Alter Ego

As an interesting and somewhat successful adventure game, [i]Alter Ego[/i] is the last video game made by Czech developer team, Future Games which we were familiar from the first game in [i]The Black Mirror[/i] series. The studio was closed in 2011 due to financial problems after the release of this last game - which was also the probable underlying reason behind the abrupt ending we have here. 19th century, Plymouth. The city is shaken with the untimely death of Sir William, a deformed young noble with a handful of speculations running about his nature in the newspapers. At the time his funeral is being arranged, the swindler and street rat Timothy Moor comes to the city on a cargo carrier as a stowaway, apprehended by sailors. He manages to escape to find his childhood friend Brian for a job, only to find himself in an uncanny intrigue concerning Sir William himself. Following Tim's misfortune, Detective Briscol - who has just started his first day on the job, investigating a distur...

I was eyeing this game for a long time, and when the price was only around $1.50 CD I snapped it up. I was glad I had, as I really enjoyed the game, (I had no idea that it was by the same developers as Black Mirror!) Many good reviews have been written so I will only say that it's really too bad about the ending. It is most probable that they'd run out of money... edited; Yes Gingergal I too prefered black mirror ! :)

A very good game with great graphic style. The gameplay based on the classic click'n'point interaction and almost all puzzles are inventory based. The voiceovers are all fine except Tim who sounds a bit... dull. Almost all his voiceovers are done in the same tone so it sounds a bit out of place at some points. The game will be easy for any player that usually plays these type of games and you can easily finish it in 5-7 hours. The story is good - it starts slowly but it picks up later with all the murders. Even though I've read most of the reviews for this game, and even though they all gave it a pretty bad score - the game really is good. However - the end of the game is really rushed. It does make sense, but the way it's presented is far from what it should be for this type of game. Also - you'll spend the last 30min of gameplay just going from location to location in a very speedy way because (i guess) devs ran out of time or money to make it interactive. The story at that point j...

Just finished this game. I'm a fan of slow point and click games and I must say, I really enjoyed its classic feel and realstic detective approach. most "gamers" wont like this game, but it offers a great story and enviroment, which is what I play games for. That ending sure was unsatisfying doe

Alter Ego suffers severly from puzzles that don't serve the plot, but rather bladly carry you from one door to the next key, or whatnot. Picking-up a box from the lowest shelf? Let's turn it into a puzzle! Nothing is too trivial for this game. Many of the items needed to solve the puzzles can't be picked unless a very specific trigger has already occured. You know the key is behind the statue, you can look at the statue, but the character would refuse just taking the key. As for the difficulty, most puzzles are of medium-low difficulty, and just require knowing *when* the time is right to solve one specific puzzle. I had everything I needed to make a certain paste, but it took another 30 minutes of gameplay between 1. Knowing that you need the paste, and 2. knowing where the paste needs to be applied, before you could get *water* to do it. So this should give you an example for both the "complexity" and annoyance of the puzzles. Also, both characters are boring, pompous, and are main...

[i]Title[/i]: Alter Ego [i]Genre[/i]: Adventure [i]Developer[/i]: bitComposer Games [i]Publisher[/i]: Viva Media [i]Release Date[/i]: 3rd August 2010 [h1]TL;DR, Verdict[/h1] Not bad, very slow paced. Good for those who like the point and click adventure genres, not good for those starting out in it. I think it's too expensive for what it is. If it was cheaper, it would be probably more worth a recommend. [b]Pros[/b] Detailed environments – lots of little things to look at Voice acting is nice, Irish and English accents! [b]Cons[/b] Really slow paced [h1]Gameplay[/h1] “Can you climb, naked man?” A point and click puzzle game, your character starts by escaping from a prison via a sewage/flood system, looking remarkably clean, if a little naked and handcuffed. He's a thief accosted by English constables, in a time where racial tensions between the Irish and English are at an all time high. When he picks up objects, they mysteriously disappear into his pants, and some of...

The game follows the lines of Black Mirror and other point and click games, following the same art style of 2.5d graphics, the game had a pretty good story, having you start out playing a turn of the century down of his luck guy, your thrust into a good story of murder and crime. It's all shades of gray, you are not a upstanding person per say, your not someone you want to hate and come to like who you are playing as time goes on, and without going into detail, you end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. The game starts out slow but picks up. The puzzles and events make sense, and you won't be wondering why you solve the puzzles as in some games. I found the voice acting needs a bit of work but fits in the time that it takes place and the sound effects and artwork are well done. It's a shame that more people don't play it, and is left off people's game list, because it's actually a good story.

1/5 First and foremost I find the title of the game misleading. Just looking at the cover you would imagine the game follows some character who lives a double life; one as a good citizen, the other a darker kind of villain. I was expecting something along the lines of a Jekyll and Hyde game. Instead you play as two independent characters one an Irish rascal, the other a straight-laced English policeman. The game doesn't involve any problem solving but more like going from one place to another clicking on different things, and figuring out what to do next. The story is enjoyable whilst you're playing it, it unravells nicely and keeps you gripped. Nothing however can really compensate for how poor the ending is. It's not simply that the ending is an unhappy one for both protagonists but it renders the whole story pointless. There is one stupid part where you have to steal the ledger from a shop associated with the villain. This involves: 1. Walking outside from the church 2. Walking ...

I almost recommended the game until the last 15 minutes before the ending... the graphics, music, gameplay, dialogues are just what I desired in a point&click adventure game, and the story is really captivating. However, when you ruin an ending in any kind of storytelling, you basically dismiss all the process of getting there.

A perfect little point and click game. The story is seen from different perspectives. You must solve the mystery! Pleasant scenery and atmosphere. The game is simply warm and cosy. Snug as a bug in a rug. That's how I felt playing.