| Heartland Deluxe & Unbound | LimpingFish | 2006 | |
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This is an AGS engine adventure game series of three short introductory games based on the backstory of an upcoming full-length game entitled: Wound. The entire game takes place in a single rendered room, in which you can scroll using a 360 degrees 1st-person panoramic perspective. Quite short, it is part of a larger series of vignettes centered around a mysterious scientific project called caterpillar. When R. J. Cooms, a local nut, leaves a note at the City Pursuer newspaper, reporter David Lawson, troubled by soaring headaches, goes to his apartment to investigate the matter. Coombs is not home, but Lawson snoop through his belongings to find clues about what has happened. The reporter needs to watch television clips, listen to tape recordings, and find a way to uncover the sinister secrets hidden in the room. Controlled using the mouse, you can either examine, pick up, or use objects. There is also an inventory to hold a few items. Although the game is fairly short, the shreds of evidence and the puzzles will keep you busy for an hour. Unbound is the second vignette in the Wound series, was released in 2007 and is meant to be played after completing Heartland Deluxe. This entry further explores the story introduced in the first game, but now from an entirely different perspective. The player is cast as Dr. Fielding, one of the scientists involved with caterpillar scientific project that went horribly wrong. He is being questioned by an unknown group of people about the work of Dr. Powell who was also with the project. The game is played from a first person perspective in a single room with a full panoramic view. Only a small amount of puzzles needs to be solved and there are two main actions: pick up and examine, next to the inventory. Most of the story is revealed in the intro, and in the game through some documents and Fielding talking to himself. The aim of the game is to help Fielding escape. This release is shorter than it's predecessor, and will take less than five minutes to complete. The third game will be called Mobius. | ||
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