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Secret Files: Tunguska (PC)

I have been pronouncing Tong-goos-kah wrong this whole time apparently.

I decided to finally get in on an old adventure game trilogy after the bad taste in my mouth that was Saint Kotar. I've been hearing alot about this one so I finally got into it. Actually reminds me of another 3d-fied Broken Sword clone but this one's pretty good. Ah I miss my Adventure Gaming inventory puzzles. It's yet another globe-trotting mystery solving romp with two wise-cracking beta couple protagonists. What more could I ask for.

It was a great game. But if I had one thing to say its probably the tone. Nina the protagonist doesn't appear to have a day job and the way she constantly refers to her "Daddy" (and I just realized she's suppose to be Russian!) and from how she talks implies that she's pretty much still a teenager which doesn't really match the serious tone of the game. There's also what I imagine to be a budget problem where these people go all over the world and everyone sounds absolutely American lol. Removes from the immersion sometimes.

All in all the puzzles were great. I thoroughly miss that idea of just picking up everything and using them anywhere. Some of the more out there solutions is taping your celphone to a cat to listen in on someone inside a house which honestly I sorely miss haha. I think this is also the first of its kind in the genre to let you combine items because it actually doesnt allow you to make false combinations. As in the UI will only let you combine what needs to combine. Pretty nifty design choice and I wish it became the standard.

I also love the animation its clearly well done and emphasis is shown on presentation instead of aesthetic. I could care less for a 30 second animation of that lady from Syberia picking up a book in the library when a 5 second jump cut could do just fine.

Two more games in this set. Definitely finishing them this year. Maybe I'll just jump in the sequel next.