Freeware Game Pick: The Marionette (Team Effigy)
The Marionette is a full-length 2D adventure game viewed from a first-person perspective, where you play as a sculptor named Martin who is in the middle of completing his latest work when a mysterious package arrives in his mailbox. He loses consciousness just moments after opening the plain-looking envelope, and wakes up much later only to find himself standing outside an unfamiliar house.
Unperturbed by the strange turn of events, he heads into the house to seek for answers that will explain how and why he was brought to the spooky estate in the first place. (download page)
Comments
Uh...what? I could swear I played this game years ago just from the description. Seriously, it's *very* similar. Methinks I should research this a bit.
Posted by: Aquin | November 9, 2009 8:12 AM
IIRC, there was a demo at AGS website for a long time
Posted by: Gr.Viper | November 9, 2009 12:02 PM
Yeah, maybe you played the demo. This has been in the works a long time.
Posted by: Sergio | November 9, 2009 2:26 PM
Hey, it's great to see this released! I'll give it a play tomorrow. Congratulations!
Posted by: Sparky | November 10, 2009 8:09 AM
FYI, there's a new version of this out now that fixes some crashes and freezes.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 10, 2009 11:34 AM
In terms of atmospheric density, graphics and writing, this game can compete with any 1st-person-adventure that has been released commercially in the 90s - only that it adds story twists and surreal explorations that would never have found their way past the professional "quality control".
Play it, it is absolutely worth the while, and you can play it at your own pace and don't have to be a hardcore gamer to enjoy it.
Posted by: 56K | November 11, 2009 9:35 AM
The graphics remind me of A Second Face, cool game that one
Posted by: disraeli | February 4, 2010 8:53 PM