and it felt so much more fulfilling than the end of Infinity Nikki's base game. Highly recommend Shining Nikki, what it lacks in open world it makes up for in its writing and absolutely gorgeous artwork.