Posted on: September 20, 2021

Al_Mol

Games: 161 Reviews: 7

Very good adventure with a mature Story.

Very good adventure with a mature and well written Story. I have played so many adventure games and I have to say that A New Beginning stands out for its mature and thrilling story. I really got to like the main characters which is rare. The dialogue was well written and witty. The story is not as simplistic as it might look like like in the beginning - no spoilers. Why not 5 stars? The Mac - version crashed sometimes (which was not so bad because once you figured out the puzzles it does not take a long time to catch up again - but saving regularly is advised). Also: The puzzles were mostly good, sometimes very clever. But I could have lived with less "use pipe on this" and "use knife to cut" - if you know what I mean. Difficulty was quite low (for me as a veteran) - but not too easy. some of the mechanical (and skippable) puzzles were quite tricky and fun. I had a great time and ANB is certainly one of the more memorable adventure games out there.

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Posted on: October 25, 2021

DRFTR.

Verified owner

Games: 386 Reviews: 10

A New Beginning should end

*I'm currently halfway through this game and will update it upon completion* I went into this game with elevated expectations knowing what Daedalic has put out in the past, but I'm currently sitting at mid-game with feelings heavily skewed to the negative. First of all, this story is wild... and I don't think in a good way. Yes, it has to do with global warming and climate change which is fine with me, but man do they really pound this message home. Don't worry though, our heroes have a plan to get this message across to any non-believers - a truly asinine plan that I hope backfires just because of how silly it is. Bottom line: the writing is mediocre in its best parts, and horrific in its worst - especially the characterization. There is one character in particular that is a misogynistic pig that constantly berates our heroine every chance he can get. Of course, she doesn't do herself any favors when her one job is to set up radio communications after traveling to the past... but she skipped the mission training! Still, it would be nice to know the future we are trying to save isn't utter crap. The graphics and animations are great as can be expected. Every location you visit is interesting and has a unique atmosphere without being too wild. The audio accompanying it is decent at best. There are a lot of crackles during cutscenes when audio starts/stops. Sometimes audio will overlay each other. Most of the time, during conversations it sounds like a computer is piecing together words to form sentences which can get annoying. The gameplay is generally good, for the most part. There are some scenarios where I don't know what the game wants me to do after I've literally searched everywhere only to find I have to click on something a second time or combine items in a way that doesn't make sense. Overall, it's an interesting ride I hope improves but only time will tell.

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Posted on: June 13, 2020

Surbook

Verified owner

Games: 39 Reviews: 2

Pleasant game (neither bad or excellent)

I've enjoyed the game. Contrary to some reviews I saw, I found the puzzles to be quite "logic". I mean, they are more like "The Broken Sword" (one of my favourite point and click series) than "Runaway" (that I personally hated). Ok, the acting isn't great and sometimes the game looks "cheap", but if you can have it for a low price then don't hesitate, because it's not too short and quite enjoyable.

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Posted on: November 16, 2020

Mr.Stubbles

Verified owner

Games: 83 Reviews: 9

Lots of potential

I was looking forward to play this game due to its highly revelent theme. The story starts out great with believable characters that all have their own motivations. I got the feeling that the story wirters did not really know themselves what they ultimately wanted to tell us with the story - towards the ending it becomes increasingly confusing and I think they didn't think through the entire time-travel implications (which is absolutely necessary in that genre). Puzzles were okay, I can't remember unfair ones but also none that stood out as impressively good.

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Posted on: June 13, 2021

Greyskull

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Games: 245 Reviews: 9

A game about climate change.

That's kinda fresh if you ask me. I had this game installed for quite some time before I finally decided to play it through. Since I'm 60+ years old, I'm old enough to have noticed that winters in my part of the world have become increasingly warmer and wetter. Maybe that's why the game appealled to me. I love cartoons. I love cartoonish games. "A New Beginning" fulfilled most of my expectations in that respect. I liked the puzzles. I loved most of the caracters. The story was, with a couple of exceptions, believable. Graphics: One of the few things that really disturbed me was how the female protagonist walked and stood. I don't know if it was meant to be sexy but in my eyes it just looked ridicolous. Other than that the graphics reminded me very much of my teenage comic books. Yes, that's a good thing. Sound and music: Completely ok in my book. Story: The game was released in 2010, and I'm playing it 11 years later, but the topics it touches has become more and more of a reality. Some people might find it pushing the message about climate change down their throats but that doesn't stop the story from being good. To sum it up: I've played better games and a hell of a lot worse.

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