This is why point and click games SUCK now:

[mghtyred]

Seriously, they do.

I wish they didn't. I was a big fan of the point and click games of old. Great stories, and interesting challenges.

This new generation of point and click games is not that at all.

Instead there is very little story, and a lot to do in a very short piece of the story. In order to make the game longer, they pack it in with so many random little tasks. So here's a game who's entire plot is "You've got amnesia. You have a picture. This woman knows that guy and will take you to him if you can get out of this old hospital". Then you spend the next 20 minutes doing things to get out of the hospital. You get out! GAME OVER.

Really?

I don't think current makers of point and click adventures understand what people liked about those games. It wasn't the clicking, but the story. There was an adventure to be had. It wasn't just a puzzle. The puzzle was just part of the game. With these new P&C games it's all puzzle and no story.

Seriously. Go back to the drawing board. Sit down for a few days and play games like Space Quest II or Day of the Tentacle. Remember... or LEARN what a good point and click game is all about.

Stop putting out this garbage.

[ShinDigPig]

you do realize this is the free part 1 of a multiple part series?

[mghtyred]

Yes, and do you realize that all those point and click adventures had multiple "parts" or episodes, and they had a lot more story than "i have amnesia, how get out place"? Judging by other recent P&C adventure games of late, the other chapeters will be just as lame, with minimal story, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of clicking.

[0dds_0f_Even]

I miss the 90s those were the best years for the point & click genre but some games like Blackwell managed to tell an awesome story but those are the few modern ones I know that succeeded well (The Reversion devs should be ashamed of themselves for releasing this uninspired crap)

[notNSANE]

The current business models for these games are really bad. They need some heavy funding, you can't just make another Day of the Tentacle with Reversion's budget.

And games that are really, really good take a huge amount of time to develop - check Primordia or Resonance.
Blackwell series is OK but it's not there, only a couple of those, and those were episodic as well.

I don't think the issue is entirely within the devs, it's the publishers that should start providing more funding.

That said, Reversion is pretty bad compared to the rest of the games, the writing is poor, the grammar is terrible, it was pretty hard to try and enjoy the game. Regardless, it's a start and there are many adventure games coming from Argentina in the next years.