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 will be made. This selection would possibly trigger the story to department (highly regarded in courting VNs) or carry the sport to an finish when you make the improper selections too many occasions.
Strategy of Elimination is one in every of 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 person trusts, should assist the investigation, uncover moles inside the group, and determine how seemingly unimaginable deaths have occurred.
Let’s get one factor out of the best way proper now—the plot of this story is completely bonkers. Every of the detectives has a code title based mostly on their persona, which will be, let’s say, 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 regulation. One other wears a go well with 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 one way or the other 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 must click on “subsequent.” There are choice factors the place it is advisable to showcase your detective expertise (like who’s betraying the group). In the event you mess that up too many occasions, the sport ends, however you’ll be able to restart from a save level.
The opposite methodology of interplay is a turn-based technique mini-game. In it, you’re introduced 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 out there detectives, however as you clear up the preliminary factors, you’ll acquire the power to direct others. Every one has completely different strengths, and by supporting one another they’ll clear up 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.
Strategy of Elimination is a enjoyable sport within the visible novel style that requires the persistence to sit down by lengthy stretches of textual content and a nonsensical world. In the event you’re searching for any sense of actuality or interactivity, keep away. However, if you would like a singular expertise in a world you received’t discover anyplace else, right here it’s.
