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In Times & Galaxy you will play as a Robo reporter intern and this looks like it could be one of the top adventure games of the year. This game is set to be released later in 2024 but you can try this game for free before it’s released. We have teamed up with the developers of this game to give 50 priority spots for listeners to the Adventure Games Podcast. So if you would like to be in with a chance of playing this game before it is released then simply follow the link below and when it asks you for the code type in: ADVENTUREGAMES and then first 50 listenrs who type in this code will be part of the closed beta team. Best of luck!
In this new episode Seoirse, Matt and Kieran talk about the latest news including a possible remaster of Discworld and Sam Barlow teasing not one but two news games! Then Matt gives his thoughts on the demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the highly anticipated sequel to hit game Perfect Tides. Then Seoirse reviews two short games including psychological mystery game Looking Up I see Only a Ceiling and game about the Holocaust The Light in the Darkness. Finally Kieran gives his thoughts on an adventure game board game (Yes you read that right!) and Chants of Sanaar, which one could lazily say is Return of the Obra Dinn meets Heaven’s Vault. Is it as good as those two games? Find out in this episode!
Back in November 2023 AGP host Seoirse hosted a panel live at AdventureX with four adventure Game legends who were:
- Tony Warriner, Co-founder of Revolution Software and one of the lead developers of Beneath A Steel sky & Broken Sword
- Dave Gilbert, Owner of Wadjet Eye Games and developer of the Blackwell series and Unavowed
- Charlotte Sutherland. Owner of Cave Monsters and developer of Lord Winklebottom Investigates
- Tom Hardwidge, Owner of Tall Story Games and developer of Lucy Dreaming and upcoming Heir of the Dog
Together all four of these developers spoke about their experiences of being a solo developer including how they get their ideas for the games, how they continue to stay motivated and how they continue to stay motivated several years into development and much more! Now available as podcast please enjoy!
What is an adventure game? Thats what Seoirse tries to find out as he chats to Jack and Joshua from the Adventure Game Hotspot. He also chats to them about how they got started in the adventure game community, how Jack became editor for Adventuregamers for 17 years(!) and how Joshua started his weird Adventure Gaming Youtube channel. Then they reveal the origins of their new adventure game site, the Adventure Game Hotspot and of course they talk more about what we can all expect from the first adventure game conference in the US, The AG Fan Fair which will see a Sierra reunion and plenty more! All that and much more!
In this episode Seoirse chats with Tom and Adam Vian from SFB Games about their Detective Grimoire series including their upcoming game The Mermaid’s Tongue in which, amongst other things we learn the origins of detective Grimoire himself! We also find time to talk about their other game they’re developing survival horror Crow Country. But if you, like Seoirse, would like to remove the survival horror part then never fear! Because this game will include an exploration mode so you can play this as an adventure game as well! Everybody wins! All that and much more!
It’s a new year and with that come new adventure games. Also a person joins the podcast team as Johnny Nyse, from the adventure Games Hotspot makes his podcast debut to discuss two games. First he gives his first impressions on ghost hunting game Conrad Stephenson’s paranormal P.I. and then he and Seoirse discuss new mystery adventure game The Night is Grey. Seoirse also gives his thoughts on the demo of a dungeons and dragons inspired game Tavern Talk and he reviews the walking simulator adventure game The Fidelio Incident. Before all that however they discuss their first impressions on the new gameplay revealed for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
A new year has begun and with that we look back at the year that was and we reveal our adventure games of the year. For the first time since this podcast started one clear winner emerged out of all the adventure games released. Whihc was the adventure Games Podcast first official adventure game of the year? You’ll need to listen to find out!
After 5 years and 200 episodes this year has been a year of milestones. It was also the year we did a live interview with Tony Warriner at Reboot Develop Blue in Dubrovnik, where we hosted a panel for the first time at AdventureX and where we had none other than Roberta Williams on the podcast. Oh and we were nominated for the People’s choice Podcast awards! This year the team also expanded to help review even more games for your listening pleasure. So to celebrate these achievements let’s listen back to some of the highlights from this podcast for the past year.
And stay tuned as there will be plenty more to look forward to in 2024! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody!
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Christmas is a time for giving and with that in mind Seoirse Claus, Tomas Beck the Halls with Boughs of Holly and Laura Cressmas get together to review a number of new adventure games for your listening pleasure. Seoirse goes to the North Pole to try and steal the Source of Joy in Azazel’s Christmas Fable, Laura returns to Providence Oak to deliver mail just in time for Christmas in Lake: Season’s Greetings, Tomas goes exploring the sea in Verne: The Shape of Water. Seoirse then tries to sing his way to solving the murder of a Greek God in modern day New York in Stray Gods, Laura also tries to solve a murder in a hotel while working as a maid in This Bed We Made and finally Laura tells us about her journey to the Scottish Highlands in Inkle Studios’ latest game A Highland Song.
Also there is discussion on some of the adventure and narrative games announced at The Game Adverts with some awards sprinkled in apparently and a new trailer for DLC for what is sure to be Seoirse’s favourite game ever Suzerain: Kingdom of Rizia.
