▁a ▁newer ▁version ▁of ▁A ver num ▁has ▁been ▁released , ▁A ver num : ▁Es cape ▁from ▁the ▁Pit , ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁sequ el ▁A ver num ▁ 2 : ▁Cry stal ▁Sou ls ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Im prov ements ▁over ▁Ex ile ▁The ▁original ▁Ex ile ▁games ▁used ▁a ▁top - down ▁perspective ▁tile - based ▁graph ical ▁system , ▁effectively ▁displayed ▁as ▁an ▁X - Y ▁axis ▁where in ▁each ▁tile ▁in ▁the ▁grid ▁was ▁filled ▁by ▁a ▁base ▁graph ic ▁and ▁perhaps ▁an ▁item ▁or ▁character ▁icon . ▁A ver num ▁features ▁a ▁ 4 5 - deg ree ▁ax on ometric ▁display ▁that ▁appears ▁three - dimensional . ▁The ▁game ▁also ▁adds ▁varying ▁terrain ▁height , ▁allowing ▁for ▁more ▁interesting ▁map ▁layout s . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁are ▁rem akes ▁of ▁the ▁Ex ile ▁series , ▁the ▁primary ▁plot ▁devices ▁remain ▁relatively ▁un changed , ▁while ▁many ▁new ▁enc oun ters ▁and ▁side - quest s ▁are ▁added . ▁With ▁the ▁design ▁over ha ul ▁came ▁improvements ▁to ▁the ▁graph ical ▁user ▁interface ▁( G UI ) ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁story line ▁as ▁well . ▁Also ▁A ver num ▁has ▁a ▁maximum ▁of ▁four ▁party ▁members ▁instead ▁of ▁six ▁( with ▁a ▁minor ▁exception ▁of ▁two ▁N PC s ▁in ▁Bl ades ▁of ▁A ver num ). ▁In - game ▁art ▁by ▁Phil ▁F og lio ▁l ends ▁a ▁more ▁hum orous ▁feel ▁to ▁the ▁game