Visible novels are one the odder genres of video games. True to their title, they’ve lengthy (very lengthy) passages of textual content the place the story is laid out with out interplay from the participant till it comes to some extent the place a choice may be made. This selection may trigger the story to department (highly regarded in courting VNs) or carry the sport to an finish in the event you make the fallacious selections too many occasions.
Technique of Elimination is one in all these video games. It’s a homicide thriller that takes place on the island headquarters of a cadre of super-detectives who’re being picked off by a sadistic prison mastermind. You, as a rookie detective whom no one trusts, should assist the investigation, uncover moles inside the group, and work out how seemingly inconceivable deaths have occurred.
Let’s get one factor out of the way in which proper now—the plot of this story is completely bonkers. Every of the detectives has a code title primarily based on their character, which may be, let’s assume, excessive. One detective is a super-smart child in a robotic wheelchair. One other is, himself, a serial killer who’s been dragooned into working with the legislation. One other wears a swimsuit of medieval armor continually. After which there’s the one detective who really believes in you. She’s useless and is a ghost solely you’ll be able to see.
You wander across the mansion headquarters of this motley group—which is someway full of ridiculous demise traps and hidden passages—resulting in an much more weird plot about secret experiments on youngsters and killer robotic sentinels.
I cherished it.
As a result of it’s a VN, there’s no want for you, the participant, to try to perceive this world, as a result of it performs out in entrance of you and also you simply should click on “subsequent.” There are determination factors the place it’s essential showcase your detective abilities (like who’s betraying the group). For those who mess that up too many occasions, the sport ends, however you’ll be able to restart from a save level.
The opposite technique of interplay is a turn-based technique mini-game. In it, you’re offered with a grid map the place you’ll be able to transfer the detectives round to discover and uncover clues that can lead you to breakthroughs in your investigation.
Within the mini-game, you’ll begin with restricted management of all of the accessible detectives, however as you remedy the preliminary factors, you’ll acquire the flexibility to direct others. Each has completely different strengths, and by supporting one another they’ll remedy high-level issues. However the mini-game has a flip restrict! Fail to get all of the solutions earlier than you run out of turns, and it’s again to the save file.
Technique of Elimination is a enjoyable sport within the visible novel style that requires the persistence to sit down by way of lengthy stretches of textual content and a nonsensical world. For those who’re on the lookout for any sense of actuality or interactivity, keep away. However, if you’d like a singular expertise in a world you received’t discover anyplace else, right here it’s.