Personally, I found most of the puzzles fairly logical – but you have to first get used to that logic. To be honest, puzzles are a very difficult thing to try to review, as what may appear obvious to someone, may be quite obtuse to another. By the expedient of clicking on where you want to go or what you what to interact with, you explore the environment, talk to people, collect items, then attempt to use them, combine them, or use them on people or the environment in order to surmount whatever obstacle is blocking your progress – whether it’s a tetchy, alcohol drinking desk-plant, or the not-a-smuggler-and-just-a-pilot who needs convincing in order to get your team to where they need to go. ‘But what about gameplay?’, I hear you cry.
Also, when you first encounter Isis, she’s wearing a bird outfit to blend in – it’s been a few thousand years since she last dealt with humans and is a little rusty on protocol. These include, to name but a few, the softly spoken Dijon, the computer-wizard Micro (who got sacked for hacking into Securi-Cop databanks to delete a fine, and then solved the sacking by hacking into HR), a blood-thirsty garbage can, and the goddess Isis. And pretty much in that order, too.Īs mentioned, this is a pretty whimsical game, from the colourful, almost painting-like artwork, to the strange cast of characters. However, the moment this marvellous find is uncovered, the head of the department, Totel, is kidnapped by forces unknown, and it’s up to Dr Dijon and his friends to variously find Totel, locate the lost city, and thwart the end of the universe as we know it.
During a routine survey of old earth ruins (the Earth having been decimated by a – refreshingly unspecified – cataclysm and humanity relocating to Mars), the team finds records of the fabled city of Mutropolis. In it, players take on the role of Dr Henry Dijon, an archeologist who really cuts the mustard. Classic style point-and-click adventures seem to be making quite a comeback, and joining this growing revival is the strange and whimsical Mutropolis.
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