A visual novel is an interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels or tableau vivant stage plays.
In Japanese terminology, a distinction is often made between visual novels proper (abbreviated NVL), which consist predominantly of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which may incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006.
Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their extremely minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving (most recent games offer 'play' or 'fast-forward' toggles that make even this unnecessary).
Most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings; the gameplay mechanic in these cases typically consists of intermittent multiple-choice decision points, where the player selects a direction in which to take the game. This style of gameplay has been compared to the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
Inagawa Junji - Kyoufu no Yashiki is a horror adventure game that starts the japanese actor Inagawa Junji (predominant contemporary master storyteller of Japanese ghost tales).
The game begins when the player enters a haunted mansion and as soon as he arrives there he finds a TV where Inagawa Junji appears and explain him different ghosts stories.
There is no interaction in this game, the player will just listen to different ghosts stories that Inagawa Junji will tell him, with no different choices.
Manufacturer's description:
Japan's leading talent Ghost "Inagawa Junji" horror adventure novel form of the narrator's appointment of sound. Are invited to a mansion owned by the fear of Junji Inagawa, a number of full voice can be heard on the discourse of fear. We fear that more production-realistic graphics and sound.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Horror & Mystery themes.
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