Point and click adventure fans can prepare their prying fingers by clicking the pre-order button over on GamersGate for The Journey Down: Chapter One. The plush makeover of the original, award winning freeware title isn’t due for release until May 18th but that doesn’t mean you can’t cough up the money now and secure yourself a copy.
GP writer Marcus Estrada reviews The Journey Down: Chapter One - Over the Edge on PC.
At just over two hours of gameplay, The Journey Down: Chapter One just a flicker of a game, but it’s brilliant enough and leaves behind an appealing ghost when it’s finished.
The Journey Down was a classic-style, 2D pixel art adventure game which you can still play for free. Now it's a slightly larger, fully voiced, gorgeous adventure game that mixes 3D animated models with painted backgrounds. The result is a visual treat. It's a bit unusual to see a remake of a series that only had one episode, but this new direction is a very welcome one.
Inventory puzzles, minor theft, and mischief will make any adventure game fan feel right at home, while the use of macabre masks and black African themes and characters make it feel fresh. It's certainly an uncommon setting.
