Quake3World

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

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

bitWISE wrote: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.

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

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.

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