Game Reviews
For as long as I can remember there has been much discussion about whether video games are or can be “Art”. Often dismissed as mainly for children or as an inferior mode of entertainment (even though from the early 80’s at least video games have been telling varied and adult stories whilst entertaining millions of people worldwide) it’s only the last few years that video games have begun to be taken more seriously. While The Last of Us tv series demonstrated to a wider audience that games CAN tell good stories, games have begun to deal with more difficult and sensitive topics such as sexuality, mental health, the effects of war and immigration to mention just a few. That said there hasn’t yet been a game that I am aware of that deals directly with the holocaust. Until now.
“If you don’t behave, the wolves will come at night. They will take you away, as you scream. Do you hear me, you spoiled little brat?”
So begins this game with this less than cheery quote. Who this is and who they are speaking to we do not yet know. But it’s certainly intriguing and sets the tone for what’s to come in this dark, mystery adventure game. We then see a man who has just escaped out of the woods from what appear to be some hungry wolves. Seemingly safe now, he takes a breather but just then he sees a light flash just ahead. Exploring a little further, he comes across an isolated house. Upon entering the house, he is surprised to see a little girl holding what appears to be a rifle pointed directly at him. Her mother has gone out to the generator but has yet to return. After convincing the girl he is not a monster, he decides to set out and bring the girl to her grandparents and if possible find out what happened to her mother. However, that will be a lot easier said than done as this means they will have to go back through the forest and hopefully avoid those wolves and other dangers which may be present.
Armaan Sandhu from Frostwood Interactive burst onto the video games scene with Rainswept in 2019. This game was a Twin Peaks inspired detective mystery which has stayed with me ever since it was released. So it’s no surprise that his next game, Forgotten Fields, is one of the most eagerly anticipated adventure games of 2021. Does it live up to the early promise shown in Rainswept? Let’s find out!
Over the last few years more and more games have been dealing with mental health as a primary focus. We had Rainswept, Life is Strange, Sea of Solitute and many others. There is even a mental resources pack for gamers called Checkpoint. The latest game to tackle mental health is Into a Dream, the first game from Filipe F. Thomaz, who quit his day job in order to concentrate fully on making this game. It was a brave choice so let’s see if it was worth it.
Revolution Software may be best known for their Broken Sword series but before Broken Sword, Revolution released Beneath A Steel Sky (now available for free on GOG). This game would prove to be immensely popular and since then fans have been clamouring for a sequel. Now, 26 years later, a sequel has finally been released. So is this a welcome return to Union City? Or would we have been better off staying in the Gap? Let’s find out!
There aren’t many games set in Ireland. So it was a joy when I discovered Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill. Add to the fact that that this game is a Nancy Drew inspired mystery where you also learn about Irish culture and mythology and I was hooked. So is this a secret worth investigating or is it better left unresolved? Let’s find out!
As anyone who listens to the podcast knows, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars was my first adventure game and remains my favourite game of all time. Everything from the story, the characters, the writing, the puzzles and the graphics have left a lasting impression unlike any other game I have ever played. Clearly I’m not the only one who still has an affection for that game as last year Madit Entertainment announced their first game, The Hand of Glory, was to be inspired by Broken Sword. On June 9th 2020 the first part of the game was finally released. Is this game a glorious release? Let’s find out!
As the famous saying goes, you wait ages for a really good cyberpunk adventure game to come along and then two come along at once (or something along those lines). A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to review the fantastic Cloudpunk and now I have the opportunity to review the other highly anticipated cyberpunk game, Virtuaverse. If you are on the lookout for a retro game that feels like the adventure games of the good old days then read on!
It’s not often that a game begins with a disclaimer that warns of the dark themes the game you’re about to play is addressing. The Summit of the Wolf, developed by Storycentric Worlds and published by Unimatrix Productions, is one of those games. The content warning was for strong references to child sexual and emotional abuse, and depictions of suicide. This makes it clear that The Summit of the Wolf is not gonna be a light experience, and sets the tone for the entire game.
We have been blessed with a number of cyberpunk adventure games in the past. We had the excellent Blade Runner set in the same universe as the film (which was also re-released on GOG thanks to SCUMMVM late last year). A few years ago we also had Technobabylon from Wadjet Eye. And more recently we also had NeoFeud which was included in the top 25 cyberpunk games of all time. But while all three games were very well received one thing that would have added to those games is fly around those worlds in hover cars. Ionlands look to change that with their new game Cloudpunk which aims to literally and metaphorically take the genre to a whole new level.
Written Interviews
In this first written interview Victor from Croquetasesina Studios tells Seoirse about his upcoming game set in the French revolution, “The Adventures of The Black Hawk”.
Videos
Ever wanted to know how the character Detective Grimoire came from? Now you can courtesy of the developers SFB Games themselves!
These three games may not be adventure games as such but they have one thing in common: focus on narrative storytelling. As such here are trailers for 3 narrative driven RPGs coming out this month!
In this episode Seoirse chats with Amber Scott of Only By Midnight. Amber spoke to Seoirse about the studio’s upcoming game, ctrl.alt. DEAL. Where you play as a sentient AI who wants to escape paperclips Company where he is trapped. To do this he will need to enlist the help of the humans at the company. So Amber spoke about what we can expect with the story, the choices we make in the game, the deck building aspects and the puzzles we can solve in order to get the humans to trust and helps us escape. This looks to be a fascinating game that defies genre definition which will be released in early 2025 but in the meantime you can find out more about the game in our interview at the link above and you can wishlist on Steam and sign up to their newsletter at the links below.