A New Beginning

A New Beginning

released on Dec 11, 2012

A New Beginning

released on Dec 11, 2012

A New Beginning is a cinematic, interactive adventure-thriller that deals with the defining issue of our time. In a story ripped from today’s headlines, an impending global climate cataclysm threatens the world. At locations all around the globe, players will have to try and stem the tide – with the whole world hanging in the balance. Scientist Bent Svensson has had to give up on his life’s work of trying to bring an eco-friendly alternative energy source to reality. But his existence as a reluctant retiree is interrupted by a very strange visitor: The young Fay claims to have been sent from the future to prevent an impending environmental catastrophe. The only remaining hope is Bent’s research which is about to fall into the hands of an unscrupulous energy magnate. Bent decides to trust the young woman – but could she really be telling the truth? In A New Beginning, players take control of the two protagonists and explore the detailed, hand-painted backgrounds in classic point-and-click style. The more than 50 characters are rendered in a striking graphic-novel style and are painstakingly animated by hand in feature-film quality. Features: The masterpiece from the makers of The Whispered World and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout A mature adventure-thriller that deals with the defining issue of our times The greatest 2D adventure game of all time: More than 100 backgrounds, over 20 hours of gameplay, 52 voiced characters Unique graphic novel art style with more than 40 minutes of animated comic book cutscenes


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As so often, good but not very memorable stuff from Daedalic. They just know how to make point-n-click adventures, nothing really gets in the way, there are many locations and it's pretty, puzzles make sense, and it's a good story setup. One thing I'm not entirely sure about is how they handle the end, especially the relation to nuclear energy, an Ur-German angst - I cannot quite remember this part and would need to replay. It seems like an important one.

A New Hope complete with bootleg Leia and moustache Luke