never came across that one or recall it being suggested. i'll take a look. don't let me down.
i actually lean more towards the ones with free roam events or side stories / alternative paths (idk if you'd still classify those as a visual novel). besides alternative paths ( (which i didn't notice much difference from the few times i experimented with choosing other options) , eternum doesn't exactly fit this, but i guess it's the story that really peaks my interest.
I recently played deviant anomalies, and really enjoyed the "detective" aspect of the game. the writing wasn't great, or maybe the world was a bit too absurd for me, but there was still an interesting story being told.
i played DIK which i thought was good; packed with free roaming events and other cool features, but the story wasn't really there.
i'd also like to play a full game from start to end. so many are either in development or have been abandoned. There's nothing worse than devoting 40+ hours for really nothing to happen........*cough harem hotel cough* that story took so long to go anywhere and once it started to, the update is over.
I recommend you two games, Superhuman, there's is a bunch of side stories, and I absolutely love the game, it's my favorite VN, but there are some flaws, the biggest being the art but the creator is working on it, still, mostly in the beginning of the game the artwork is bad, but it becomes much better after the first hour, and the game still is incredible. There is also Halfway House, I can't really think about any flaws of the game, the models are awesome and the story is compelling, with every character being totally unique and having flaws making them almost human.
Hey, was going to search for some more games and saw the notification, don't know if you already played superhuman but if so, I hope you liked, and I have another recommendation, just finished playing a VN called Interwined, the characters are well made and the story is fantastic, it resembles Being a DIK a bit, but instead of a freshman at college the protagonist is a highschool senior and at least for me the story was better than Being a DIK, it isn't complete yet but it should take you at least 8~9 hours