A New Beginning - Final Cut is a point and click adventure game from Deadalic Entertainment.

You start the game as a retired bioengineer Bent Svensson, trying to live his peaceful life in a shack (well, a more luxurious shack) somewhere in a Norwegian forest. But just as he is going on about his everyday life, a young woman, a time traveler named Fay invades the privacy of his home and tells him the most imaginative story he has ever heard; about a future with no hope, where the clean air and fresh water are hard to find, and the planet is dying (Fallout anyone?).
And Bent is supposed to be the person responsible for the planet salvation, so Fay convices him to go with her to try and stop the exact event that started the process of the extinction of life in the future.

The story is well written and while it may sound cliched, it makes enough interesting twists and turns to never make it seem boring or repetitive. The characters are well done, and have real and believable motives for their actions throughout the game.
From the graphical and accustic standpoint, Deadelic always delivers and this game is no different. Beautifully drawn backgrounds and landscapes, well done comic-like cut-scenes and a great voiceovers accompanied with an atmospheric soundtrack make for a great gaming experience.

The game is not hard, and all the puzzles and actions needed to make progress make sense and should not leave you bashing your head for two hours, trying to figure out what to do next. It took me about 15 hours to finish the game which is a pretty decent length for a p'n'c game.

And now, some negatives. Sometimes the text in the game becomes russian or german for a brief second (for example when inspecting an item) or the characters glitches out and disappears from the screen. On one occasion I couldn't access my inventory so I had to reload the previous game save. Also the bomb defusion puzzle has a bug, where the counter on one of the sides adds an extra +1 so you can't complete the puzzle (again reloading fixes it). So nothing too serious, but it could annoy you, especially if you haven't saved in a while.

Score:

+ beautiful hand drawn backgrounds
+ great voice acting and atmospheric soundtrack
+ decent length for a p'n'c game
+ interesting story line with some cool concepts of the future

- bugs
- sound disappearing at times

A well done adventure game, for old school p'n'c players and anyone willing to give it a go. A solid 8/10.

A New Beginning - Final Cut is a point and click adventure game from Deadalic Entertainment. You start the game as a retired bioengineer Bent Svensson, trying to live his peaceful life in a shack (well, a more luxurious shack) somewhere in a Norwegian forest. But just as he is going on about his everyday life, a young woman, a time traveler named Fay invades the privacy of his home and tells him the most imaginative story he has ever heard; about a future with no hope, where the clean air and fresh water are hard to find, and the planet is dying (Fallout anyone?). And Bent is supposed to be the person responsible for the planet salvation, so Fay convices him to go with her to try and stop the exact event that started the process of the extinction of life in the future. The story is well written and while it may sound cliched, it makes enough interesting twists and turns to never make it seem boring or repetitive. The characters are well done, and have real and believable motives for their actions throughout the game. From the graphical and accustic standpoint, Deadelic always delivers and this game is no different. Beautifully drawn backgrounds and landscapes, well done comic-like cut-scenes and a great voiceovers accompanied with an atmospheric soundtrack make for a great gaming experience. The game is not hard, and all the puzzles and actions needed to make progress make sense and should not leave you bashing your head for two hours, trying to figure out what to do next. It took me about 15 hours to finish the game which is a pretty decent length for a p'n'c game. And now, some negatives. Sometimes the text in the game becomes russian or german for a brief second (for example when inspecting an item) or the characters glitches out and disappears from the screen. On one occasion I couldn't access my inventory so I had to reload the previous game save. Also the bomb defusion puzzle has a bug, where the counter on one of the sides adds an extra +1 so you can't complete the puzzle (again reloading fixes it). So nothing too serious, but it could annoy you, especially if you haven't saved in a while. Score: + beautiful hand drawn backgrounds + great voice acting and atmospheric soundtrack + decent length for a p'n'c game + interesting story line with some cool concepts of the future - bugs - sound disappearing at times A well done adventure game, for old school p'n'c players and anyone willing to give it a go. A solid 8/10.