Adventure game

Are time loops still in vogue? Woodhill Interactive seems to think so. Orten Was the Case is an adventure game with free movement that looks to capitalise on a repeatable time-frame and a small but interesting location. Whilst repetition isn’t always the best for games, the balance seems to be […]

Orten Was the Case – PS5 Review

January 7, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Adventure game / espionage / free movement / orten was the case / puzzles / Scandinavia / supernatural / time loop / woodhill interactive by Mike

I can’t quite imagine living in a small rural setting. They always look kind of devoid of life and I tend to miss my home comforts. The Prince of Landis, developed by one-man team Lorestrome, is an adventure game with a small slice of that life. Landis feels like one […]

The Prince of Landis – PS5 Review

November 20, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Adventure game / aliens / bullying / narratively-driven / oregon / Pixel art / small town life / the prince of landis by Mike

Frogware’s output marks them as something of an adventure game specialist. Working almost exclusively with Sherlock Holmes titles, they’ve now swapped the deer stalker for some Eldritch tentacles. The Sinking City substitutes Victorian England for Massachusetts with some Lovecraftian horror thrown in. It’s well-trodden lore but what’s delivered is a […]

The Sinking City – PS4 Review

July 5, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Adventure game / frogwares / investigations / lovecraft / Massachusetts / private detective / survival horror / the sinking city by Mike

Black Mirror is a reboot of the PC game from 2003 and tells the tale of spooky goings on in a Scottish country house. I must admit this game totally passed me by during its first PC outing and I personally don’t think the name carries enough weight to justify rebooting […]

Black Mirror – PS4 Review

December 5, 2017 in PS4 tagged Adventure game / Black mirror / horror / not very good / Scotland by Steven

Dreamfall Chapters is a release seeing the culmination of a series which started in the 1990s and was last played over ten years ago. Following on from the story in The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Dreamfall Chapters continues the story of Zoe and Kian as they go […]

Dreamfall Chapters – PS4 Review

May 28, 2017 in PS4 tagged Adventure game / choices / Dreamfall chapters / story / Zoe by Steven

Syberia was an interesting property when it was first released in 2002, garnering some decent reviews, and a sequel was released in 2004 which cemented the game as a bit of a cult favourite amongst adventure game fans. Almost exactly 13 years later and we now have the final act […]

Syberia 3 – PS4 Review

April 28, 2017 in PS4 tagged Adventure game / Bad acting / How did this game get made / Performance / Syberia by Steven

Point and click adventure games seem to have had a rennaisance recently with loads of reasonably decent releases over the past few months. The Inner World is another such game and comes from a small German indie developer Studio Fizbin. What makes this immediately stand out from the crowd is a […]

The Inner World – PS4 Review

April 6, 2017 in PS4 tagged A bit eastern european / Adventure game / Hand drawn / point and click / The inner world by Steven

Adventure games have had somewhat of a renaissance in recent years and 2064: Read Only Memories is another adventure game. Based in a near cyberpunk future where humans have the ability to genetically modify their bodies and true artificial intelligence has just been discovered, the player character gets dragged into a […]

2064: Read Only Memories – PS4 Review

January 26, 2017 in PS4 tagged 2048: read only memories / Adventure game / Lgbtq / retro / Waffle by Steven