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Foolish Mortals
In this traditional point-and-click adventure game, you play aspiring treasure hunter Murphy McCallan as he explores the mysterious island of Devil's Rock off the coast of Louisiana in search of the lost riches of Bellemore Manor, where decades ago an entire wedding suddenly and mysteriously vanished.
What first hits you with Foolish Mortals is just how pretty it all looks, with the hand-drawn, HD-resolution visuals of old grand mansions and swampy bayous really evoking the spirit of the American South. Since I last played the demo about a year ago, the interface has also been streamlined and cleaned up a lot more, so things like Murphy’s journal, where his quests and objectives are kept (as well as hints), now come down neatly from a drop-down box when needed.
Foolish Mortals
In this traditional point-and-click adventure game, you play aspiring treasure hunter Murphy McCallan as he explores the mysterious island of Devil's Rock off the coast of Louisiana in search of the lost riches of Bellemore Manor, where decades ago an entire wedding suddenly and mysteriously vanished.
What first hits you with Foolish Mortals is just how pretty it all looks, with the hand-drawn, HD-resolution visuals of old grand mansions and swampy bayous really evoking the spirit of the American South. Since I last played the demo about a year ago, the interface has also been streamlined and cleaned up a lot more, so things like Murphy’s journal, where his quests and objectives are kept (as well as hints), now come down neatly from a drop-down box when needed.
You're skeptical. Is Shadows of Doubt even an adventure game?
When people ask me what Shadows of Doubt is, I describe it as a first-person mystery sim, but the game is so much more. In fact, I’m not sure what it is exactly. It’s got loads of adventure, exploration and action all rolled up into a procedurally generated open-world package. That’s a mouthful, but the best way to describe it is: it’s fun.
Attracting those new fans is certainly on Charles’s mind. He told me that they discovered during playtesting of the updated original that many people just aren’t used to thinking in that traditional adventure game mindset anymore when it comes to puzzle solving. To this end, there’ll be an option to take out some of the difficulty in Reforged – a “story mode” that can be selected at the start. The easier mode will see background objects that aren’t vital to progression disappear if they’re clicked on and examined and, after a certain amount of time, a sparkle animation will appear over key objects / areas that need to be investigated further. It’s all about making the experience as accessible as possible, without going so far as to make it patronising to the player. And naturally, if you loved the challenge of the original, goat and all, there’ll still be the option to keep it as it was.
Artificial Intelligence is a controversial topic in the gaming industry at the moment, but Charles believes there are some instances where it can be a force for good – for example, when having to fill in and reshape tens of thousands of hand-drawn sprites from a low-resolution original. So he admits that you will see AI credited in Reforged, but based only on the team’s own art and used as a tool to help the artists use their time on more important aspects that only a skilled pro could do, which seems like the right way to go about things when the project might not be affordable otherwise.
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In this traditional point-and-click adventure game, you play aspiring treasure hunter Murphy McCallan as he explores the mysterious island of Devil's Rock off the coast of Louisiana in search of the lost riches of Bellemore Manor, where decades ago an entire wedding suddenly and mysteriously vanished.
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In this traditional point-and-click adventure game, you play aspiring treasure hunter Murphy McCallan as he explores the mysterious island of Devil's Rock off the coast of Louisiana in search of the lost riches of Bellemore Manor, where decades ago an entire wedding suddenly and mysteriously vanished.