Разработчик: Shaman Games Studio
Описание
Back Story
Mankind has just got out from the dark Middle Ages. Superstitions and fears still reign the minds of the majority of people, but the germs of science and culture rapidly emerge and grow stronger. But, as it turns out, it doesn’t play into the hands of some of those in power. They are willing to make every effort and use all means to prevent the development of noble minds. The coup brews after sudden death of King in one kingdom and childless Queen is in mortal danger. A group of officials, financiers - merchants, local mafia and some members of the highest ranks of police belong to secret cult, whose goal is the destruction of any educational programs and new scientific achievements, which were very supportive and strongly promoted by the deceased king.
They're going to kill the Queen and enthrone his person - cruel and ignorant bastard. Police behaves outrageously in the capital, bandits openly run their dirty deeds, officials drown in corruption and are busy with their own profit. Common people are dark, terrified and trying to survive in every possible way.
Synopsis
The main character, young thief Marla is caught for stealing and thrown into the town prison, and her little brother Ray is kidnapped by the people in strange leather masks. With help of the former secret policeman Herbert Marla escapes from the cell and runs away to the underground catacombs. On the road she finds out that several other street boys were stolen from the town besides Ray. Herbert gives Marla task to steal mysterious cipher from the house of one merchant.
Decrypting coded message Marla finds out about the existence of a cult that stole her brother and also set a goal to destroy all the achievements of science and culture. During the search of Ray the girl encounters various representatives of science, who to some extent suffered from actions of the cultists. With their help, Marla finds a secret gathering of the cult and saves missing children from there.
After successful rescue, Marla with Herbert intrudes into the royal palace, where they reveal the head of the cult Morgana, who disguised as maid of honor of the queen for a long time. It is this maid of honor who was behind the assassination attempt on the king, because of which Marla’s father was killed.
With the help of Herbert, Marla prevents cult activities and reunites with her brother. A former secret policeman regains favor of the Queen and becomes at the head of security of the kingdom in general and of science in particular.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, dutch, korean, portuguese - portugal, russian, swedish
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8
- Processor: 1,5 GHz
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound device
- OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8 / 10 / 11
- Processor: 1,5 GHz or higher
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB or higher
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound device
Mac
- OS: 10.5 or higher
- Processor: 2,5 GHz
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: Any
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu or equivalent
- Processor: 2,5 GHz
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: Any
- Storage: 5 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Отзывы пользователей
I'm going to be honest, I ignored the warning that the English translation grew worse and worse as the game progressed. However, the translation really is that bad, and takes away from the enjoyment of a game that has some lovely mechanics. I don't recommend paying full price for this game, but if you can buy it in a bundle, it may be worth spending a few hours on.
Fall of the New Age is a point and click, casual, adventure game released in early 2014 with not bad reviews on Steam. The game is about a mad cult that tries to bring a medieval kingdom, that's on the brink of the age of science, back to a state of illogical superstition. Marla is the heroine that you control. She is a thief with a good heart, who is swept up in a mission to save her little brother, Ray, from the cult who have kidnapped him. She ultimately, by default, end up destroying the cult at their headquarters, and saves Ray from being ritually sacrificed by them.
It's pretty good. The story isn't great but I think it's worth playing if you like this type of game.
The MAC version of this game is full of bugs that make it almost unplayable. Exception error messages with opaque backgrounds keep popping up throughout the entire game. They block the background making it impossible to continue without shutting down and restarting the game. Also there are no voices in the MAC version so you have to read fast to get all the dialogue.
On the plus side, the hidden object scenes and puzzles are numerous and good. If you have a PC buy it. If you have a MAC beware.
pros
+ nice looking background graphics and character models
+ well made cut scenes
+ i enjoyed from disguise mechanic
+ music is good and fits to atmosphere
+ game's story is intriguing and exciting
+ puzzles and mini games are enjoyable. they are not so easy or difficult
+ strategy guides are always helpful
+ there is a map
+ there is auto save
+ three difficulty options
+ bonus chapter and contents such as wallpapers, concept arts, screensavers, videos (cut scenes) and music, etc.
+ game is not too short
cons
- Voice acting is hit or miss
- there are no cards and steam achievements
- hint system doesn't always helpful
- some HO scenes could have been better designed
Overall, this game is enjoyable with a fast pacing good story, easy mini games and puzzles. i liked it.
Good graphics. Easy interface. Good story. Voice acting is hit or miss. It's a fun game with some good puzzles. But it crashes. Constantly. Occasionally the UI disappears as well. If you can power through the constant crashes, then go for it. Sometimes you'll get 20 minutes in, sometimes you'll get 2 minutes in. For the frustration, definitely wait until the game is on sale. It's a solid HOG otherwise.
