Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
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SafeCracker The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure | |
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Developer(s) | Kheops Studio |
Publisher(s) | The Adventure Company |
Distributor(s) | Steam |
Platform(s) | PC |
Release date | NA August 2, 2006 Steam August 29, 2007 |
Genre(s) | Adventure |
Mode(s) | 1 player |
Rating(s) | E for Everyone/3+ |
Media | CD-ROM, Online download through Steam |
Safecracker is a video game developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company.[1] Safecracker was also released on Steam on August 29, 2007.[2]
On February 2, 2007, PC Gamer US, awarded SafeCracker "Best puzzle game of 2007",[3] despite its sister magazine in the UK, only giving it a score of 38%.[1]
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[edit] Gameplay
The game is a first person adventure game, where you move through 3D environments, to find the safes to crack. the safes themselves vary in style and design, from safe to safe.
[edit] Story
The games story revolves around a safe cracker, being hired by the family of a recently deceased billionaire and oil magnate, Duncan Walter Adams. You have been employed to find the will of Duncan Walter Adams, by cracking the 35 safes that were in his possession.[1]
[edit] Criticism
Safecracker received mixed reviews, with it being received well by PC Gamer US, and received poorly by PC Zone, with some reviewers claiming about the difficulty curve of the game "very harsh spikes along the way"[4] and one reviewer calling the game "agonisingly unimaginative".