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.
Konohana is literally translated to ''Northen Flower'' and it is the name of the private school where this game takes place at.
The unlikely partnership and adventures of Meguru Momoi, Miako Tachibana and their newspaper club continue with the fourth installement of the series (the lastest one in Playstation 2). Konohana 4: Yami wo Harau Inori is the fourth installment in the story-driven mystery adventure game series, featuring anime-style character art and a text-based adventure/conversation system. The game now features the all-new history mode that allows players to go back and read through past conversations and events, as well as new help and skip functions. In addition to the new "Watson" character research tool, Konohana 4 also features a number of other upgrades, not the least of which is the possibility of playing through multiple ending scenarios.
This game features 2 cases:
1 - Hen Kyoto school trip: This case begins with the school trip by train, soon one of the teachers is murdered using poison in a drink, a little paper doll appears near him, so Meguru & Miako starts their investigation that will leaves them to a religious sect.
2 - Dragon Lake.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
4th mystery adventure that expands the popular story suspenseful. Every one of the school went on a school trip to Konohana encounters two separate incidents, one was a murder case that involved in a power struggle with a religious organization based on them Onmyoudou Deal! ? New cases cropped up in Kyoto. How can we solve this hard case ... hero! ?
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Mystery, Detective & Anime themes.
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