Short Pause: "Point-and-click adventure games have not always been my forte. In fact, up until I experienced Grim Fandango Remastered early last year, I flat out ignored them for no good reason. However, as my gaming tastes have changed — alongside my desire to have more story-driven experiences — I have become quite taken with this genre of games. Nothing beats an excellent adventure game with a great story and enjoyable puzzles to solve. Unfortunately, I don’t consider Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink to be an excellent addition to the adventure genre."
Neil writes: "There are numerous Artifex Mundi games available on Xbox One, with nearly as many bundles bringing them together in style. Now though we're seeing a new collection of games hit, and the First Encounters bundle delivers four games at a great price."
Neil writes "We've seen a number of game bundles hit Xbox One over the last few weeks, with Artifex Mundi being right at the forefront of the action. Now though they've sent over their biggest bundle yet - one which delivers no less than six Xbox One titles."
Karl from TVG writes "Loading up Clockwork Tales for the first time, I was fairly apprehensive. After having played Artifex Mundi’s other Xbox One title, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek, I anticipated a flawed yet appealingly simple puzzle game. The developer’s other game, while fun, suffered heavily from low production values that affected the game’s overall presentation and yet, while Clockwork Tales still doesn’t align itself with the higher tier of games on Xbox One, it improves on Artifex Mundi’s previous endeavour in almost every way, making for a much more enjoyable puzzle game."
Hmmm, when it comes to point and click adventure games, there definitely needs to be interesting characters and an engaging plot. Still, for $9.99, I may look into this. I really dig that steampunk aesthetic. Gonna flip a coin for this one....heads or tails?
Is it just me or does the female in that picture look like Lt. Ripley from Alien? Anyways, adventure games have always been an interest of mine, simply because they can be extremely challenging, but it sounds like there isn't much challenge here and worse yet, it doesn't have much of a narrative to keep you engaged.