In the far future the humans have left Earth and now live in colonies among the stars, after a huge black sphere hit the planet in 2036. Centuries later, in 2613 the colonies are facing various internal conflicts, and we play as lieutenant Dol Aldebaran, an officer with psionic powers of the Sigma Reich: this colony is ruled by Sigurd Edelweiss, that sent him to another colony, Third Eden with two other agents, Velvet Velorum and Heinz Regulus. Their mission is to collaborate with the local soldiers to stop a dangerous scientist and the rebels that are working with him. Anyway Dol's previous mission in the ruins of Babilonia saw the lieutenant losing both his squad and part of his memories. Will this new mission be his chance to prove his worth?
Carnelian is a sci-fi story-driven rpg adventure: it's quite linear but it includes various features like for example puzzles where Dol has to use his powers to solve some situations and overcome the obstacles, custom menus for both the party management and battles, and a revamped combat system. However this is just a demo of the initial parts of the adventure so there isn't a lot of complexity, but it's still a nice introductive scenario with pretty visuals and many edited sprites.
Random Fact: character art comes from the Dies Irae (ディエス・イレ, Diesu ire) 2007 visual novel produced by Light. It's interesting that the protagonist Dol never shows his eyes, and in most pictures he turns the back to the player.
Final Verdict: a very stylish and carefully crafted prototype of a game, and still an enjoyable experience that made me wish for more. It has a real charming and dark futuristic setting, pity it was never translated into english!
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