After playing Sound Novels the transition wasn't very hard for me, even though I don't love anime :)
This is a better use of FMV than drag-the-cursor shooting we got a lot here in the west, in my opinon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jgf36Amp2k
EDIT: Here's my follow-up, a partial playthrough of one of those games with translation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrhL8IdAvvM
Looking forward to nobody watching or acknowledging this :)