Perils of Man

This game defines Point N Click Adventure. Everything about it is a joy to play. I loved every moment from beginning to end. Lots of interesting locations and characters. A pretty cool involved story. A couple of the puzzles were either far reaching or didn't make sense at first so I consulted the walkthrough a couple of times. And it really could use a hotspot indicator. And the common complaint for almost all P&C...

8 found this helpful, 2024-02-03

I really wished I could recommend this game, but after 8 hours of mostly unsatisfactory clicking around, I decided I cannot. I could have stopped earlier and ask for a refund, but I generally try to support indie efforts, so there it goes... The game is nicely designed and the story had a lot of potential, that being the main reason I bought it, but ultimately fails to deliver on almost every aspect: - the hotspot...

30 found this helpful, 2015-08-13

1. The story is a historical time time travel mystery with a dash of quantum leap (a 90's TV show) inspiration. It's fairly solid and equally well written and like the average Hollywood movie you'll have to gloss over a little plot hole here and there. As you'd expect there's a twist and I'll happily admit for once I didn't see it coming. 2. Graphics and visuals are good, nothing spectacular, but, for a 7 year old...

6 found this helpful, 2022-01-29

(Worked on linux/Nouveau until half-way through, then systematically froze. At least I was able to locate and transfer the save to W10 to finish the story.) Not good enough. You can predict that the game will technically tank: it's in 3D. The full game, not just the cutscenes and the trailer. The 3D Point n' Click experiment was justly abandoned 20 years ago, yet someone decided to ignore the obvious, so here...

12 found this helpful, 2020-11-23

78 / 100 Perils of Man (PoM) is a delightful adventure of discovery, following Ana as she unravels deeply buried Eberling family secrets in search of her missing father. There is an underlying emotional resonance that grows as the story progresses covering topics like regret, sacrifice & how ones decisions often impacted other family members. Although this may sound dark, PoM is actually a rather warming story,...

14 found this helpful, 2016-06-17

I wanted to like this game, but I couldn't. One of the biggest issues is the 3D camera, which makes navigation tricky and frustrating. The inventory is also buggy, and getting items out of your stupid inventory feels like more of a puzzle than the actual puzzles. The story feels hollow and empty. It had potential, but it didn't deliver. And everything is too slow. If they'd just done things in 2D and spent more time...

8 found this helpful, 2023-10-26