## Description
In 2051, in the city of Neo Tokyo, there was a popular rock band called
Caroll. One day, the lead singer of the group, Leyla, was kidnapped by an
organization called Metal Cats. The police of Neo Tokyo tried in vain to
rescue the singer: the kidnappers, utilizing a mysterious energy called ESP,
were beyond their reach. The desperate police finally asked a young man named
Akira to save Leyla – using his own ESP powers.
_Caroll_ uses a side-scrolling perspective for navigation, but it is not an
action game, not even an action RPG; the core gameplay is that of a Japanese
turn-based RPG. Enemies appear randomly, their portraits superimposed on
whatever location Akira is currently in (effectively changing the perspective
to first-person); a menu with battle commands pops up. Akira gathers money
from battles (which can be spent in shops or hotels), as well as experience
points needed to level up. Akira can execute various ESP techniques (such as
healing); each time a technique is cast, an amount of his ESP points is
depleted.
Caroll