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.
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.
Simple 2000 Series Vol.097 - The Koi no engine: A racing themed love/relationship simulation game, Darling Special Backlash: Ai no Exhaust Heat (the steamy subtitle translates to Exhaust Heat of Love) follows the exploits of a team of young male drivers, who compete for the racing group Team Angstrom.
Since the (unseen) main character is a girl with the customizable name of Hitomi, gameplay consists of conversations with said male drivers like Kei Kakami, Arthur Kouka Nagazawa, and Hayato Takashima. Conversations lead to specific events and story twists, which in turn, lead to different types of endings. Will you find happiness?
The original release was available in two different versions, a standard one and a box set with an additional music CD.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Love adventure while enjoying the story in pictures and text, choose your own behavior in the middle. You made ??friends through interviews with men characters who can become a heroine that resulted in the game within a period of two months, to the coverage of the racing team, to appear. Are you would be tied with any man?
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Romance & Anime themes.
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