![]() ![]() The city is Eden, a once-utopian underground settlement – now apparently abandoned and fallen into ruins. ![]() This background is told in the intro scene – the game begins when you discover the entrance to an underground city (and clues indicating that Robert may be inside). You play as his lover (also a diver), and you’ve undertaken to follow Robert’s tracks and bring him back safely. Robert Marceau is a famous diver who disappeared during an expedition. (I do replay my favourites – sometimes a lot). I think Abyss was the second one I got, and I’ve played it through several times. Artifex Mundi games were the first HOPAs I played, and the games that got me hooked on the format. That said, here are my thoughts about the first game I played this year: Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden Collector’s Edition. It’s quite possible that these will turn out to be ‘blog posts about games’ rather than ‘reviews of games’, to be honest. And I often get way more invested in the storyline and characters than is strictly warranted by a point-and-click hidden object puzzle. ![]() When I do play, I tend to get very immersed and focused (because I play these games when I need a complete distraction from everything), and so I usually play an entire game in one sitting. And I don’t get chance to play very often, so it might be that I’ll only write a couple of reviews this year. But I have a lot of (less academic, more fan) thoughts as well.Ī couple of things I guess I should say… I really don’t play other types of games, so all these reviews will be of HOPAs. Last year, I wrote an academic paper on HOPAs for the 2018 IGA conference, and I’m intending to expand on that work later in the year. I really do love these games, and like everything I love I do tend to have a lot of thoughts about them. I’ve been playing Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games for a while now, though admittedly I’m about as casual as a casual gamer can get (and I very rarely play other types of game). I thought I’d try something new this year – let’s see how it goes. ![]()
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