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.
As the story goes, a codger lives on an island in a manse near the ocean. He's reclusive, private, and very wealthy. As the family physician, you are summoned to the island to care for the old man. The premise of the game introduction seems innocent and routine enough but the various characters you meet arouse suspicion and suspense amongst the different players inside the mansion.
The cast of characters include the codger's grand daughter, a groundskeeper, sinister men, and five maids dressed in frilly maid outfits that have a tendency to billow gratuitously.
Elysion was originally released as a PC hentai game brimming with nudity and sexual themes but the Dreamcast & Playstation 2 versions has been toned down removing all the adult content.
CHARACTERS:
- Christy McClain
- Giovanna Rossellini
- Hardy Diana
- Maria Padoriin
- Mirei Ohara
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Porting from the PC full-scale suspense adventure game story progresses speculation of various human while complicated. Add to a large extent original character, scenario, visual. It is to live with maids in the island of Santa Maria island in physician-Katsuragi Ryoichi next reason without also revealed, was invited as the attending physician of the old man, in the Adriatic Sea.
FEATURES:
- Third & First person perspectives.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Medieval Fantasy & Romance themes.
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