1998 · Adventure · Visual novel

Exodus Guilty

PlayStation console exclusive

A fantasy adventure game for the PlayStation designed by Hiroyuki Kanno.

Released: 26 November 1998
Platforms: PlayStation Windows
Genres: Adventure Visual novel
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Text
Themes: Fantasy
Languages: Japanese

About

Exodus Guilty is a 1998 visual novel video game designed by Hiroyuki Kanno. It was released first as a CD game for consoles in Japan, later ported to Windows, and then converted into a DVD game in three parts. The DVD version was released in English by Hirameki International in portions from 2005 to 2006. The story tracks three different eras – the present, past and future – each with its own protagonist.

›Story

The year 2000. Kasumi Shindo is at first glance a run-of-the-mill high school student in modern-day Japan. However, beneath his normal appearance, Kasumi is in fact a top-notch treasure hunter. This time, Kasumi is aiming to seek out the lost 11th Commandment of Moses.

Kasumi discovers that his childhood friend, Reina Tachibana is in southern Europe participating in an archeological dig. Pretending to be a tourist, he visits the excavation area and manages to get put on the excavation staff. But he is not the only treasure hunter looking for the Eleventh Commandment of Moses and before he knows it, he's embroiled in a dangerous adventure.

Keywords

futuristic
ancient civilization
real world

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Dorimaga's three reviewers scored the Dreamcast version 6/10, 7/10 and 6/10. Famitsu DC's three reviewers gave it 7/10, 8/10 and 7/10.

RPGFan scored parts 1, 2 and 3 of the DVD release 83/100, 82/100 and 85/100 respectively. The same reviewer reviewed the soundtrack, but despite having liked it during the game he found it boring as a standalone listen. Anime News Network gave the first part of the DVD trilogy an F.