Showing posts with label adventure games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure games. Show all posts
12:05 PM

The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian - Xbox360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS Adventure game

The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian  - Xbox360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS Adventure game
The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian is a game that is inspired by the next movie in the Narnia series in which it has the Pevensie children traveling back to Narnia, which is now ruled by another evil tyrant.


Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Developer: Traveller's Tales
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: May 15, 2008

Game Information
Number of Players: 1-4
Number of Online Players: 4 Online

Technical Support: http://disney.go.com/disneyinteractivestudios/

Official Site:http://Disney.go.com/disneyinteractivestudios/product.html?platform=x360&game=narnia_caspian

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11:26 AM

Myst - DS Adventure game


Myst in DS is a Adventure game in which we get on on an adventure through a mysterious island where clues abound and you must try to reverse a wrong that has gone unchecked for ages.


Publisher: Empire Interactive
Developer: Hoplite Research
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: May 13, 2008
ESRB: EVERYONE

Technical Support: http://www.empireinteractive.com

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1:17 AM

Sam & Max Episode 205 - What's New, Beelzebub? (PC)


This is the fifth and final episode in Season 2 of Sam and Max's episodic adventures.

Publisher: Telltale Games
Developer: Telltale Games
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: Apr 10, 2008

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12:40 AM

Overclocked - A History of Violence (PC)


Play as a psychiatrist who delves into the memories of six of his patients to discover the source of their psychological trauma in this adventure game.

Publisher: Lighthouse Interactive
Developer: House of Tales
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: Apr 7, 2008
ESRB: MATURE

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12:33 AM

Assassin's Creed (PC)


Assassin's Creed is a beautiful, exciting experience that will stay with you long after you finish it.

Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Genre: Historic Action Adventure
Release Date: Apr 8, 2008
ESRB: MATURE

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12:03 AM

Teenage Zombies -Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys! (DS)


The Earth is under attack by a horde of Alien Brain Thingys and its up to three Teenage Zombies to stop them from taking over the Earth.

Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Developer: InLight Ent.
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: Apr 15, 2008
ESRB: EVERYONE 10+
ESRB Descriptors: Crude Humor, Animated Blood, Mild Cartoon Violence

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7:25 PM

Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection 2008 (PC)


Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Square Enix
Genre: Compilation
Release Date: Apr 15, 2008
ESRB: TEEN

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7:22 PM

Jack Keane (PC)



Deck 13 Interactive is proving that 2006's Ankh was no fluke. The German developer's follow-up, Jack Keane, is every bit as colorful and cheerful as that romp through a Disney-fied ancient Egypt. It was also one of those rare adventures that worked for kids and adults. The two games are actually very similar in just about every way, with the same cutesy humor and lighthearted derring-do shifted a few millennia forward in time. A reliance on obscure, overly traditional puzzles spoils the party somewhat, but these old-fashioned conundrums aren't going to trouble your noggin too much.

An out-there nautical adventure powers the plot. You play as Jack Keane, a Han Solo-like British rogue tasked with taking a secret agent for her majesty's secret service to a rather ominous-sounding destination in the Indian Ocean called Tooth Island. It seems that a madman named Doctor T is threatening to destroy tea plants in the region, which naturally drives the Brits to the point of madness wondering what they'll drink with their crumpets. The setting is the 19th century, when the sun never set on the British Empire, so get ready for lots of fops, pith helmets, and outrageous moustaches. Resemblances to LucasArts' classic Monkey Island games are entirely intentional, with Jack taking part in a screwball escapade that gets progressively zanier as you unravel the mystery of Doctor T's fiendish plot. If you've played any of those great old Lucas point-and-clickers, you'll feel right at home by the time you encounter the crazed scientist's superapes and cannibal plants.

At times, the storyline may be a little too broad and a touch too childish. It certainly lacks the adult edge of those old LucasArts games. Humor is kind of hit and miss, which probably won't come as much of a surprise given how hard it is to make people laugh while playing games. There are some nice touches here, however, including a funny Victorian variation on the distinctly modern Nigerian banking scam, a great Star Wars joke or two, a Clouseau-like British secret agent, and Flintstones-styled technology, such as monkey-powered electricity.

Visuals are over the top in a classic Saturday morning cartoon fashion, with lots of deep chins, pop eyes, and exaggerated architecture, so the cornball plot is at least nicely complemented. Voice acting is equally flamboyant, with many thick accents on display. Oddly enough, though, the list of characters with outrageous accents doesn't include Jack Keane himself, who's voiced by an American despite supposedly being a born-and-bred Londoner. That's rather odd, especially given how just about everyone else in the game speaks with ridiculous English and Indian accents straight out of old Monty Python sketches.

Puzzles are straight-up old school. Jack Keane is loaded with traditional point-and-click challenges that can be a bit obscure at times. But, at least, they stay within the bounds of reason and gradually ramp up in difficulty. By the time they get fairly tough, you should be thinking in adventure-game logic. At any rate, there are real-world solutions to just about every problem. Need to feed a plant some fish? Go angling with a readily available chain of sausages. Path blocked by vines? Whip out Jack's trusty jackknife. Need to fix up the broken taillight on an elephant taxi? Just take grandma's best jam, a broken-hearted wannabe pirate, a red sock, and--OK, so not everything is entirely sane. Still, there is more common sense here than in most old-time adventure games. Even the more outlandish puzzle solutions can be readily figured out with some careful observation and experimentation.

You'd have to be pretty hard-hearted not to enjoy Jack Keane. It may be a little too cutesy in some spots and the puzzles may be a bit too obtuse or conventional in others, but the sheer sense of cartoon adventure that permeates every frame drives the game over these potholes.

By Brett Todd, GameSpot

Publisher: Strategy First
Developer: Deck 13
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: Apr 15, 2008

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7:15 PM

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis (PC)


Publisher: The Adventure Company
Developer: Frogwares
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: Apr 14, 2008
ESRB: EVERYONE 10+

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