Lamplight City

Release Date: September 13, 2018

Adventure, point-and-click, detective, 2D, indie games, 19th century, singleplayer

7.8

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89%

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Lamplight City is a classic point-and-click adventure game developed by Grundislav Games in cooperation with Wadjet Eye Games. The game’s visuals follow the retro pixel-art convention. In Lamplight City, the player gets to explore a fictional city of New Bretagne, which features a setting resembling Victorian England.

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[1:30] Lamplight City launch trailer (Nintendo Switch)

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7.8

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 71% of Critics. There are 18 Critic Reviews.

OpenCritic

Jump Dash Roll: 8 / 10 by Rob Kershaw

Lamplight City is an atmospheric murder-mystery which provides plenty of intriguing plot twists, all delivered by a talented voice cast.

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Pure Nintendo: 5.5 / 10 by David Temple

Like many of the adventure puzzle games after which it's patterned, Lamplight City comes across as a bit lackluster in both story and presentation. Retro adventure gamers may enjoy working their way through it, but I wouldn't bank on it.

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Destructoid: 8.5 / 10 by Kevin McClusky

Lamplight City offers an intriguing set of mysteries and stands as a great throwback to titles like Monkey Island and Sierra's Gabriel Knight series. The cases aren't especially taxing, but the well-realized setting and characters add plenty of flavor and help the game feel like something more than the sum of its parts. Fans of classic adventure games should definitely give Lamplight City a look.

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89%

STEAM Score

All Reviews: Very Positive (660)

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Lamplight City for PC is a classic point-and-click adventure game developed by Grundislav Games and published by Wadjet Eye Games, known for working on popular titles such as Primordia and Technobabylon.

Plot

In Lamplight City for PC, a player gets to explore a fictional city of New Bretagne, which with its setting resembles Victorian England. The main protagonist of the game is Miles Fordham – a private detective with experience of a police investigator, who is trying to solve the mysterious murder of his former partner, who in turn talks to Miles from beyond the grave.

When working on the game, the developers drew their inspirations from the works of both Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.

Mechanics

The story campaign has been divided into five diverse cases. Each one is filled with false evidence and potential suspects. Player's decisions might have certain long-term consequences and lead to different story endings. The gameplay mechanics featured in Lamplight City for PC does not deviate much from the standards players know from other adventure games. The clear and intuitive interface is accompanied by the absence of the inventory menu, in which one usually stores the evidence – instead, the both the pieces of information and clues are saved in the special notepad.

The gameplay revolves around exploring the streets and houses located in the titular city, questioning the witnesses, and collecting pieces of evidence. A player is encouraged to explore numerous locations by the diverse styles of particular districts: the rich area of Gascoigne is inspired by the French Quarter in New Orleans, while the Worcester is inhabited by the working class.

Technical aspects

Lamplight City for PC stands out from similar games with its unique retro visuals following the pixel-art style. Despite its simplicity, both the elements of the environment and the character models are rich with details.

Last updated on August 28, 2017