First off this game I felt was perfect for me. Love detective games, adventure games and RPGs. After reading reviews both on here and IGN it was a no brainer to buy. I immediately didn't like the graphics. Camera is too close and the pace in which your character moves is simply annoying. Never mind, I forgave these short comings. The actual puzzle element is quite good, where the game highlights objects of interest, seen this style before and I appreciated it. The acting is completely soulless, combined with the over complicated dialog I just couldn't put up with it. The final straw was meeting two 10 year old kids who just continuously swore, the F word, don't mind adults saying this but 10 year old kids, depressing and out of line. This game is a depressing mess. The only positive is maybe the puzzles make some sense. Refunded, I don't know how players can love a game which includes the above negative points I wrote. To give you an idea of the games I do like: Tex Murphy(especially the latest one) Police Quest Monkey Island Broken Sword Etc Good light hearted fun with interesting stories. My 2 pence.
This was one of those games I bought like 2 years ago, give it a try and thought "yeah, these adventure games are not my bag now" despite it being by far my favourite genre in the 90s. 2 weeks ago I decided to boot it up again as I was sick of of buying this generations tripe, most of it was the same, lacking quality story, acting, and general ambience. First off I played through Police Quest 3, one of my favourite adventures of all time, which I also recommend. Then I got into this. After 1 hour I was hooked! I like the characters in this and find none of them annoying as they were all acted pretty well. The locations were interesting and the story good which means it is better than 90% of current generation games. I didn't find the puzzles that irritating but if I did the awesome hint system helped me out everytime. I will say try not to use it too often otherwise you will not gain the satisfaction of solving it yourself, which is a great feeling. This is the best game I've played for a while, I find modern games are far to big and I never finish them as I get bored even towards the end, the latest Assassins Creed I'm looking at you. Linear games like this are a breath of fresh air. Here's a good/bad points section: + Interface + Acting(b movie material which suits the game) + Ambience + Hint system + Story + Locations - Some puzzles are stupid, not many but a common problem with this genre - Some items you need to solve a puzzle are in a stupid place - Hard to see an item you need on the ground(use your torch, but sometimes it doesn't work) Overall a triump, I really hope they'll do a follow up, it's a great series and now my favourite genre again. Buy it if you are an adventure fan, I found it relaxing to play which is very rare in modern games. Well done Tex, another case solved!
