Travel Through Time And Prevent Universe-Destroying Paradoxes In This New Adventure Game
Old school point-and-click adventure games drift in and out of popularity, but through it all, indie developer Wadjet Eye has remained steadfast. With games like Unavowed, Technobabylon, Gemini Rue, and the Blackwell series, Dave Gilbert's studio—sometimes as a developer, sometimes as a publisher—has kept the flame burning bright. Its focus on rich characters, compelling stories, beautiful art, and vintage puzzling make anything branded with the Wadjet Eye logo worth paying attention to—and that includes its next project, Old Skies.
In this time travel story you play as Fia Quinn, a so-called 'time agent' working for an organisation called ChronoZen. In the future, wealthy clients pay them a fortune to take them into the past. Maybe they want to relive their youth, watch an old friend from afar, or resolve some unfinished business. Whatever the reason, no matter how rich they are, they have to play by the rules. Time is a fragile, temperamental thing, and it's your job, through Fia, to protect the timeline at all costs. What could go wrong? Surprising no one, quite a lot.
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You can play Old Skies now in the form of a Steam Next Fest demo, and it's worth dedicating an hour or so to. It begins with triangular portals opening in the sky above a construction site, from which Fia and her client, Joe Anderson, are dropped. The year is 2024 and Joe has a simple request: he wants to eat lunch in a diner he used to frequent as a biochemistry student. Well, it sounds simple. It's not long before Fia's skills as a time agent are dramatically tested. Joe ditches her and rushes off into New York City. Why? You gotta find out.
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