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Tag Archive: Point and Click
Edd December 24, 2020
What is it? Swarm of the Plague Babies is an indie point and click adventure game by Stairfall Institute. It features a conspiracy theorist YouTuber called Morette, the proud owner of a BTEC in Journalism! After a swarm of plague…
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Jake 'The Voice' Parr October 2, 2020
What is it? The Fan is a point-and-click title solely made up of photographs. It also puts you in the shoes of a sociopathic stalker who’s locked a woman in his basement. The game starts in the kidnapper’s lair, a…
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Edd August 7, 2020
What is it? Edgar – Bokbok in Boulzac is a cute point-and-click adventure game that starts out weird, and then moves into a surreal, yet intriguing adventure. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons Funny. Peculiar but enjoyable story. Decent graphics. Well written…
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Edd August 2, 2020
What is it? Suli Fallen Harmony is an indie point and click adventure that sees you play as the eponymous Suli, a bird looking to follow a prophecy that will change his life forever. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons Lovely story….
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Edd July 1, 2020
What is it? VirtuaVerse is an indie cyberpunk point and click adventure game that sees you play as Nathan, a man initially on a mission to locate his girlfriend, but quickly turns into a mission to save the world from…
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Edd June 3, 2020
I think it’s cyberpunk month or something, as it feels like that’s all I’ve been playing of late. Cloudpunk was a minor disappointment, but I had high hopes for VirtuaVerse. It’s a game I actually first saw on Reddit, but…
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Jake 'The Voice' Parr May 31, 2020
Games like The Fan are a rare breed. Not only is it a point-and-click title solely made up of photographs, but it also puts you in the shoes of a sociopathic stalker who’s locked a woman in his basement. Talk…
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Jake 'The Voice' Parr May 30, 2020
What is it? Escape Lala 2 is a point-and-click adventure game by DuckbearLab. The princess of the mysterious land of Lala is missing. There are many secrets to unfold and puzzles to solve in order to find out what happened….
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Edd April 19, 2020
I don’t play many games from itch.io – but I made an exception for Suli Fallen Harmony because: A) it’s a point and click adventure, and B) it looked lovingly crafted, and I couldn’t say no to that. It didn’t…
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Edd March 22, 2020
What is it? Stay is an indie, creepy, pixel art story that sees you play as an unseen man on the other side of a computer monitor. All you do is respond to the computer’s conversation, and try to help…
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Edd March 5, 2020
Normally, games advertise themselves as having tremendous length and replayability. Developers – quite rightly – want to try to persuade you that you’re getting more bang for your buck with their game at ten quid than you would at another…
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Edd December 1, 2019
I’m not a religious man, so when I was asked to review the Secrets of Jesus by the developer, I was a little hesitant. However, it is my favourite genre – a point and click adventure – and it does…
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Edd October 20, 2019
Stay is an adventure game that sees you playing on the other side of a instant messenger app to former therapist and recent abductee, Quinn. For the majority of the game, you provide him with moral support and suggestions on…
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Jake 'The Voice' Parr September 13, 2019
What is it? Harvester is a point-and-click game developed by DigiFX Studio and originally published by Virgin Interactive. It was released on PC by Night Dive Studios in 2014. Waking up in the 1950s town of Harvest as the amnesia-stricken…
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Jake 'The Voice' Parr July 26, 2019
Point-and-click games often have a reputation for being either incredibly difficult and taxing with their obscure and confusing puzzles, or mind-meltingly simplistic with the illusion of choice affecting the outcome of the game in any sort of meaningful way. Escape…
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