The Fog
Before you read: Keep in mind I’m still playing, and I’ve only played about 25 minutes so far, and died once.
So, I think my experience with this game is… odd, so far.
You’re dropped into nowhere, with very little explanation of what’s going on. You have no tutorial, no helpboxes short of just the occasional “E to interact” “Space to pick up”, etc. You’re not actually taught how to use the items, you need to kinda figure it out.
The graphics are a bit weird, they kinda remind me of DayZ’s early days and I think it’s a little bit rough. The lighting is very peculiar, and the flashlight doesn’t really help all that much - especially after you’ve taken damage.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
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it doen’t make any sense at first but I go the hands of it.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer: Survival Game
We are one of the first studios who decided to make a videogame based on Mark Twain’s books.
So, we took a chapter from Tom Sawyer’s Adventures book, about him escaping to an island with his friends. And decided that this will perfectly fit into a concept of a survival game. But it is not a plotless survival sandbox. As anything with our studio, our games are highly focused on unique experiences, intrinsic motivation, and player emotions. If we make a survival game - it is going to be unique and most of our time is going to be dedicated to immersing the player and creating a feeling of an authentic teenage adventure inside the player’s head.
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Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth
This game is exactly what a video game should be. The art of wrapping up a brilliant story in the right way. Far from stressful and repetitive games, this work is unique and often made me feel very different from other games. There is not a lot of interaction and is mostly limited to conversations, looking at objects, and the character’s thoughts on a particular object or person. But that’s what made me feel so immersed in the game and this world. I haven’t read the books, but I’m glad I had this experience without knowing the original. Thank you Daedalic !
– Real player with 25.6 hrs in game
Read More: Best Based On A Novel Point & Click Games.
Hurts having to give a thumbs down to a game with such a well constructed narrative, but…
For a story game, the story is unsatisfying and the “best bits” feel incredibly rushed. And for a point ‘n click game that is similar to a Visual Novel in many senses, it has a weird pacing whilst 75% of the game consists of slice-of-lifeish moments.
Think of it like this. The game starts incredibly slow. And then, BOOM, there is a big moment and it looks like the story is REALLY going places… But then no, there’s more build-up. And after that, even more build-up. And then even moreso. You’d imagine the story is building up to something grand, right? And that is true!
– Real player with 25.5 hrs in game