ANACONDA promise immersive puzzle adventuring
Undercover : Operation Wintersun, the upcoming adventure game from genre experts ANACONDA, not only offers an intriguing story of espionage and betrayal, but also a number of features seldom seen in adventure games, so say the developers.John Russell and Anne Taylor, the hero and heroine of the game, along with the rest of the characters are all rendered in real-time 3D, casting correct real-time shadows on all objects. ANACONDA say that these light and shadow effects make for authentic locations, as Russell and his fellow agents secretly explore Nazi research installations.
One of my biggest bugbears with point and click adventuring was finding the exact pixel I needed to hover over to allow me to progress, but ANACONDA reckon they’ve got this covered with a function to display all hotspots of a location simply with the press of a button –in case adventurers needs some help along the way.
Click for larger imageThe game’s plot is a mixture of fact and fiction, just the way I like it. Based on the true historic background of the German Uranium Project in WW2, it explores the frightening scenario of German scientists, who had a long lead in the field in nuclear research, and who have made alarming progress on the path to atom bomb. British intelligence recruits the renowned physicist Dr. John Russell to investigate the matter. And that’s who you play as you carry out your dangerous mission in Nazi Germany.
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