Until Eleven Demo

Everybody dreams about escaping reality sometimes, especially when things get too tough to handle in the real world. There are ways you can forget about your troubles, such as video games, books or movies, but it would be much more wonderful if you could just step into a different world and try again with a new set of tools at your disposal.

Until Eleven is a visual novel in which you get to play the role of a girl who finds out she has a magic mirror in her house, which allows her to travel to an alternate life where she has everything she ever wanted. The game may be a visual novel at core, but it also features quite a few point & click elements, since you are free to click on things and explore the environments every now and again.

The man character’s name is Kat, and her life is pretty much in shambles. Nothing went the way she planned, so she is now without a job, alone and with no money to support herself. Things change once she finds out that the mirror in her house allows her to travel to a different dimension and live her perfect life, but as always, things are rarely what they seem.

As mentioned before, most of the game feels and plays just like a regular visual novel, but there are times when you can move around the environment by clicking on stuff, much like in a classic point & click game. This makes the adventure must more hands-on, which helps a lot with the atmosphere. There are a couple of puzzles to solve along the way as well.

Lastly, the graphics are very nice too, even if they can seem a bit outdated sometimes. The deceiving 3D environments are lacking in the lighting department, but the actual artwork is very colorful and enjoyable, not to mention all the nice characters that pop up along the way. Even the music plays its part, so the whole thing can be pretty engaging from start to finish.

In the end, Until Eleven is far from revolutionary, but it plays out pretty nicely, and it offers a neat perspective on the whole alternate reality concept. Thus, it should be able to keep you immersed throughout the whole story.