Players who have been following the episodic iOS-based adventure 1112 may be hoping that this third episode is where the series really spreads its wings. In the prologue-like series debut, antique shop owner-cum-selective amnesiac protagonist Louis Everett pottered around his house and neighbourhood performing mundane domestic tasks and preparing for a meeting with a big […]
Of all the literary characters that fit the adventure genre, Sherlock Holmes stands deerstalker-and-shoulders above most. Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective embodies everything great about mystery adventure games: looking for clues, deducing hidden connections, making ingenious plans, and even slipping on a disguise or two, all in an effort to penetrate a conundrum that eludes […]
As adventure gaming's leading purveyors of pop culture, it was only a matter of time before Sam & Max embraced the issue of clones, and sure enough, Beyond the Alley of the Dolls commences with an army of shuffling, mindless, scantily clad Sams. These mind-controlled clones act more like lumbering zombies, mind you, and the […]
Note: Beware spoilers for the ending of Episode 4 in the following review. If you've been following the dramatic – and increasingly convoluted – events in The Devil’s Playhouse to this point, you'll know that at the end of the last episode, rabbity crimestopper Max has been turned into a Godzilla-style monster rampaging through New […]
When I first happened upon the attractively designed case for Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure, I got an instant little surge of excitement. Had I perhaps discovered a true classic? A hidden gem? I’d never heard of the title before, but that doesn’t preclude a game being good, right? The cover art and the screenshots […]
Who wants to live forever? Nobody, really, according to the The Lost City of Malathedra, the debut adventure from independent developer Ethereal Darkness. According to this game, an ancient civilisation once discovered the secret of eternal life, but as one of the characters puts it, there’s a reason why lost civilisations are lost. Nevertheless, immortality […]
Adventuring fans of classic horror writer H.P. Lovecraft have been surprisingly well catered to over the years, most recently with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and adventure/FPS hybrid Call of Cthulhu satiating the need for sinister elder gods and dark secrets. Those games are now joined by the first offering from Turkish developer Zoetrope Interactive, the […]
