Gemini Rue on Steam

[brisk]

A bit of an obscure one this, but I picked it up about a year ago and it's a fantastic point & click game, made by a single guy, set in a Blade Runner-style universe. It's finally been released on Steam. It's intentionally retro, but the art style suits the mood. It's a really good game, with a decent story/characters and fans of old point & click games should definitely pick this up, especially since it's only £6 and will run on even the most decrepit computer rig.

Gemini Rue

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[bitWISE]

Tried the demo a while back and it didn't blow me away early on. I've heard it's really good though.

[[xeno]Julios]

if you like this sort of stuff, check out Ben Croshaw's tetralogy here for free:

http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/games.htm

(he's the same guy who does the zero punctuation reviews on the escapist)

the first one is 5 days a stranger, then 7 days a skeptic, then trilby's notes, then 6 days a sacrifice.

For a nice free (and pretty) sci fi horror point and click, check out The White chamber from Studio Trophis:

http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/proje ... itechamber

[brisk]

Tried the demo a while back and it didn't blow me away early on. I've heard it's really good though.

Yeah, these kind of games can't be judged by a demo, simply because the story is so important. It's not a game for everyone and the graphics in particular will put a lot of people off, but it was a big surprise for me when I first played it, especially since i'm a Blade Runner/cyberpunk fanboy.

[U4EA]

This is a fucking great game, well worth the price of admission. You can finish it within a few hours and it's not nearly as inane/random as old school point and click games. Recommended

[U4EA]

It really is worth finishing all the way through for the story. I may check out Resonance, the preview video on Steam looks pretty interesting.

[seremtan]

speaking of indie games on Steam, anyone played Lucius? it's a horror game except with the twist that you yourself are the horror: a 10 year Hitler lookalike who runs around a mansion finding bizarre ways of offing the people in it. also includes what i think must be a first in any videogame: a 'tidy your room' mission