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A Vampyre Story
Adventure gamers have been anxiously waiting for the release of A Vampyre Story. The graphics of the game can be compared to an advanced version of the classic adventure game Curse of Monkey Island. While cartoony graphics will not please everyone, a large portion of the adventure game community seems to long for a classic [...]
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Have you tried the Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals demo yet? Good graphics, interesting story, reasonable voice-acting. After finishing the demo I am convinced this will be a game to get if you are into adventure games, and/or like games taking place in an Orwellian type of environment. Paris 2023, democracy has been thrown out [...]
Machinarium
Too little attention is given to the smaller independent games of the world, which is a shame because there are many worth playing. An adventure game by Amanita Design caught my eye recently. The graphic art is unique and impressive, the story reminds me bit of Wall-E. Machinarium is a place filled with metallic material [...]
Belief & Betrayal
What do you get when you “try” to mix elements from The Da Vinci Code, and the Broken Sword series of games? Some would say a great game, but Artematica failed to deliver a solid product. Belief & Betrayal tries to be too many things at once, becoming a messy melting pot. Many works of [...]
Jumpgate Evolution
Any space mmog is going to be compared to Eve Online these days, there is just no avoiding it. With Eve being the most popular online space game, it is hard for developers to clearly show how THEIR game is different from Eve. The first thing I noticed on the features page of the Jumpgate [...]
