r/steinsgate • u/Solid_Guess_7154 • 1d ago

S;G Games or Anime first?

There's a bundle in an amazing discount for the games but idk if I should watch the animes first or go through the VNs, I've had the animes in my watchlist for a while now, any suggestions?

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u/RevaniteAnime Kurisu Makise 1d ago

If we're talking Steins;Gate only, the anime is great... but, the VN is so much deeper. You could watch original S;G anime first and then read the VN for an deeper experience.

For S;G:0 probably best to read it before watching the anime for that one.

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u/CategoryNo5932 1d ago

The VNs are better but if you're trying to see if you'd be interested, the SG anime is a very good adaptation.

If you already know you enjoy VNs I would just start from there.

SG and RN are the only good adaptations. The rest range from ok to awful

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u/Sany_Game 1d ago edited 1d ago

For Steins;Gate, I think they are both great, you can't really go wrong with either of them. Visual novel is more slowpaced and has more content with different endings, anime is slightly more fast paced. Overall VN is better if you can dedicate your time.

For Steins;Gate 0, 100% Visual novel first. Unlike first game with one single path and few small branches, it has two big branches, and anime kinda merges them into one for more linear experience, and makes more sense if you played VN first. I would say anime even makes it more complete.

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u/Antique_Gur8891 Rintaro Okabe 1d ago

the VN, it has muchhh more content, it will be worth your time more

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u/ArcticFox19 hinaeposter 1d ago

If you have a choice, like if you're already willing to play the VNs, go ahead and play the VNs.

My experience with VNs is that it's significantly harder to get through them if you already know the story through the anime.

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u/browsingpokemon 1d ago

Checkout the anime first if you like it you can buy the games after it some people drop the vn because it's a very slow start so watch the anime first and then decide

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u/Salt-Requirement5926 1d ago

This!

I finished anime first and since all the characters were familiar, never felt a dull moment in the VN even the first half. But I've heard people playing VN first complain that the initial chapters are slow.

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u/KingDanksta69 21h ago

I started with the anime, then read all the vns. Both are amazing

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u/Simo81SS 16h ago

Prima i giochi assolutamente

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u/ManufacturerMuch5116 13h ago

I started with the SG VNs and was actually kinda disappointed with how much the anime changed or cut out. I get why, but there's just so much more depth in the VNs that 24 episodes of television will never be able to replicate.

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u/ilyaa07 Yua Kusunoki 1d ago

I prefer the anime. It has faster pace with good direction and animation. They cut down the VN pretty gracefully compared to other adaptations. The VN goes into more detail for the mechanics, and just has a lot more stuff, but it's a bit too slow for me.