First topic I figured might as well be about how people found out about this game and got to playing it.
I first saw this game way before it was released back on my days of /v/ on 4chan. I never ended up playing the demo (actually not sure if it was downloadable at that point) but I remember being interested in the threads with the pictures people were posting. I followed them for a bit but I remember people making jokes about the game never being released and when I found out it was more a VN I was somewhat disinterested in it. Plus I stopped using 4chan around that time too so I kinda forgot about it.
A couple of years after release, I had a real itch to play something in a Cyberpunk setting. I just looked up Cyberpunk games and saw VA-11 Hall-A and figured that maybe it was time to finally give it a go. Followed the screen where it said get yourself comfy and just went for it. From the get go I loved Jill, I don't know what it was, but her whole attitude and stuff was great for me. All the other supporting characters too. I really loved the setting, something big's happening, but it doesn't concern you, Jill is just someone trying to get through the day, maybe it's something to relate to there. Anyway I got a couple of friends into it too and they loved it as well, it's a bit of a hard sell with the gameplay for some people (like myself at first) but the characters and story are great.
Anyway that's that and now I own a few bits of VA-11 Hall-A merc including a Jill plush (regret not getting Dana when I could..) and now a Jill Nendroid!
Part of my itch was 2077, though this was late 2017 so literally all we had was a trailer from 2013. At that point I assumed the game was never coming out, then e3 2018 proved me wrong luckily
Yes that's a good way to put it. I absolutely love it for taking this approach. No one's really anything special, I mean some things are hinted at kinda, but it's basically just a group of people who happen to visit the same bar. You really get a feel for the characters.
I forgot about that. Once I heard about that collab I quickly started playing so I'd be ready when the event started. Didn't think I'd keep at it though but I ended up playing for a couple of years, still login occasionally
(also trying the android app for lemmy, but autocorrect doesn't seem to work in reply box so possibly typing errors)