Posted on: June 29, 2014
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Entertaining, but flawed
The New Beginning makes a great first impression, with gorgeous artwork and a well-executed comic book style that reminds me of XIII. The gameplay is classic point & click, with two playable characters and an easy to understand interface. The puzzles are generally logical and well-integrated with the plot, but one or two of them do stand out as being overly obtuse. Thankfully, the game offers a 'skip' button for the trickier puzzles, which is a great addition for players who just want to get on with the story. As other reviews have noted, the storyline is focused on climate change, and can at times feel overbearingly moralizing. Anyone who is likely to find this irritating would do best to stay away. For everyone else, the plot is largely well put together and entertaining. The biggest let-down for me was the voice acting, which is some of the worst I've experienced. Nearly all of the actors have a stilted, robotic delivery, and many of the lines are misread. There are also a number of typographical errors in the text, and a handful of places where the text is in the wrong language entirely, but thankfully none of these interfered too much with the game. The game also suffers from a handful of annoying bugs, but I didn't encounter anything show-stopping. Overall, I do recommend the game to fans of the genre, particularly if you enjoy pleasing background art, but beware of the problems above.
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