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Atlantis: The Lost Tales takes you to an amazingly addictive Fantasy-based Action-Adventure and Point and Click experience and leaves you right in the middle of the lost City of Atlantis. The game allows you to be the unnamed protagonist who works as the Special protective guard of the Queen of Atlantis and upon the sudden disappearance of the queen, takes the responsibility to uncover the mysteries and finally find the Queen. As you start off your journey, you’ll find the clues about Queen’s Guards leader’s involvement in Queen’s disappearance and after knowing about that, you’ll have to act quickly because the Guards leader Creon intends to conquer the world with the help of an ancient Power and a new weapon. You must stop Creon from doing that by jumping to different in world and out world locations, finding the clues and objects and by finding the light equal to the power of the weapon that Creon has. After you have acquired the Power, go hunt down Creon and all his minions, free the queen and conclude the game. Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a one amazing game that offers a brilliant story and a wonderfully immersive game-play along with great visuals.

Broken Age, an epic Point-and-Click Adventure game is developed and published by Double Fine Productions. The story of the game revolves around the life events of two teenagers named Vella Tartine and Shay Volta. Vella’s life hangs in between life and death as she is to be sacrificed to protect her village from a giant monster Mog Chothra and Shay is an astronaut on a ship fully controlled by a computer who thinks of herself as an over protective and overconfident mother of Shay. Vella lives in a world where people believe that sacrifices can save them from Mog Chothra, but vella is not ready to die. She escapes the beasts attack and runs away. She finds a temple that is actually Shay Volta’s Ship. She wakes Shay up from stasis and with the help of Shay they make a weapon and when “Mog Chothra” re appears Vella kills the creature. The storyline of the game and graphics along with gaming environment are astounding.

The Blackwell Convergence is the third game in the Blackwell series and is developed by Wadjet Eye Games. This Graphic Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game features the character of Rosangela Blackwell a spiritual medium, and her spirit guide Joey Malone who basically provides with a connection between the ghosts and the living. Rosangela starts living in solitary after the death of her aunt Lauren Blackwell and gets asked by some unknown source to write a story on a Collage Dorm Suicide. She accepts and starts writing when suddenly Joey Malone’s ghost appears and tells Rosa that she is a Medium just like her aunt Lauren and asks her to solve a case of a little girl whose ghost in haunting a Dog Park and is being quite a problem for the people. You as the protagonist Rosa will have to visit the Park and gather clues and objects that can help you with your investigation. Meanwhile Joey will provide you with a connection to her ghost and will gather the clues and objects from the world of ghosts. It would be an unfair to not call The Blackwell Convergence a masterpiece for all the great things it offers. The story is superb, game-play totally is presented in a Film-Noir style and the graphics are a wonder. Play it and you’ll definitely enjoy this fantastic game.

Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey is an episodic Puzzle Point and Click and Adventure video game. This 3D game surrounds the interacting characters, game world exploration and a lot of puzzles to solve. Developed and published by Red Thread Games, this is the most favorite and highest ranking game in the whole series. The futuristic story of the game is set in 2220 and represents two parallel universes named Stark and Arcedia. The protagonist of the game Zoe Castillo breaks the news that the Dreams of the residents of both universes are being stolen by the conspirators and she sets out to ruin their intentions. Betrayed badly and left for dead previously in Dreamfall, Zoe thinks this is the chance to find the purpose of her life. The game features a non-open world environment but several freely roaming levels like Europolis and Marcuria and repays the players with power-ups on collecting every secret and clearing the level. Graphically rich gaming environment and game-play with a third person perspective enhances the charm of playing this awesomely amazing and addicting game to play.

Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is one of the best games of Adventure, Film Noir and Interactive drama genre. The game is developed by Big Finish Games and takes you to a Quasi Dystopian setting of Post-World War III Era in the year 2050. You get to play as the protagonist Tex Murphy, an honest and good nature private investigator who loves to smoke cigarettes, drink a lot of bourbon” and get into trouble a lot. The story of the game kicks off with Tex’s disoriented awakening at his office in Ritz Hotel with a lot of markings and strange writings all over his body but no memory of his past. He remembers after a huge amount of struggle that Chelsea, His friend is missing since the brutal attack and is presumed dead. He sets out to investigate about what really happened to him, where is he now and to regain his lost memories. In his quest, Tex opens up a Pandora box of countless murders, double crosses and lost inventions of Nikola Tesla. You as the protagonist will have to investigate all the cases by solving various puzzles, interrogate the suspects, collect clues and evidence and find the lost and hidden inventions of Tesla. Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is a great Action-Adventure, Film Noir and an intriguing video game to play and enjoy. This wonderful game offers amazingly ultra-realistic graphics, First person 3D environment, Cyberpunk theme, multiple and Unique game endings, great stories and a lot of other exciting things. Do try it out, Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is a fun game to play and enjoy.

Kentucky Route Zero is an Episodic Point-and-Click Action-Adventure video game developed and published by Cardboard Computer. This indie game is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS and Linux. The narrative of the game whirls around the life of a truck driver and his dog. The driver along with his dog, accepts to travel to Kentucky to deliver the antique goods and on his way to Kentucky he slips off the road and gets lost. He interacts with strangers and with so many different things to find his way back to Kentucky and reaches to Equus Oils a pitch black gas station. At Equus Oils the real adventure of his life begins. Game features astonishingly amazing game-play, superb graphics and environment. One thing that is quite different about this game is the absence of verbal dialogue. Instead of a verbal dialogue the game uses text-based dialogue to interact with people and things. This epic game is worth trying. Do give it a go and enjoy all the fun.

Papers, Please or also known as Papers, Please: A Dystopian Document Thriller is a Puzzle video game by an Indie video game developer named as 3909. The game focuses on the Emotional Life of a character who works as an Immigration Officer. Set in the Dystopian country of Arstotzka, the protagonist goes through the Emotional toll every day while deciding about who to let in the country and whom to stop. The ultimate task of the player is to check the documents of people by using various tools and stop the Criminals, Smugglers, and Terrorists from entering the country. When certain discrepancies are discovered in the documents, the players investigates the individuals and tries to collect data about the ones with faulty or suspicious documents. The further investigation includes Full-body Scan, Fingerprint verification, demanding more information, and the decision of denying the entrance, etc. The full day shift of the player doing all the things goes on in real-time and the players does all every day in the game. At the end of every day, players get rewarded with money based on his performance (Less Penalties, Bribes Collected, Items Confiscated, etc.). The players are allowed to use the earned money on daily life expenses such as paying the rent, buying food, and other necessities. The game kind of looks like a Life-Simulation but it is a bit different from that. With a remarkably addictive and involving gameplay, cool 3D visuals and all the amazing benefits of working as an Immigration Officer, Papers, Please offers a brilliant Puzzle and Interactive experience to enjoy.

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game developed by nFusion Interactive and published by Replay Games. The game takes place in the fictional city of America Lost Wages, and the story revolves around a middle-aged man named as Larry Laffer and his attempts to get lucky. According to the story, the protagonist is a loser and lives in the basement of his mother. The protagonist decides to visit the resort city to find the woman of his dream. There are a variety of levels, and your ultimate task is to assist Larry to find his love otherwise he will commit suicide, causing a game over. To progress through the game, you have to interact with objects and environment and accomplish your tasks to earn money and satisfy your character. As the game progress, it becomes challenging, and your character is going out of control. With superb mechanics, well-written story, and brilliant graphics, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded is the best game to play and enjoy.

The Detail is an amazing Graphic-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game by Rival Games Ltd. The game allows you to be Detective Reginald “Reggie” Moore, who becomes frustrated with the defective Justice System and plans to take it down with all the responsible. Crime scene investigations, clue and object finding, capturing the accused and investigating them are the most prominent features of this brilliant game. The game takes place on the fictional location of a Modern American City and it allows you to control the main character Reggie, start from a murder case that took place because of a long lasting gang war, make toughest choices that will directly affect your life as a detective. You must solve the case and at the same time protect your family from the gang members and keep on pacing through the story. The Detail offers a gameplay that is a mixture of Interactive Comics and other story-based elements. The game offers a gameplay and mechanics inspired by the popular The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead by telltale games and features realistic crime based drama and visuals. The story of the game is more similar to the HBO hit T.V Series “The Wire” and is quite interesting to get involved in. With all the Drama, and Suspense, The Detail is one amazing video game to play and enjoy.

