Daedalic bringing “eco-thriller” to Wii in 2009
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 7:54am by Derek
German developer Daedalic Entertainment released information today about A New Beginning, an “eco-thriller” in development for a 2009 release on PC, Wii and DS.
From the press release:
“The year 2050: The cities of the world lie in ruins. Catastrophic climate change, long prophesized,
has devastated the world with fatal consequences. In a flooded San Francisco, time pilot Fay overlooks the magnitude of the destruction. Sent from a distant future to avert the evisceration of mankind, she is faced with the horrible realization that it is already too late. The last hope for salvation is another desperate leap back in time to our present!
In the eco-thriller A New Beginning from Daedalic Entertainment, Fay teams up with scientist Bent Svensson to try and stem the tide. Players will experience an absorbing adventure about the most important issue of our times. At locations around the globe, it is up to them to change the course of history – with the whole world hanging in the balance.
Backgrounds like the devastated skyline of San Francisco are constructed from more than 20 2D layers to ensure a realistic sense of depth and high level of detail. More than 130 locations make A New Beginning one of the largest adventure games in recent years. The more than 30 characters are rendered in a realistic 2D style and are painstakingly animated by hand in feature film quality.
The classic point & click adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment is set for release on PC, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii in 2009.”
Check out Earth-Game.com and Daedaelic.de for more information.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:42 am
Nice! Remembers me from the good old days from Lucas Arts… great adventures at that time!
Best!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:06 am
Looks like a grown up Zack and Wiki. I like!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am
WOW This sounds/looks great
February 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Point & click adventure games. That’s what we need! Awesome news!! Now if only Nintendo could find a way to get the classic LucasArts games to the VC…
February 21st, 2008 at 11:05 am
God, I love point and click adventure games. The past is coming back and totally kicking my enthusiasm in the butt.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I will definitely be getting this game when it hits. I’m sold whenever I by a game that can give the experience that only a book could offer me, plus oh so much more.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:46 pm
With a special guest appearance by Al Gore! Recently back from hunting ManBearPig!
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Awesome! Global warming alarmism right where it should be: in a silly, unbelievable videogame! Global warming makes even time travel look plausible. “No, Dr. Svensson, we’ve got to buy more carbon credits!” “Fay, that will never work! We’ve got to kill all the cows, and raze the rainforests! They produce too much methane!” The proposed resolution of the “most important issue of our times” should be interesting, if only for guffaws. Fay would probably be better off building a giant sun filter to regulate solar radiation hitting the Earth…
Speaking of old point and click/LucasArts, it would be awesome to have a Monkey Island or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis-style title (or many) for the Wii. Bring ‘em on! I want to insult some swordfighters!!!
February 24th, 2008 at 12:11 am
SimAlGore?