In general I like Hidden Object games a lot but this one is the worst I have ever played. Most minigames do not make any sense. It seems as the creators do not understand how the things they tried to implement (minigames, lockpicking and further mechanics) work in real live. I do not reccomend this "game" to anybody. Worst game I have played for years!!!
Ok I'm going to recommend this game but it's not the greatest. It does have some unique features though like putting on disguises. Voice acting is meh, story is ok. Puzzles and hidden object sections are fine. Id argue over some of the wording for some of them but meh. All in all this is a decent HOG. Not a great one.
What a pity that I have to rate this game negative, but for some reason there is a bug on the Extra play and this right at the end - which means I cannot finish the game - bug: Although I took the document in the Bedroom, when it came to unlocking the code at the end, the document is not available in any format - also there are no solutions to this posted anywhere!
Mac version is glitchy...maybe PC version is better? This game has the most beautiful graphics and animation. The protangonist is refreshing (not a detective, yay!), and there are plenty of things to find and figure out .There are also some nice, unique puzzles. It ended abruptly, but it appears that the story continues on in the Bonus Game. I, however, could not play the bonus game. I bought the Mac version and the whole thing was severely glitchy. The Bonus was the glitchiest, of all, so I couldn't complete it. I never would have continued playing it had this been another game. But , let me tell you...the graphics, and story and uniqueness of it kept wanting me to continue. So, basically, I guess I'm saying that the overall high quality of this beautiful game kept me trying to complete it , despite having to constantly exit out of it to clear the glitches every few minutes. Having said that, perhaps it's just the Mac programming that causes all the glitches where it's almost unplayable, but if the PC version is smooth sailing, I HIGHLY recommend this one for puzzle game lovers. I hope you can enjoy it. It really is a well done, detailed beautiful game otherwise.
Fall of the New Age Premium Edition is not a finished product. Frequent debug screens and placeholder graphics are riddled throughout the game. Debug code pops up and frame rates drop and game is unplayable. Only way to get out of this is to exit the game and avoid areas that triggered the debug code popups. The game is playable but I would not pay full price for this game. Buy it only when on significant discount and when you have nothing else to play.
Fall of the New Age is a neat little game coming from Shaman Games, a promising Ukrainian HOG developer team that we already know from titles like Dreamscapes series earlier last year. Originally developed for iOS systems, this game is a beautiful time kill for a tiresome after work evening when you'd prefer having some gaming time yet do not necessarily want to be heavy on the attention span.
Our story takes place in a fictional Late Medieval - Early Renaissance period, where people start to leave old superstitions aside for the sake of science, logical thinking and societal progress. The death of the kingdom's benevolent king marks an ill omen for the future though: mysterious disappearances among orphaned children; raids on libraries, ateliers, workshops and academies; assaults on scientists, alchemists and philosophers begin. An ominous cult with the motto "ignorance is power" jeopardizes the promise and knowledge of the new age. Within all this chaos, Marla - a street urchin and a young thief - finds her young brother taken by the cult. With the aid of a swash-buckling mentor, Marla will try to stop conspiracies of the cult and find her brother by all means!
I know, I know... HOGs carry a tendency to reinterpret classical tales, movies or successful video games in their own paces. Here, we have a simplified version of the original Thief game, with a tense dynamic between enlightenment and ignorance, plus political power plays on the side. Nope, that sincerely doesn't make Fall of the New Age a bad game at all. There isn't much depth to it surely, but it’s a fun time kill. You just have to be aware of your expectations about it.
Artworks are alright, with suitably fitting medieval atmospheres and beautiful alchemical designs for puzzles. Character models and 3D animations work fine - even though characters themselves are nothing original. It was also a bonus that the game had somewhat decent voice acting. Esthetically, it is a decent game: not horrible, not spectacular either.
The gameplay is completely different than what we'd be accustomed to as a HOG. The game carries HOG dynamics - like puzzles, item collection, environment interaction etc. - yet without much HOG gameplay actually. There are 4-5 scenes where you'll be expected to find some random symbols from a list for a password or some items scattered around which can be used as a costume for Marla, in her various disguises. It was refreshing to see a dynamic explanation and use for HOG sequences for the story. A cute and welcoming change, indeed.
There are some reports for the Mac version not working properly - voice acting missing or item graphics not showing up properly - but I encountered no problems while playing this on Windows 7, so I cannot account for other systems. All in all, grab it on sale for a silent afternoon to have a decent time kill.
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This game barely has a storyline, and that which does exist doesn't make sense half of the time. The ending was very abrupt and left me feeling like nothing was resolved.
I rescue my brother, but the cult leader just runs away with the rest of the bad guys. The End???
I just found the "bonus chapter" in the extras section. Why it's a "bonus" and not just the normal end of the game, I have no clue!!