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded combines the elements of Adventure, Point and Click, Action and Single-player developed by nFusion Interactive and published by Replay Games. The game takes place in the 1980s and offers a series of the complex puzzle you must complete at any cost. According to the story, the protagonist named Larry Laffer who is a 40-year-old software seller have bored to his unexciting life and took a tour of Los Wages and maybe meet with her true love. Interact with a variety of objects and items, find clues and solve puzzles by licking, talking, picking up a variety of objects. It has five different buildings such as a mini-mart, a multi-floor, a love chapel and a disco club. Explore different locations and uncover the mysteries of the world. Different Buildings, Mind-blowing Puzzles, Exciting Characters, Point and Click gameplay, Stunning visuals, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.

Leisure Suit Larry is a Point and Click, and Single-player video game series with Adventure elements developed and published by Sierra Entertainment. The story of the game follows the middle-aged man who lives in the basement of his mother house as he attempts to attract the attention of the women. There are a variety of levels, in which you must guide the protagonist to find his girlfriend otherwise he will commit suicide, causing game end. The series takes place in different locations such as beaches, casinos, hotels, restores and ships. As the story proceed, the game unlocks other features and content to play for more fun. There are a variety of games in the series such as Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love, Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate, etc. Leisure Suit Larry offers prominent features such as a variety of Scenarios, a set of Levels, smooth and exciting Gameplay, attractive Sounds, Interesting Protagonist and more. Leisure Suit Larry is the best Point and Click game with Adventure element as compared to other games of same genres.

Beholder is an Adventure, Strategy and Single-player video game developed by Warm Lamp Games and published by Alawar Entertainment. The game offers a thrilling gameplay inspired by Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Ray Bradbury. In the game, the player controls the protagonist named as Carl, who is a government installed landlord in the state of totalitarian. The government hires the player to spy on the tenants, and his ultimate task is to chase the tenants and efforts to record their conversation. There are a series of levels, and the player manipulates the landscape from a side-scroll perspective. The player needs to reports anyone of violating the laws and fulfill the objectives to earn points. In the game, the player has an option to follow the instruction of the government or team up with those people who are suffering from the oppressive directives. With excellent mechanics, wonderful gameplay, and exciting graphics, Beholder is the best game to play.

The Very Organised Thief is a First-person Perspective, Exploration, and Single-player Adventure video game with Puzzle aspects developed and published by Redefinition Games for cross-platform. It offers the perfect mix of Stealth and Exploration elements and puts the player in the role of a thief, who finds himself trapped in a thrilling house where his main objective is to find all the items on his checklist and then struggle to escape. The player can move freely across the house and he starts the game with a list contains several items that the player needs to gather at any cost for a successful escape. While exploring the environment, the player can interact with objects like open doors, cupboards, pick up and drop objects, and more. He can also climb stairs to explore rooms and find objects while struggling to solve tricky puzzles. The Very Organised Thief lets you experience the life of a thief who stuck in a house and looking for a way leads him to out.

Dreamfall Chapters is an Adventure, Third-person Exploration and Single-player video game created by Red Thread Games and published by Deep Silver. The game offers episodic gameplay with an emphasis on exploration, character interaction and puzzle solving. It is the direct sequel to The Longest Journey and takes place in two parallel Universe such as Arcadia and Stark. The story revolves around the female protagonist who has uncovered a massive criminal conspiracy, aiming to enslave both Arcadia and Stark by snatching their dreams. The protagonist was betrayed and left in a coma at the end of the previous installment and has found a purpose to live her life again in Chapters. The game offers 3D environments and lets the player assumes the role of the female protagonist who must navigate the environment from a third-person perspective, interact with NPCs, find clues and solve the mysteries to progress through the game. As the match advanced, other challenging episodes will be unlocked to play. Dreamfall Chapters offers core features such as Emotional Storyline, Sequel to Adventure Game, Explore Detailed and Beautiful Gameplay, etc. With stunning mechanics, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, Dreamfall Chapters is the best game to play and enjoy.