Browser Game Pick: Shift 4 (Antony Lavelle)
In Shift 4 you're in control of an astronaut whose ship was attacked by a giant squid, forcing our protagonist to make an emergency landing at the closest planet. Waking up to find your family members missing, you decide to explore a deserted facility nearby and search for clues about their current whereabouts.
This particular episode is a little more challenging than previous releases, since players are required to switch between two or more characters often to solve some of the harder puzzles. New gameplay elements such as gravity and contact-sensitive switches are introduced at a steady pace, which is a boon considering that the map is a lot less linear and there is a bit of backtracking to do as well. (mirror)
Comments
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Posted by: King | May 21, 2009 1:25 AM
ooooooooooooo!!! Never seen this before, nice game design
Posted by: jermain | May 21, 2009 12:30 PM
Never has a real ending been so worth getting
Posted by: Argham | May 21, 2009 6:15 PM
Not so cool as previous.
They had awesome humour, this one hasn't. Actually, it has, but very little.
Posted by: Optimus | May 21, 2009 8:19 PM
Definitely find this one trickier. Haven't had the opportunity to get through the whole thing just yet (family distracting me), but so far it's great. I find controlling two characters a little too hard for me personally sometimes, just kind of confusing, but still, excellent!
Posted by: KniteBlargh | May 21, 2009 10:15 PM
When I first saw this squid, I thought it was a octopus!
Posted by: Alex | June 14, 2009 5:10 PM