Animations Yes or No?

There's a question that has been popping up in my mind a lot in the last few weeks.

What about animations in visual novels?

I once played around with them last year and the results were awful. The program I'm using isn't user-friendly when it comes to making animations. You can do it, sure but it's not really made for that kind of thing. Some creators manage to make good animations with it but they are still far from what you would get when using software like Blender, Cascadeur, or Unreal Engine.
For DAZ Studio, the one I'm using for rendering the images, there are animation blocks available from different creators. Some are better than others of course. Animations aren't easy to do. You have to account for a lot of limbs and other things wiggly to move properly and appropriately.

But there's no denying that they can be very nice to look at and enrich the overall experience while playing an adult visual novel. Apart from animating explicit scenes, there can be car chases, people walking in the background, cars driving by or flying cars, a lively city background with light flashes from all kinds of different sources, and much more.

As much as they are nice to look at, they're time-consuming to make.

Are they a must-have? Are they nice to have? Can you enjoy a visual novel without them?

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