If you had the chance to change history would you? Could you?
In Germany hurtling towards the global catastrophe in the second world war, you step into the murky arena of international espionage as you try to alter the course of history and try and achieve what so many failed: the assassination of Adolf Hitler.
As a special agent trained in the latest sabotage techniques you have to infiltrate Hitler's inner circle and avoid the ever-watchful eyes of the ever-dangerous Gestapo. And they will be watching you, they always are...
A Stroke of Fate transports you into the world of the 1940s, mixing with the most hated figures in European history; Himmler, Goebbels, Muller and Hitler himself. While you are there though, do you have what it takes to achieve the impossible task that eluded so many others, the final solution to the Hitler problem?
A serious game for serious players.
When I think about point-and-click adventure games, my mind tends to lead me to games like Sam and Max, Simon the Sorcerer, Broken Sword, and Day of the Tentacle. These are all whacky and colourful fictional games with vivid characters and loads of humour. What I don’t tend to imagine when the subject comes up is historical accuracy, a focus on realism, and a plot based on actual historical events. It is safe to say that A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie is a game that has shattered all my preconceived notions of what a point-and-click game should be.
Gaming Nexus writes: "While the WWII genre has been beaten to death in the FPS and RTS genre, the genre is a bit fresh for adventure gamers which is why were intrigued when Akella announced A Stroke of Fate. Being the journalists we are we sent over a few questions and there are the results.
Q: Could you introduce yourself and talk about your role on the project? What kind of work do you do on a daily basis?
A: My name is Boris Chuprin, and I’m working on these games as project leader and lead game designer. And my and to be honest the whole team’s main goal is to make qualitative, interesting polished adventures for true fans of this genre. We also wanted to pay a special attention to the visual part of the game which is really made on top level in A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie and A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker."
A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie is a point-and-click adventure game that takes place in Nazi controlled Germany in the 1940s. Despite the fact that the game was released in Russia over a year ago information about this title is scarce. Hooked Gamers got in contact with Boris Chuprin, the lead designer of the game at Akella, and asked him a couple of questions.
Never even heard of the game before which pretty much supports the idea that it's a niche title. It does sound interesting though and I'm gonna look into it more when I get time.
Nice interview btw :)