I had to reference the in game guide several times because it turns out the next step required made no logical sense. Here's a good example: you have a fire poker, a lever and a hair clip in your inventory... what do you use to pry a bowling ball (?) out of a roof gutter? Answer: it's the hair clip! Seriously...
I can't recommend this game (especially for the price) when there are so many other hidden object & point/click games which are more fun.
This was a typical point and click, hidden object, and puzzle game. I really enjoyed playing this game. Originally I had listed a problem that prevented me from completing the extras portion however, I realized that I missed one crucial element along the way. Once I did that, everything worked smoothly so it was not a game issue it was a user issue.
I read several people having problems with this game in its beginning but I bought it recently and have had no game issues with it at all from start to finish. It appears all those issues have been resolved if your pc meets the requirements of the game to begin with. The scenary is great with a good story line, I definitealy recommend playing this game if this type interests you at all.
This game is annoyingly broken. Instead of inventory items, most of the time what appears in your inventory is a generic tool icon, a placeholder for the actual graphic of the item-- you know, the kind of thing that might exist during game development. And constantly, and I do mean constantly, there are error logs that appear in the top third of the screen.
If the game ran perfectly, I'd probably rate it around a 5/10. There's no voice acting in cut scenes where it seems strange that there's not-- almost like it's another game error, but I assume it has more to do with game budget. And the puzzles are incredibly simple and without any challenge. There are hidden object type scenes where you need to pick up almost everything in the scene, so you could get 95% of the objects just by clicking around at everything on the screen. The idea that you're trying to find items to use as part of a disguise is a pretty ingenious one, but the execution of that idea is badly done, and the "hidden object" part of it needs to be much improved.
I would enjoy the game somewhat, despite it's simplicity, simply because I enjoy these types of games-- but the constant (although not game-breaking) bugs just suck all enjoyment out of the game. The game does have a little character to it, and the backgrounds and environments are beautifully rendered. But because of the bugs, I lower my score to a 2/10.
Crash crash crash. Change settings. Crash. Run in compatability mode. Crash. Crash.
It looks like a nice basic point and click puzzle game set in 17th Century France (? I think? I didn't get to see much of it). The sort of thing you can play for a little while and not get too invested. Well, turns out 'getting invested' was the least of my worries.
Maybe you'll have better luck getting it to run.
I admit that I played through the whole thing, but I got this based on a review I read that stated that this was NOT a hidden object game, but a point and click adventure. This is inaccurate, It very much IS a hidden object game, with elements of a VERY handheld point and click adventure mixed in. Ed Wood level of voice acting, to boot. But if you like that sort of thing, have at it. I just didn't think it was worth 10 dollars. more like 2 dollars.
Average Point & Click Adventure.
Not a bad story. Correct difficulty. Sometimes very easy, very few times hard.
It has the walkthrough inside the game, if you ever go stuck.
Not bad, not good.
It's point and click and puzzles and find the item stuff but it has many locations, interesting story and awesome art. You also get animated cut-scenes! Everybody loves nice cutscenes. I'm surprised this game is so well priced. It's only 10 dollars for hours of play and awesome art. Like seriously, artists/animators did a great job on this game. If you like point and click just get it because it's pretty damn good. You will like it because how can you not? My only critique is that it ends abruptly which made me go wtf but then you have to select "extras" and it gives you one more arc to play with real ending! But I don't even want to complain because a game of this quality is basically a steal for this price.
At its core, this isn't exactly a hidden-object game... there are some specific scenes that are hidden object; when you are putting together a disguise, or unlocking specific doors... but most of this game is going back and forth through scenes, finding items, and then combining or using those items to solve puzzles.
The biggest problem with this game is that, beyond a few specific puzzles or missing that one item you just can't find/doesn't make sense... to me, this game felt rather simplistic. A lot of the find-object/use-object tasks felt like the game was holding your hand and they didn't require a lot of thought...the hidden-object portions are ridiculously simple, and could be mostly solved with simple random clicking. Lock-picking amounts to finding the right angle, and holding the mouse there for a second, and then doing it again and again and again... not really difficult. Fully completed in roughly 3-4 hours without using any hints and taking my time.
The final level of the game isn't actually obvious... you have to complete the story up to the final section, and then the game just abruptly stops with no solid conclusion. You go back to the main menu, and in the Extra's tab that's now open, there is an option to play the game, and that will start the final level... I'm not sure why they did this... I'm counting that as one of the game's more challenging puzzles.
The game has interesting ideas, but it doesn't really challenge you at all beyond a few specific logic/game puzzles that can be beaten in a few attempts... that, or I've just played far too many of these games, and these puzzles all start to seem the same.
Fun if you like these kinds of games, but I would wait for a sale... this is more of a rental or tablet/phone game.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Shaman Games Studio |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 19.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 52% положительных (31) |