Through excellent world building, great characters, and a branching story, you’ve got a great slice of locally-grown sci-fi well worth digging into. And with that it’s nice to see a game like Warp Frontier, a narrative adventure that can still deliver what made the genre so special in the first place. We’re in 2022, a time when the point-and-click adventure game genre is mostly seen as a retro thing. The only real lull comes with the cumbersome fuse-swapping section, which feels so much like a classic point-and-click adventure game from the 1980s or 1990s that you kind of feel bad criticising it.Īlso, it’s worth noting that Vincent and other characters in the game are voiced with Australian accents (Brawsome is a local studio after all), which when mixed with the more traditional Americans in Space performances, creates a wonderful sense of atmosphere.
There’s a hint/walkthrough system built into Warp Frontier, so for those looking to simply enjoy the story, there’s that option. Oftentimes Vince will walk and stand in front of the object you’re trying to interact with, which can be frustrating. Part of this comes down to the inventory system and having to combine various items or put a bit of space resin on this thing or that thing. Plus, it's a nice reminder that no matter where to travel, even if it’s into the distant future on a planet called Cetus, you’ll always bump into Aussies. It’s so well handled that it was only after looking at the descriptions for the various Steam Achievements that it dawned on me that a completely separate route could have been taken.Īlso, it’s worth noting that Vincent and other characters in the game are voiced with Australian accents (Brawsome is a local studio after all), which when mixed with the more traditional Americans in Space performances, creates a wonderful sense of atmosphere. Warp Frontier, from local indie Brawsome, is a new sci-fi point-and-click adventure game with a keen focus on narrative and creating a world to explore and play detective in. Narratively there’s a lot of nuance to be found in the conversations between Vincent and his robo-pal MAC, his family, and other humanoids, which in turn leads to several branching paths and even different overall conclusions. As opposed to, you know, walls of expository text that certain sci-fi finds hard to resist. Where it impresses most is how it creates a futuristic world and cast of characters with their own history that feels real and unfolds naturally through simple observation and conversation. In Warp Frontier you take on the role of space cop Vincent Cassini as he investigates a disappearance and then slowly unravels a plot involving a devastating war, its survivors, and the very nature of consciousness. In terms of presentation it’s a throwback of sorts to the genre popularised in the '90s, albeit with art direction that instil a sense of comic book realism to environments and characters.
Or simply, trying out various inventory combinations on a dead end to see what works. And that’s because the adventure game has always been one where narrative and story drove the on-screen action, and puzzles were seen as the mechanics in which to foster problem solving.
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The point-and-click genre is one that goes back to the earliest days of PC gaming, and weirdly enough, to a time before the mouse was a thing people plugged into their decidedly beige computers.
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