Old Skies

I hate to say this, but I do not like Old Skies. I enjoy Wadjet Eye's games a lot, developed or published, but this is the first I've played so far that I just quit out of halfway. I really tried, but it's a rather dull experience overall. I'll try to keep it brief. I strongly dislike the new art style. The amorphous blobs they use as sprites just don't look good. They remind me of Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force with even less detail. Backgrounds are hand drawn and detailed causing this jarring contrast between the two. It's not a particularly impressive looking game, but the old style of pixel art sprites with dynamic hand drawn portraits looks better. The soundtrack is unexceptional, but the voice acting is good. The puzzles are nonexistent. The instances of being caught in a death loop were more tedious than fun and clever. You have to die a few times to get all the info needed to get out of these loops and it's just not very engaging when there are so few interactions to begin wi...

I loved this game so much, just like all the previous Wadjet Eye games! The characters felt so real, and the dialogues were so genuine — huge thanks to the voice cast as well. The story was incredibly engaging; it captivated me within the first 10 minutes. There was so much lore and technical detail to support the science fiction aspects of the game that you almost can’t believe it’s an indie game. I also preferred this fluid animation style compared to the older pixel-art character sprites. It gave me the same feeling I had when I finished the Blackwell series from Wadjet Eye Games: “Why hasn’t this story been made into a movie yet?” One day soon I'd like to play it again with commentary on, unless there will be a documentary made about this game and other Wadget Eye Game titles first. Thank you Dave and the team!

Too many plot holes to be enjoyable, and the rest of the game didn't make up for it.

Starts strong, then turns completely one dimensional and vapid by Chapter 4. Chapter 5 is even more egregious. Shame.

FINALLY got round to playing Old Skies last week Wadjet Eye rarely have games under an 8/10 and this is no exception. Really enjoyable the whole way through. The last chapter had some great gameplay and revelations. I'm very interested to know how different decisions might change bits of the story, but it felt like they wouldn't in any sort of significant way and I was happy with what I chose throughout enough to not want to go back and do it again. The only criticism I had was just how quickly it ended, not in a "I want more game" sort of way (although that would have been fine!), but just how after Chapter 6 it just resolves exceptionally quickly without much warning. Also the post credits scene [spoiler] was brutal and a little unnecessary in my opinion, as it kind of already went without saying and didn't need re-confirming that Fia's efforts could just be wiped out in an instant again [/spoiler]. Great voice acting and really liked the new art design in this vs the rest of the...

Brilliant adventure, well written, loved playing every second of it. A few frustrating moments where I had to consult a walkthrough but otherwise it was a very smooth experience. I also liked the humor.

I've played a lot of adventure games. I've played a lot of Wadjet Eye Games, and I've enjoyed all of them, with Unavowed being my favorite....until now. Old Skies is a truly outstanding game. Wadjet Eye's best work so far, hands down, and that's saying something! The narrative, the design, the voice acting, the art and the animation, it's all fantastically done. The care that clearly went into this is evident, and it blew me away and captured my heart. I loved the quirks and interesting twists of the time travel, and I loved the world built around them. The story that isn't big at all, but focused and small (not to say the gameplay is short, cause it isn't, there's a lot of great game here!) and that's exactly what it should be. Fia doesn't need to be saving the world, because this isn't about huge stakes. It's about how important the small stakes are and how they, too, should and need to be treasured. The infamous day in history we visit in Ch 5? That was chilling and intriguing. ...

A nice point-and-click about time travel. Well, not really about time travel [i]itself[/i], don't go in expecting a hardcore techno-thriller (and don't think too hard about how it's supposed to work). It's more about the people who time travel and how they have to cope with it. The game was an interesting take on this subject and did a good job putting us in the shoes of its main character and showing us the struggles she and her colleagues have to face. Gameplay-wise, it's quite light on the puzzles. Everything feels so logical to the point of being almost obvious and you never have to think very hard. Also, the game feels a bit... smooth? And I'm not only talking about it being at a higher resolution than other Wadjet Eye games. There's a certain naïveté and candor emanating from the characters and while I think it's kinda charming, it won't be everyone's cup of tea.

insanely good point and click adventure

Another great adventure game from Wadjet Eye!