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- Posted by Michael Temple on 10 March 2010.
Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of LifeChronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life continues the adventures of archeologist Sophie Leroux, who is last seen in Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual. The previous game has been a critical, and apparently commercial, success—enough to persuade the developer and publisher City Interactive to invest in a sequel. Sadly, this second game appears to have been rushed through production, and… |
- Posted by David Tanguay on 07 March 2010.
Post MortemIt is Paris in the 1920's, and you are a struggling American artist, Gus McPhearson. You are also a former private eye and a bit of a psychic—a real Renaissance man. A grisly double murder takes place in an elegant hotel, complete with double decapitation. The sister of the victims, a raven-haired American beauty named Sophia Blake, walks into your studio and hires you to investigate the… |
- Posted by Martin Mulrooney on 04 March 2010.
Secret Files 2: Puritas CordisSecret Files 2: Puritas Cordis is the long-awaited sequel to Secret Files: Tunguska. The game once again follows the globetrotting adventures of Nina Kalenkov and her on-off boyfriend Max Gruber, as they fight to save the world. Visually, the game is not a huge step up from its predecessor, though this assertion is by no means an insult. The original game features stunning graphics, with sharp… |
- Posted by Jess Beebe on 23 February 2010.
Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon retroIf you assume that, like its predecessor, Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon allows you to control one character for each "i" in the word "Gobliins", you will be absolutely correct. If you think that having one less character to control makes the game considerably easier, however, you will be sadly mistaken. In Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon, you learn that the son of King Angoulafre has been… |
- Posted by Joseph Howse on 15 February 2010.
Destination: Treasure IslandPirates (as in murderous seafarers) have long sparked the imagination of adventure game developers. Pirates conspire to capture Gwydion (Prince Alexander) in King's Quest III: To Heir is Human. They inspire the career of Guybrush Threepwood in The Secret of Monkey Island. They are lifelong foes of Peter Pan in Hook (an adventure game adapted from Steven Spielberg's movie of the same name). They… |