A New Beginning: Final Cut

It was a good adventure, with a surprising ending. All of the puzzles were logical and I was never stuck on something for too long. The voice acting could be a bit better, but it gets the job done. A nice causal game to relax to, so I recommend picking it up on a sale. If you enjoy some old school point & click adventures, look no further.

I enjoyed playing the game and finished it in about 10 hours. Puzzles were good to solve and also some challenging. however i did have a view bugs in the beginning of the game - in the helicopter somethimes bent would overlap in the frame on the other side (while fay is on the couch). - When fay walks to the car instead of the end of the cliff first she immediatly looks down at the cliff where the others are trapped. that was a bit confusing. (why can't i just look at the car before i check the cliff). despite this i still give 5 stars because i liked the game and also liked the topic of the game and overall was happy with it.

A New Beginning: Final Cut is a solid point-and-click adventure that is highly polished with smooth graphics and a compelling story. The only critcism I have is that the voice acting is, at times a bit on the flat side. Despite that, for fans of adventure games this is enjoyable and satisfying.

I hate to compare, but I really love the Broken Sword games, especially the first one. There is just a certain mystery and suspense in them that keeps me playing. But, when I play "A New Beginning: Final Cut"(ANB:FC), I've only played the 1st chapter which didn't make me feel enthusiastic to finish the game because of a some bad points. First of all, the story is just melodramatic, especially in the first act; a puff of smoke can kill a bird immediately? Come on! That really doesn't make the story realistic. That paired with the bad voice acting or sampling(they sound like robots) and voice editing(a lot of clipping off at the end of sentences) it really destroys the immersion. Second, the searching and puzzles are annoyingly designed. When you explore an area, you may not be able to find an item until you talk to someone. The item won't appear until you trigger a necessary dialogue. This really made things confusing for me and lead me chasing around as to what to do next. Lastly, the characters are just uninteresting and unrelatable. Their personalities are boring and you're choices of dialogue don't really matter. The game's only positives are the graphics and the comic book-like design(if you like that). Music is OK, but you won't be humming it through your head. Overall, ANB:FC is just an average game. If you're into this kind of story and don't mind the play mechanics, and boring characters, then try it, you may like it. Otherwise, if you're expecting something to leave a positive impression on you then play something else. If this was the only game I had to play, I'd continue playing it, but with a large backlog, I can just skip this one and find something that will hold my attention. 2.5 stars.

I can't really say much about this game other than it's broken. 1. The English Dialog is bad with some of the voice acting being choppy and pieced together from different recordings. Keep in I did everything the Support sections suggested to fix this game. 2. Sometimes the English subtitles and Clickable options will show in another language. 3. Repeating of voice dialog in some sections and none in others. 4. Numerous times I ran into glitches that either restarted a scene or was unable to proceed. Some of these glitches also include deleted (important) dialog that would not be known by the player without a walkthrough. 4. This game is either horribly patched or programmed, I can't tell which. 5. I didn't like how some puzzles gave a big red button which allowed you to completely skip the puzzle, with no indication as to this being its purpose. I would have preferred this to be in the settings as a feature which can be turned on or off. 6. The settings for the game are very minimalist with the speech-text being broken. I.E. Turning speech-text off before starting the a game keeps speech-text on until a game is started and then returning to settings (even though it says it's off) clicking it on and off again fixes the issue. I really gave this game a chance (because of the interesting story and art style) and pressed on through the game regardless of all its problems but gave up (from frustration from the glitches) when Bent got stuck behind the table at the bar in the jungle. I've read that if you contact Deadalic they will send you a save which bypasses this section of the game, so they are aware of the problem and just don't want to fix it. I will finish this game by watching a play-through on youtube. My recommendation: Wait for this title to go on sale (for really cheap) because it sure isn't worth $10 in this state.