Play it on: Steam
Present purpose: Remedy an old style thriller
A couple of weeks in the past, I discussed how I used to be captivated by Unavowed, a point-and-click journey from the parents at Wadjet Eye. Nicely, I’ve completed that one (it was nice) simply in time for a brand-new entry within the style to come back alongside. And whereas Wadjet Eye’s output is most paying homage to ‘90s journey video games that provided full voice appearing and stylish drag-and-drop interfaces, this new sport, The Crimson Diamond from designer Julia Minamata, is influenced by an earlier period of adventures, ones that ran in EGA and had you typing in what you needed your character to do. I can’t wait to discover its mysteries.
The Crimson Diamond is maybe most paying homage to Sierra adventures, particularly the Clara Bow video games which noticed their plucky heroine tossed into homicide mysteries through the roaring ‘20s. It casts you as Nancy Maple, a younger lady investigating the invention of an unusually giant and helpful diamond in a city in northern Ontario, Canada. It’s clear from the trailer that her investigations will discover her encountering individuals with motives of their very own, a few of them sinister, and land her in no small quantity of peril. Signal me up!
Individuals usually speak concerning the evolution of journey video games from textual content parsers to purely graphical interfaces as a internet good, as if textual content parsers had been only a crutch, a relic from the style’s early days that we now not wanted, however I’ve at all times considered them as two basically totally different approaches, every with their very own strengths. I believe there are methods wherein the presence of a textual content parser can encourage inventive pondering {that a} purely graphics-based interface doesn’t at all times permit for, and along with digging into the plot of The Crimson Diamond, I’m desirous to see the way it makes use of this design factor that so not often will get employed in trendy video games. All in all, it appears like an ideal match for a comfy weekend. —Carolyn Petit
