Kai is a young boy whose parents are experts in the field of Eledee research. Eledees are small, magical creatures that power all electronic equipment but since his parents spend so much time studying these critters, Kai is quite bitter about the whole affair. Kai takes matters into his own hands one evening after a thunderstorm when all the Eledees goes into hiding. While his parents rush off to investigate this mysterious occurrence, Kai grabs his father’s capture gun and goes Eledee hunting.
While Eledees is technically a first person shooter, you don’t actually kill any Eledees or cause bloodshed. Instead the capture gun is used to suck up the Eledees, Ghostbusters style which allows you to harness their energy. Of course, the Eledees…show more content… As the weight that your capture gun can handle increases, you will be able to lift heavier objets and thus uncover the Eledees hiding within. As the amount of watts you get from the Eledees increases you are able to activate certain electrical appliances such as televisions, ovens, microwaves and telephones which dislodges even more Eledees. The problem is if you make too big a mess, these appliances might be buried beneath a heap of other objects causing you to waste valuable time digging through everything. An onscreen prompt informs you when you have harvested enough watts to activate a certain appliance so at least you know exactly what to look…show more content… The textures in the game are very basic and once you toss around enough stuff, some slowdown tends to occur. As much fun as flinging about objects is, it also makes it clear that the physics are not always very realistic. Still, the levels are nice and varied and there is plenty of cool Konami touches such as a cameo from Robbie (the Silent Hil) rabbid in the amusement park and the way Eledees display a Metal Gear Solid style exclamation mark above their heads when startled. Some levels have gorgeously drawn, storybook style cut-scenes but these only highlight how horrible the voice acting is. The quirky soundtrack is still fine but the voice-acting is really
