Voice acting is excellent, in particular scavenger Amy (Shelly Shenoy), who is the protagonist, and main villain Tiberius (Abe Goldfarb, who played Joey in the Blackwell series). Frankly, some things about the endings don't make a lot of sense, but I won't go into that as we would enter spoiler territory. There are three different epilogues depending on a choice at the last moment which isn't influenced by previous in-game decisions. I don't particularly like adventures which punish you at every turn, but in this case it would have been nice to allow the player to make mistakes and plan poorly, with negative results. There’s never enough food, water, or vaccine to go around. The ruling Aristocrats a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources have unchallenged authority. Since then, it’s always been like this: disease, hunger, death. For example, an evasion from a supposedly inescapable prison feels anticlimactic, and so does the revolution which has been building up for the whole game. Shardlight: A post-apocalyptic adventure game coming Spring 2016 The world ended on the day the bombs fell. Shardlight starts strongly and never lost my interest, but the last act is rushed. Add to this a death cult focused on a mysterious masked figure, the Reaper, and you have a compelling premise. The masses live in poverty and are plagued by a deadly epidemic, the Green Lung the ruling Aristocracy hoards the cure and distributes lottery tickets with the chance to win a treatment to those who volunteer for dangerous jobs. Description The world ended on the day the bombs fell. Now the screen will be working as map, and by clicking on it you can go either to the office or to the staff locker room. The ruling Aristocrats - a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources - have unchallenged authority. Since then, its always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The world ended on the day the bombs fell. With Shelly Shenoy, Abe Goldfarb, Felicia Hudson, Neil Hellegers. Choose Dr Collins' office and (as receptionist suggested) a staff locker room. Shardlight: Directed by Francisco Gonzalez. Click the sea-green screen which is hanging on the wall and request directions. Shardlight has an interesting setting, probably inspired by Dishonored: a post-apocalyptic society with a Neo-Victorian style and a strong class division. You need to find something more appropriate. Then go upstairs and talk to minister Tiberius. Get inside and go to the tower - Amy must leave her crossbow to the guard. While overall I enjoyed all these games, I really hope they don't go further in that direction. Go to the left and choose on map the Ministry of Energy (in the middle). although the trend seems to be heading towards easier solutions: compare the Blackwell series to Shardlight, Unavowed and Lamplight City. I like Wadjet Eye games: they scratch my itch for old-school point-and-click adventures with pleasant retro graphics, competent writing and puzzles which are neither frustrating (no pixel-hunting, for example) nor so easy they become pointless.
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