Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
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| Developer(s) | Kheops Studio |
| Publisher(s) | The Adventure Company |
| Distributor(s) | Steam |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | 1 player |
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure 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] It was included in Humble Bundle's Humble Weekly Sale: The Adventure Company and Friends.
It is the spiritual successor to the 1997 PC game Safecracker by Dreamcatcher Interactive and Daydream Software. On February 2, 2007, PC Gamer US, awarded SafeCracker "Best puzzle game of 2007".[3]
Gameplay
The game is a first person adventure game, where the player moves through 3D environments, to find the safes to crack. The safes themselves vary in style and design, from safe to safe.
Story
The games story revolves around a safe cracker, being hired by the family of a recently deceased billionaire and oil magnate, Duncan W. Adams. The player has been employed to find the will of Duncan W. Adams, by cracking the 35 safes that were in his possession.[1]
Reception
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 from PC Gamer UK calling the game "agonisingly unimaginative".