The point-and-click adventure has become a niche genre in the almost two decades since its heyday. Physics engines and the nature of their games have usurped the puzzle game throne, bringing about a host of new players. While the variety of...
By Gaming Nexus onWhen an adventure game developer takes the time to record a dozen lines of dialog on the off chance that I would repeatedly click on a chair just to hear a different response each time, that shows me its heart is in the right place. The Book of...
By GameSpy onYou will play as one of these 4 main characters at different times throughout the game:Wilbur Weathervane - A gnome who differs from other gnomes in that he has no interest in technology or machinery of any kind. As he performs his boring duties as the...
By examiner.com onThe Book of Unwritten Tales begins with a "spirited leap" onto the back of a dragon and doesn’t let go till the very end, 20-odd hours later. The action in the game is third-person point-and-click. You play as a number of characters throughout the...
By Blogcritics onPlaying The Book of Unwritten Tales is like opening a game preserved in a time capsule for the past two decades. This traditional point-and-click adventure originally released in Europe in 2009 harks back to the days when Sierra and LucasArts ruled...
By GameSpot onThere's been resurgence in the last few years for the good old adventure game; whether it's Telltale Games' episodic titles or smaller budget indie games, like Gemini Rue. The popularity of downloads means formally niche genres can find their...
By Destructoid onThe Book of Unwritten Tales is a slick, lavish point-and-click adventure held back from greatness by its run-of-the-mill puzzles.One of the best gags from The Secret of Monkey Island placed our scrappy hero behind a wall where he got into a series of...
By GamePro onFor years, the point-and-click adventure genre has been sitting contentedly in a comfortable little rut: Publishers, most prominently Telltale Games, push out games in episodic format, with cartoonish graphics, witty dialogue, and a detailed hint...
By Cheat Code Central onIndependent games always surprise me - not because they are always amazing, but because they always come up with something new. And that’s heartening, even if it's just a new take on an old format.The Book of Unwritten Tales, by German Developer King...
By NZGamer onThe Book of Unwritten Tales è un capolavoro , probabilmente, la migliore avventura grafica uscita dalla fine degli anni '90. Per soli 25 euro, offre una lunga e appassionante esperienza di gioco, con un cast di personaggi incredibile e una numerosa...
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