A New Beginning: Final Cut

The interface is awkward and slow. The animations are often jerky and just feel off - seems like it hiccups like when you try and play a graphically intense game on a slow computer. Well my pc is fast and this game should not come anywhere near to bogging it down. The comic book animations are repetitive and annoying. The characters are unlikable. And I get enough preaching about mankind destroying the planet from the media. I don't need it in the games I play. I like post apocalyptic storylines but in the first 10 minutes you hear about the evil energy company, too much trash, over fishing of the seas, blackened skies, and global warming. Couldn't take the propaganda!

The game was really decent and likeable up until the final location/chapter. Up to that point it's a very interesting, and enjoyable adventure game with a nice message. The animation is a bit poor, and voice acting at times gets uninspired, but nothing that would deter from the overall experience. The cinematics had issues, but still would had gotten a 5/5 up to that point from me. However, the twist towards the ending, destroys the whole game. There is no coherence, as if somebody had to wrap up the production - maybe the English translation was plain bad - maybe there were some missing scenes - maybe the voice actors never showed up for the recording - maybe the team had run out of time or money... The actual ending sequence was equally poorly executed and extremely rushed. I watched a few videos on youtube to make sure that I didn't miss anything! I read some people complain about too much dialog in the game. I wouldn't agree. For me, maybe the ending wouldn't had been so bad, if there was a bit more dialog, to feel in some gaps! What this game really needed, was a proper director's cut, with a bit love/polish towards the end. Sadly, it didn't get it. Such a pity :/

I liked this game very much. Some puzzles were a little bit to confusing (still don't know what I had to do to defuse this bomb) luckily these puzzle-sequences can be skpped ... if you can live with that ;) I normally play such adventures for the story and I think that was quite decent. A great tip: if you press the space bar all points of interests/exits are marked... which is a great help. And yeah some dialogues are quite lenghty but that is fine - especially the cutscenes in comic style are very enjoyable.

Seit vielen Jahren schon steht DAEDALIC Entertainment bei mir für "tolle und innovative Spiele". Dies hat nun "A New Beginning" ein weiteres Mal bestätigt. Okay, das Spiel hat schon ein paar Jährchen auf dem Buckel und es wundert mich, dass ich erst vor wenigen Tagen darauf aufmerksam wurde. Egal! Nachdem ich das genannte Spiel erworben hatte, installierte ich es umgebend und begann, es zu spielen, zu spielen und noch mehr zu spielen. Nach knapp zehn Stunden Spielzeit hatte ich "A New Beginning" geschafft. Die Art und Weise, wie DAEDALIC Entertainment das Spiel aufgezogen hat, ist bemerkenswert. Liebevoll gestaltete Grafik gemixt mit einer Art Comic. Für mich als Comic-Fan eine klasse Mischung! Und die Story ist spannend und heute aktueller denn je. Genau diese Mischung war es, die mich packte und mich nur sehr schwer wieder los ließ. Dieses Adventure braucht sich nicht hinter den "großen Namen" des Adventure-Genres verstecken. Und ich weiß jetzt schon, dass "A New Beginning" eines jener Spiele sein wird, die ich definitiv ein weiteres Mal spielen werde. Zum Abschluss noch ein paar Worte zum Soundtrack: Dieser ist gut und war u. a. ein Grund, weshalb ich auf "A New Beginning", also das Spiel, überhaupt erst aufmerksam wurde. Derzeit höre ich den Soundtrack rauf und runter. Das Spiel und der Soundtrack können überzeugen. Deshalb gebe ich "A New Beginning" gerne ganze fünf Sterne. ;-)

Daedalic games seem like Marmite from the reviews of this game. Personally I love their adventure games, and this one too. A New Beginning, alongside the usual point and click adventure hallmarks, adds comic strips within the actual game that you choose conversations in. Inevitably you're railroaded to the response they want you to choose but these still definitely add something to the experience, rather than spoil it. Okay the voice acting isn't Oscar-worthy but I find it by no means a game wrecker. What's vital here is that the story is great and keeps you wanting to play through, and for me it does. The hand painted backgrounds are often stunning and reminds you why you love this genre so much in the first place. In this one there does tend to be a hell of a lot of wandering from scene to scene struggling (and REALLY struggling, at times) to work out what the hell you've missed. But overall this is a solid addition to your point and click adventure collection and you'd be a fool to pass it up when it comes round in the sales.