Brown reviews... (Posts about (author)Hyptosis)

Kingdom of liars (series)

ggn — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:25:05 GMT

Well, it wasn't up to the standard Hyptosis' games usually have; the puzzles were either too easy or way too difficult, the story seemed rushed (needed a bit more narrative bits)~~, and it was only 2 episodes~~. But well, overall I liked it so here it is: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Stonepath.

EDIT: I stand corrected, there's more than 2 episodes, hooray!

The Sagittarian (series)

ggn — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:05:41 GMT

I'm not sure if the series is finished or not (having just played the 4th installment I think it is, but time will tell), but I thought it's time I mentioned it here.

Usually when I see anything that has something to do with zombies uprising, I usually steer clear away from it. I dunno, I just don't like the genre so much, and it's been done to the death anyway. So I'm not sure what kept me interesting with this series. Perhaps it's the comics style visuals?

Maybe the nice build-your-own-adventure interface with clever rewinds when you die? Maybe the dialogues? Maybe the character build-up at the breaks between fights? Maybe the bluegrass songs played throughout the series? Or perhaps the series comes from the prolific creator of Alice is dead and Hood? Probably a bit of all of the above.

Each episode takes only a few minutes to play, or if you want to be thorough and try all story arcs probably a bit longer, so it can't be that bad, right?

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Berger), Part 4 (Bayou).

Hood

ggn — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:01:36 GMT

Another point'n'click series that I've been following was finished recently (episode 1, episode 2, episode 3, episode 4) so it's write-up time!

The story's beginning isn't really original; you are a furry detective called to a small village in the middle of nowhere to investigate on claims that there has been a witch around those parts. Most of the people aren't too thrilled by your arrival, so it's up to you to gather scraps of information here and there to try to piece the story together. After the humble beginnings of episode 1, episodes 2 and 3 really take off and offer a quite original story which is most pleasing to follow. Of course the very nicely drawn graphics and soundtracks add to the experience a lot.

My only gripe is that episode 4 was a kind of a let down, after all this build up. Still, it's free and I can't argue with that - plus the quality is overall outstanding!

Alice is dead

ggn — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:53:56 GMT

Wait a minute! Alice? Dead? That's not supposed to happen! And you, the rabbit, her long time partner, wake up next to her without remembering what happened. So go forth and explore around, see if you can jog your memory back and find out who's responsible.

As you gathered, this is yet another alternate universe to that of Lewis Carrol's where everything is not so innocent (although the original version isn't, but anyway!). Lots of violence, gruesome descriptions and generally messed up characters in this point'n'click adventure. It consists of three episodes, neither of which are too big so they're perfect for finishing in one sitting.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3