Tag Archives: Adventure Games

by Martin Mulrooney | 14/10/2013 · 10:59 pm

GAME REVIEW – The Wolf Among Us: Episode One – Faith (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

The Wolf Among Us (PC)

The Wolf Among Us: Episode One – Faith (PC) is the opening instalment of a brand new episodic adventure game series from Telltale Games, the creators of AMO’s pick for Game of the Year 2012 The Walking Dead: The Game. Based on the long-established, award-winning comic book series Fables by Bill Willingham and licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the game puts players in control of Bigby Wolf, a man once upon a time more infamously known as The Big Bad Wolf. As Bigby, who is now the sheriff of a hidden community of mythical creatures and characters in New York City, a murder mystery must be solved and a killer brought to justice before heads start to roll – literally. This ain’t no fairy tale…

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GAME REVIEW – Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller – Episode 4: The Cain Killer (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Cognition Episode 4

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller – Episode 4: The Cain Killer (PC) is the final instalment in the Erica Reed series of episodic point-and-click adventure games created by Phoenix Online Studios. Following on directly from Episode 3 (which Alternative Magazine Online described as “a potent murder mystery where questions continue to arise”), players once again take control of Boston-based FBI agent Erica Reed. Only this time, she is operating outside the law to finally bring the Cain Killer to justice…

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by Martin Mulrooney | 20/08/2013 · 9:38 pm

GAME REVIEW – The Dream Machine: Chapter 4 (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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The Dream Machine is a point-and-click adventure game handcrafted from clay and cardboard by Cockroach Inc., a two-man independent Swedish game development studio. Originally planned to be split into five chapters, the much delayed and highly anticipated fourth chapter grew so large than it had to be split in two, effectively creating an additional chapter (there will now be six in total). In August 2013, Victor returns in the quest to save his pregnant wife and defeat The Dream Machine, in an adventure that AMO described in 2012 (in our review of Chapters 1-3) as “not only a game about dreams, but a dream come true for adventure gamers.”

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GAME REVIEW – Chaos on Deponia (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Chaos on Deponia PC

Chaos on Deponia is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. A sequel to Deponia (and the middle instalment of a planned trilogy), the game once again follows sardonic hero Rufus as he tries to save the planet of Deponia and win the Elysian girl(s?!) of his dreams, Goal.

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