Adventure Video Games98
Adventure games. They include three fundamental elements: exploration, solving puzzles and strongly emphasized story. Controlled characters collect items and use them in puzzles in order to push the story further. Adventure games usually offer only single player mode and the point-and-click interface. This category includes also HOPAs (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games) which put emphasis on searching items hidden on the screen.
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The Golden Compass
Adventure 30 November 2007
The Golden Compass is an adventure action game with a third person's perspective (TPP) based on Philip Pulman's book trilogy "The Dark Materials" and Chris Weitz's film. The player directs Lyra Belaqua, a 12-year-old inhabitant of a parallel, fantastic universe, who sets out to save her friend, kidnapped by The Gobblers, a mysterious organisation. The game was produced by Shiny Entertainment development studio.
Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
Adventure 29 November 2007
A game addressed mainly to young audiences, combining elements of adventure with logical riddles. Professor Layton and his assistant set off on the trail of a thief who stole the mythical Pandora's Box.
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Adventure 27 November 2007
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder of the Turkish studio Zoetrope Interactive is a thriller in which we see the world from the perspective of the first person. The authors drew their greatest inspiration from the work of H.P. Lovecraft, so it's no wonder that the game is maintained in a heavy, dark and full of horror atmosphere.
Ghost in the Sheet
Adventure 20 November 2007
Ghost in the Sheet is another adventurer's item, referred to as a "black comedy about life after death". While preparing this production, developers have destroyed the myth of the idyllic hereafter, where man rests from an abandoned reality filled with work.
Magritte
Adventure 17 November 2007
An independent adventure game created by Polish journalist Marcin M. Dres. We play the role of a man experiencing strange hallucinations in which the paintings of Rene Magritte, a well-known painter, overlap with reality. What's more, the characters from surrealistic works speak and ask for help, which translates into sightseeing in Wroclaw and solving riddles.
Ankh: Battle of the Gods
Adventure 15 November 2007
Battle of the Gods is the third installment of the Ankh series. As in the case of previous titles from this cycle, the action is played in ancient Egypt. We get to know the future of Assil and Thara.
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Adventure 13 November 2007
Another spin-off of the Resident Evil series, realized by Capcom in the convention of a target on rails. During the game we don't control the character's movements, limiting ourselves to aiming and eliminating successive hosts of bloodthirsty zombies. In Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles we make use of a diverse arsenal - it's worth stuffing not only the opponents with lead, but also elements of the environment prone to destruction, hiding useful bonuses.
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
Adventure 08 November 2007
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy is a point&click adventure with an extensive detective story. It was prepared by Kheops studio, which put its hand to a game called The Secrets of Da Vinci: the Forbidden Manuscript.
Sam & Max: Season 2 - Ice Station Santa
Adventure 08 November 2007
The first episode of the second season of Sam's adventures and his crazy rabbit companion Max. The main characters set out for the North Pole in an attempt to prevent the Christmas crisis.
Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate
Adventure 07 November 2007
Mystery Case Files is a series of adventure and logic games produced by Big Fish Games, a company known primarily for its casual titles.
Disney's Enchanted
Adventure 06 November 2007
A combination of a platformer and a simple adventure game. The whole is based on Disney's film under the same title. We explore both New York and the fairy-tale land of Andalusia.
Silent Hill Origins
Adventure 06 November 2007
Silent Hill Origins is the precursor to the first installment of the famous horror series. The main character of the game is the truck driver Travis Grady, who is imprisoned in the title town, full of nightmares.
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Adventure 30 October 2007
Sherlock Holmes versus Arsene Lupin is another part of the adventures of the famous detective - Sherlock Holmes. We are dealing here with a racial adventure, i.e. logical thinking and the ability to combine facts will be necessary. The game was once again produced by the Frogwares studio.
Rhem 3: The Secret Library
Adventure 25 October 2007
Rhem 3: The Secret Library is an adventure game by Knut Müller, a German composer, painter and programmer in one person. This project is the next installment of the series, whose representatives were published in 2002 and 2005.
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Adventure 23 October 2007
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure is based directly on a novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (Polish title: Wyspa Skarbów), published in 1883. The developers used all the advantages of this platform, both in controlling the hero and solving numerous puzzles.
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Adventure 23 October 2007
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction is an arcade game that combines the features of a platformer and shooting. It's an another installment of the series about the adventures of a rat-like friendly creature named Ratchet and his friend - the robot Clank.
Culpa Innata
Adventure 23 October 2007
Culpa Innata is a representative of the adventure game genre created with the use of modern three-dimensional graphics. The authors decided to use a third-person action view (dynamic camera system) and a classic, and what is not to say, extremely convenient, "point & click" interface.
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
Adventure 16 October 2007
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun is the third adventure game based on Agatha Christie's literary output, prepared by the combined forces of AWE Productions and The Adventure Company. This time, a book from 1941, known in Poland under three different titles, was used by developers as a feature base: A hotel on the coast, Evil lurks everywhere and Evil, which lives under the sun.
Overclocked: A Story of Violence
Adventure 12 October 2007
Overclocked is another adventure from House Of Tales studio. In the case of a German producer we could always count on an interesting and captivating plot (e.g. The Moment of Silence), often touching on sensitive topics. It is no different this time.
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Adventure 12 October 2007
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Scull is another part of the popular and extremely "prolific" series (with 17 scenes) of adventures of the young lady detective, Nancy Drew.
The Experiment
Adventure 11 October 2007
eXperience112 is an unusual adventure created by Lexis Numérique studio. The heroine of the game is professor Lea Nichols, who in unclear circumstances ends up on board a mysterious ship. By controlling the ship's deck systems, the player tries to help the woman get out of the prison she found herself in.
Touch Detective 2 1/2
Adventure 09 October 2007
Continuation of the classic adventure game. The whole game is played using the console's touch screen. This time we have five long episodes to overcome.
Arctic Tale
Adventure 08 October 2007
Educational game, offering the possibility of taking control over, among others, polar bears or ploughing. We explore the Arctic by participating in simple mini-games.
Sinking Island
Adventure 04 October 2007
Sinking Island is an adventure game produced by White Birds Productions studio and signed by Benoit Sokala, the creator of the Siberia series. Players direct the actions of Jacek Norma, a policeman investigating a murder on a small tropical island. The game has a classic "point&click" interface, and the gameplay consists primarily of searching rooms, talking to independent heroes and solving logical puzzles.