If you've played a Professor Layton game, you know exactly what to expect. A point and click adventure game, but with self-contained brain teasers in lieu of the usual inventory or environment based puzzles. Puzzle Agent is more or less what you'd expect from an indie Professor Layton clone. Much shorter and less polished, but still quite enjoyable for what it is and very reasonably priced. I know this is a short review, but that's all there really is to say about this game (while avoiding spoilers, at least). All in all, I would recommend this game. If you're a long time Professor Layton fan looking for a quick morsel, or just want to play an adventure game without the infamous Adventure Game Logic, then you really can't go wrong with this game. Give it a go, next time you have an afternoon to kill.
It's Myst. One of, if not the, greatest old school adventure game of all time. Challenging yet truly logical puzzles (no "use the banana on the goat's left front knee to open the window" bollocks) and an engaging story told through carefully crafted environments with cutscenes and dialogue kept to an absolute minimum. So why is this not worth your money? Because this is a rather overpriced remake of a remake that has no business existing. Specifically, it's a remake of Real Myst, which itself a much better remake of the original Myst. While Real Myst introduced free movement to the series, a change that greatly improved the overall experience (navigation in the original Myst was a royal pain in the bottom), Real Myst: Masterpiece adds nothing beyond flashier graphics, all for three times the price. There's just no reason to buy this version of Myst. Unless you think high res textures and fancier lighting slapped onto the original low polygon models is worth the extra $12, you're better off with Real Myst.
Nah, not really. It's actually a pretty good game, I just wanted to grab you attention. It worked, did it not? Anyhow, I recommend you give it a go. It's a fun game. For reals.
As adventure games go, Primordia gets it right. Puzzles are for the most part intuitive and supplemented by as many hints as you could possibly need, so you'll never get bogged down trying to find that one solution the developer envisioned. Story is deep without being pretentious and overall very well written. Voice acting is well done, characters are for the most part well written and fleshed out (though there are some stereotypes such as Crispin the comic relief sidekick). The overall universe is no different, with rather detailed and immersive lore. Vague, I know, but I do have to keep things spoiler-free. All in all, a must-buy for adventure game fans and a good starting point for newcomers to the genre. Well worth the $10 price of admission.
