A New Beginning: Final Cut

A New Beginning is a point and classic click game. If you know the genre you'll know what to expect. There's nothing new or original about it, but it's a decent game for sure. The cutscènes are like comicbookpages, and it's nice to look at them. Some negative issues: It's short. I played it in 13 hours, and I think that you could do it a lot faster than that. The voices could be better. It's not terrible, but... On the other hand... It's on sale for 0.99. For less than a euro this is worth it.

Well, I admit I had somewhat low expectations about this game, as I picked it for even less than a dolar, and for the most part, game did not fall below them, turning out to be not so bad experience after all. Tho it's not a great game. Very best part of it is the artstyle. Yes, not the story, not characters, not puzzels, nor animations, wich isn't hight prase for point & click game. No of elements is godawful, but none rises above beeing just ok-ish and averange. Story in particular can turn some people off, as it is very preachy about ecology and humanity's impact on enviroment, having rather serious tone and overdemonazing nuclear energy. Big plot twist near ending isn't helping either. Oh, and game have probably one of the lowest tech vision of the future i've seen in games involving time travel. It does it's basic job, not nothing more. Characters are bit better. Fay is likeable and player can relate to troubled past of Swenson. And voice acting is quite decent for them, and servisable for rest of the cast. Everyone else is sadly clishe and quite forgetable. Puzzels are on the other hand all over the place. Most of them are fairly logical, but some are awfuly tedious. One involving valves ( there alwasy have to be valve puzzle, isn't it... ? ) is just terrible, and hard even with solution. Overall it's really a mediocre game. For fans of P&C games, or someone who (like me) bought it on sale, it isn't waste of money. For everyone else - there are a lot better games in that genre.

This is my first crack at a point-and-click adventure, so I may just not be in the right frame of mind, but I found many of the puzzles in this game to be painfully obtuse. Melt the sugar to make glue for the fake ID? Screw you, game. "Ah, but Fay DID say that the sugar at home melted and got sticky!" Great, except she says stuff about everything, and half of her dialogue is just atmosphere! *Grumble, grumble* That said, each solution had some real-world logic to it, and after a while, the game got easier, and the mechanics of it were quite fun. I've now been sold on the genre, and look forward to trying similar games. And then there was the story. Heavy handed does not even begin to cover it. Global warming is bad. Yes, we get it. Stop that. The story is made all the worse thanks to the bad, bad, bad, monotone, bad line readings given by the two main characters. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that there is actually good work done by the bit players. Oh, well. At least it was pretty to look at. A good looking, mechanically sound game let down by a ham-handed story with C-level acting, this game is still a fun play, but it won't stick with you. Fortunately, it's fairly short, so you can give it a quick play and move on, should you be so inclined.

I liked the environmentalist storyline but it is not exceptional to be honest especially looking back from 2025. Too bad the company closed down, Pillars of the Earth was amazing.

Looks like a game that I can get my teeth into. Will rate again once done, but first impressions, Winner!