point-and-click posts

The full title of this game by Coladia is Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny. While it bills itself as a point-and-click adventure, it's more reminiscent of Myst than, say, anything by LucasArts. Taking place in Alexandria, Egypt, in the year 48 BC, you play the role of Thomas, the apprentice to Cleopatra's astrologist. When your teacher and your loved one both disappear one day, you set off to find them, and become embroiled in a plot against the queen of Egypt engineered by Ptolemy, Cleopatra's husband and brother, who is ravaging the country.

So, how does a Myst-like point-and-click game play in these latter days? Read on to find out!

When was the last time you played a decent point-and-click adventure? Much less one with a Noir theme? Based on the collected works of Frank L. Baum? If the answer is "never", then feast your eyes on Emerald City Confidential, brought to us by Wadjeteye Games. First, it's difficult to do Noir properly. Second, the Oz series carries a reputation for being kids-only. Third, point-and-click adventure games have fallen somewhat out of favor since the days of LucasArts classics like Day of the Tentacle and Sam and Max Hit the Road. For a game to try to tackle all three of these at the same time is awesome/lunacy. How well do they pull it off? Read on to find out!

"Join struggling artist Alcide Nikopol in a richly detailed world of a future Paris. Who watches and waits from high above this City of Light and what dark secrets lie buried beneath its fabled streets? Begin your search now for clues and embark on your path to personal and political destiny from this humble artist's apartment."

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point-and-click adventure game inspired by the works of graphic novelist and filmmaker Enki Bilal and developed by Benoit Sokal's (of Syberia and Syberia II fame) game studio.

Download the Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals Demo (384 MB)
Game requirements:
Windows XP/Vista
DirectX 9.0c (included)
1.7 GHz Pentium 4, AMD Athlon, or equivalent RAM : 512 MB (1024MB with
Vista) 128MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card ATI Radeon 9600 /
NVIDIA 6 series or higher DirectX 9.0c compatible sound device DVD-ROM
16x or faster
3 GB hard drive space
Windows-compatible mouse required