Got it while browsing through sale discounts here on gog and glad i did. Played without a problem with keyboard/mouse, loved graphics, music and orientation to both puzzle solving and platforming. Obvious inspirations didn't bother me much as it was great nostalgia trip to my Amiga days all the way. Couple of small flaws: - in some sections decent amount of backtracking is needed to solve puzzles - pulling down from a ledge move (Flashback/Prince of Persia style) would be handy - object detection during hovercraft black beast escape seemed a bit off Nonetheless, highly recommended !
Good and not very long length with 6-7 hours of gameplay and story mixing crime mystery and fairy tale. Kind of open world rather than close chapters type, with amount of places to visit limited to one city area. Great addition is a three "out of this world" fantasy chapters which nicely fit into the story line. Main character is a low-spirited one but its not becoming tiresome for the player throughout the game. Being in difficult life situation felt genuine and made it easier to identify with him right from the beginning. Of course also made me eager to help poor chap in solving his problems. His perfomance was maybe not top notch but it was fine in contrast to some of the remaining cast which felt kind of flat and one dimensional. Sound effects does stand out but only by being too loud occasionally in comparison to the music which was great and set a mood for the game perfectly. Its rather easy endeavour but not too easy, with standalone puzzles nicely embedded into the story causing some more thinking. One of the puzzles (sundial) requires you to possess out of the game information but still its college kind of knowledge and can be easily looked up on the internet. All in all, despite some minor annoyances regarding puzzle and story design it was a very good story to follow. I agree with some other reviewers that main topic unvraveled at the end is taken a bit lightly but overall its good that mature topics starting to appear in adventure games world.
