Two things that I can definitely recommend when taking on the puzzles is to kind of think how you would actually do it and to explore locations thoroughly in true adventure game form. Once I did figure it out though it was like a huge green glowing glass shard going off. One of my favorite things about Shardlight’s puzzles is how naturally their design and solutions are to solve even though I did miss a few important ingredients to their solution from time to time. Having played previous Wadjet Eye titles, I went in kind of knowing what to expect with both their visuals and puzzle designs over the years. Does the Reaper that the Acolytes of the Reaper worship actually exist? How does the first person you meet know your departed father? But most importantly, is Tiberius a ruthless tyrant or perhaps someone with the good of his city at heart? You’ll find out all these answers by solving the many puzzles found within Shardlight. Like all good adventure titles, the path to Amy’s survival is paved with puzzles and mystery. That’s probably why I felt invested in the characters and kept on playing to the very end in a single session. All the elements I would expect to be in a post-apocalyptic world plagued by disease are here but in a way that doesn’t seem farfetched at all. The world of Shardlight is a harsh one filled with many secrets that Amy is about to learn about the hard way in her search to survive and beat the plague that so many people are dying from. The world of Shardlight is ruled by an oligarchy who controls all the important resources yet who constantly seek out those civilians that are doing well demanding their source of survival in exchange for things like water or food coupons. What she never expected was that taking a government lottery job in exchange for a ticket for the vaccine lottery would change her life forever. The story follows Amy Wellard, a mechanic, who has been stricken with the fatal plague known as Green Lung. I love adventure games in general, and their newest adventure, Shardlight takes players into a post-apocalyptic world where the rich prosper and the poor…well suffer with the threat of death from famine, disaster or worse plague every day. The story, characters, voice acting, and music are a treat.Let me just start this review saying that I’ve been waiting for Shardlight since the day that I found that Wadjet Eye Games was actually making another game since the curtain call of the Blackwell series, which I loved. Just Aventure - "If you're looking for a classic point-and-click adventure, then you’ll love Shardlight. RPGFan: "Shardlight is crafted beautifully with pixel art reminiscent of the point-and-clicks of yesteryear" 82%Īdventure Gamers: "A dystopia with style." 4/5 Rock, Paper, Shotgun: "Grown up, well written, carefully paced, and genuinely interesting to explore." Can she play both sides - or will she be forced to choose? Is Danton right that the Aristocracy are hiding something important - and if so, what? Green Lung scourges the population, only briefly held at bay by the precious vaccine - and there's never enough to go around.Īmy Wellard is a young mechanic drawn into the covert war between the forces of the Aristocracy and the mysterious, brutal rebel Danton. What's left of the people scavenge for existence under the unfeeling gaze of the elegant, masked Aristocracy. Since then, it's always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The world ended on the day the bombs fell.
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