Old Skies

I really enjoyed most of the game. The individual stories in each chapter are great. My biggest complaint is that I wish the game was more of an anthology. I did not care for the main plot at all. The final chapter would have been a fine ending to the game without the extra stuff at the end. Most of the puzzles were logical. I felt like one had too many red herrings, which made it difficult to tell what the actual objective was. I was worried the puzzles were going to be too simple at the start, but it does increase the difficulty.

Old Skies is an incredible experience in every way that matters. The story is beautiful & heartfelt, with moments that will cut deep emotionally. The art is phenomenal as Wadjet Eye Games usually are, the voice acting is fantastic, with authentically human emotions in every line, music is top tier for each scene, and it all comes together as something truly unforgettable. Old Skies will stand as one of the all-time great point & click adventure games of this era, and a testament to how powerful the genre can be.

I'll offer a perspective of myself, writing this review I really don't like point 'n' click adventure games, conversely I don't believe their can ever be too much 'Sci-Fi', you might want to skip my review if this scale weighs the opposite for you. As far as I am aware nobody has attempted this type of story in any other computer games and time travel I suspect would be difficult to introduce into any game that ultimately has to be linear in achieving a game goal. This game has found a way to introduce such a notion in an way that is remotely plausible and I think that merits purchase of the game alone. The individual story-lines tend to be based around some of the 7 sins (at least halfway through where I am now), I haven't faced a time travel gluttony situation yet. I must admit I would have liked to have been on the trail of an antagonist by now in the game and involved in a little less of my protagonists self-reflection, but again this generally is how adventure games build an in game environment. I guess I am a little conservative on such a notion overall, but an option overall in all dialogue (or at least obvious to me) "Leave time-line intact", would have been great, but Samantha Carter is the only girl for me and perhaps she was already erased from existence by the time I got into the contrivance. Anyway I expect this review to say 4 stars for the developer when I look again tomorrow.

Es ist kein verpixeltes Adventure, wie man es sonst von Wadjet Eye kennt, ist aber deswegen nicht schlechter und bringt die Atmosphäre gut rüber. Die Zeitsprünge und das Durchprobieren der Dialoge macht sehr viel Spaß und ist definitiv wert, erneut gespielt zu werden!

Did you get depressed? Would you like to rewind your life to sometime, someplace, when your were more at ease? Perhaps like a carousel which goes round and round? Sorry to hear that but it happens to the best of us. Games are art sure, but gaming is also part of the entertainment industry. And if you ask me Unavowed was much closer to why want to play, and make, games in the first place.