The Book of Unwritten Tales
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| Developer(s) | King Art Games[1] |
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Microsoft Windows
OS X, Linux
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| Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux [2] |
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Microsoft Windows OS X |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Book of Unwritten Tales is a point-and-click adventure video game created by German developer King Art Games. A prequel called The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles was released in 2012. A sequel, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, was released on February 20, 2015.[3]
Premise
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer McGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact. Whoever calls this artifact its own will determine the fate of the world. While the Army of Shadows sends out its best and most devious agents to discover the secret, the Alliance's three heroes find themselves involuntarily drawn into the crisis...
Gameplay
The game challenges the player with a series of puzzles and brain teasers presented as a traditional point and click adventure game. The puzzles are embedded in an adventure story that take most players an average of 20 hours to complete. There are 60 locations to explore with a total of 40 non-player characters and about 250 interactible items.
A notable feature of The Book of Unwritten Tales is that the player controls four different characters. In some scenes it is possible to switch between two or three active characters. Making explicit use of this mechanic, some puzzles require the playable characters to exchange items or otherwise cooperate.
Reception
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The Book of Unwritten Tales has received wide critical acclaim in Germany with an aggregated score of 87 out of 100 at Critify.de, based on 24 different reviews[7] and an 82 on Metacritic out of 100 by 32 different reviews.[5]
References
- ↑ "Book of Unwritten Tales - KING Art Games - Computerspiele-Entwicklung, Design und Programmierung für PC, Browser und online". Kingart.de. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ↑ "The Book of Unwritten Tales". Application-systems.de. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ↑ "The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Release!!!". KING Art Games - Independent game developer from Bremen, Germany and creator of award-winning games like “The Book of Unwritten Tales”. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ "The Book of Unwritten Tales for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- 1 2 "The Book of Unwritten Tales". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ↑ Arendt, Susan (2012-08-08). "Book of Unwritten Tales Review". escapistmagazine.com. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ "The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC) - Alle Tests, Rezensionen, Wertungen // critify". Critify.de. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-08-21.