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Remember "Paradise"...I'm not talking about Burnout
Revolutionary | 11:58 PM on 03.06.2008 3 comments


I absofuckinglutely love point and click games. They formed my trifecta of gaming that I was weened on while I was but a lad which consisted of

Rail shooters
Jurassic Park on the GB
Point and click

They have always played on my love of detective oriented stories and mysteries and clicking stuff to discover stuff o.O. Anyway onto the point of this post.


Very few people can tell me who Benoit Sokal is , I respect that. He is the man who is responsible for some of the greatest games ever created in the point and click genre and for the PC in general. Some of his credits are

-Siberia(Omg T_T so good)
-Paradise
-Amerzone(I never played this but I've read good things)

So last year he announced what was to be his last game , known as "Sinking Island" which told the tale of an island that was literally sinking under the weight of a massive art deco hotel that took it's residence on the isle. You play detective Jack Norm sent to investigate the murder of a billionaire found dead at the bottom of the tower...the thing is you have three days before the hotel sinks and all of your evidence goes kaput with it. The game was to utilize a time system akin to Mask of Majora where you have a preset amount of time to get shit done and your evidence slowly sinks as time passes. Now normally I wouldn't make such a fuss about a new PC point and click but his company.

http://www.whitebirdsproductions.com/

Have also stated that they are working on a DS version. Not to mention that they are working on a DS port of "Paradise" to be titled "The Last King of Africa"...hopefully with voicing by Forrest Whittaker...sorry bad movie joke.

-Rev



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13thDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2008 00:25
13thDragon
You spelled Syberia wrong. And you claim to be a B. Sokal fan! BLASPHEMER!!!

Just joking. Seriously, I love B. Sokal's games, and whether or not you like point and clicks, you have to agree that all of his games are simply beautiful to look at.

It's a shame that point and clicks aren't anywhere near as popular as they used to be.
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