A New Beginning (video game)
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- 2 GHz single-core or 1.8 GHz dual-core processor
- 1 GB RAM
- DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 256 MB memory
- DirectX 9- compatible sound card
- DVD drive
- 3.5 GB free hard disk space
A New Beginning in Germany is a developed, a classic point -and- click adventure game from 2010, which was developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Deep Silver.
Action
The game is about the time-traveling radio operator Fay, which is sent with some colleagues from a virtually uninhabitable due to environmental disasters the world in the present, to stop climate change and thus prevent these natural disasters. However, they charge initially in its time and almost all of her colleagues are killed. In the present, she convinces the retired scientist Bent Svennson to an algae for energy continues to advance his research to show them a climate conference. They must also prevent the explosion of a nuclear power plant in the Brazilian jungle through which this die and the aforementioned natural disasters would bring about.
Gameplay
The operation is basically the genre usual point and click control, which can be the various possibilities of interaction displayed and selected by holding down the left mouse button with an object here. In the game you control depending on the scene either Fay or Bent Svennson.
In addition to the usual combination in adventure games puzzles you have to solve mini-games at some points. This way of thinking and puzzle games, however, can also skip after some time.
Reception
Adventure-Treff particularly praised the good sound and the puzzle design, but thought that the game is not quite came up to the previously released The Whispered World, and awarded the match with 87%.
PC Games awarded 84 % and ruled Exciting Air thriller, packed as a modern puzzle adventure game.
Gamestar ruled out of the ordinary adventure with great atmosphere and ultimately awarded 84%.
Awards:
- German Developer Award 2010 ( Best German youth game )
- German Developer Award 2010 ( Best Story )
- German Developer Award 2010 ( Best Soundtrack )
- German Computer Game Award 2011 ( Best German Game )
- German Computer Game Award 2011 ( Best Youth Game )
Triva
The game initially caused some users resentment, because it could not be run between 24 and 1 clock clock. Also there were many users seemingly random crashes occurring at room change or cutscenes. Both errors could be fixed with a patch.