A New Beginning: Final Cut

Reminds me of "The Dig," but characters in NB:FC are better developed (got so tired of the constant snark of the female scientist in Dig). Controls are a bit different but once I got the hang of them, all systems go. Classic Adventure, logical puzzles, interesting storyline.

After playing some of Daedelic's other games, I decided to try this one. It never disappointed. Here's what's cool about it and what isn't! Pro: - Comic-style cut-scenes fit the story perfectly. - The game is fully voiced and the voice-actors are professionals, too. - The story is thoughtful, yet funny and at its core a mix of time-travel, climate-change and almost all issues related to those topics. - Riddles are part of the game and are tough enough to give you a headache, but the toughest are skipable. - All the characters in the game are memorable, while the heroes are both likable and funny. - The game features a reliable automatic save system. - Music and sounds are fitting, yet not overwhelming. - Most of the dialoque is hilarious and so are some pop-cultural references scattered throughout the game. Con: - As with most adventures of this kind, some screens are a bit of a pixel-hunt, since you'll be stuck until you find the one important interactable object. - The game does not support contemporary screen resolutions, which means it is only playable with thick black bars on both the left and the right side of the screen. - During my playthrough, I experienced two or three crashes to desktop without any error message. Coming to an end, it is a great adventure game very worth your time. Don't worry about the rather serious topic: It isn't a sermon in ecological thinking, but succeeds in shedding light unto the more problematic aspects of climate activism. Moreover, it tackles these aspects with a lot of humour.

There was an awful lot of detailed gameplay throughout the game, promising a well developed conclusive ending... except it completely lost steam in the last fifteen minutes of gameplay. A game this promising deserves a better ending, I think.

Took me back to those braincracker point-and-click, classic adventures. Good game, worth the time.

Very solid point and click adventure with good gameplay. Plot seems to have logical flaws, but not so much that is reducing the fun.