In Indie Game HQ’s latest review, James takes a look at The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles by KING Art Games. The Critter Chronicles is the prequel to the very popular adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales. The game can be bought from many vendors for $19.99, but it is on sale for $4.99 through Steam until May 20th. All the necessary links can be found at the end of the review.
"The developer of any point-and-click adventure game must make a choice in the early stages of development, if they plan to focus on puzzle or plot. When a developer tries to balance which side will be stronger, they rarely succeed. Either aspect will come out stronger as the team behind the game shows their strength, or else the game is likely to come out as bland. The Book of Unwritten Tales: Critter Chronicles struggles for this sense of identity, but still manages to be a solid title. The title of the game may be familiar, as the original Book of Unwritten Tales was another point-and-click adventure from the same German studio. KING Art also developed the Murphy’s Law series of games. When it released December 5th, The Book of Unwritten Tales: Critter Chronicles had a lot to live up to." - Sam Adonis
Blogomatic - Adventure games seem to be making quite a comeback as of late. With the help of the likes of Telltale Games and the quite frankly excellent The Walking Dead game the point and click adventures are coming back and I for one am quite happy to see them. While The Walking Dead was ruling the world and everybody was going on about how awesome it was I was trying out The Book of Unwritten Tales which was a homage to the old LucasArts games based on the SCUMM game engine.
Craigieh says;"There has been something of a recent resurgence in the point and click genre of late, with titles such as Machinarium, Resonance and (arguably) The Walking Dead all aiming to ape the success of the crowning achievements of the genre such as The Secret of Monkey Island.
German developer King Art Games recent entry in the field, The Book of Unwritten Tales, which took two years to be translated in English, found much love and respect on its release. This prequel, Critter Chronicles, has arrived hot on the heels of this triumph, and tells the story of how two of the protagonists from the first game met, making this a good starting point if you haven’t played the first game."
