Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Yea, five stars. I gave it that much, because I've read the original comic and watched the movie. Also, I've walked through the game with a guide, so, yeah, I've just enjoyed the story and the visuals. I well understand the other review entitled "Terrible story". The game doesn't tell you enough, really - to fully understand what's going on you have to at least be vaguely aware of the original comic book. Too much is left untold in the game itself - so it just doesn't work without a comic book (8and movies has a way too different plot). So yes, on its own it is definitely not a five stars game. Among the Nikopol stories - man, it is probably the best. I like the more serious tones, the new additions... I definitely recommend to any fan of Bilal's work to experience this take on it - even though Enki himself haven't took part in creating this game, the guys who created it obviously were fans themselves. In two words, the text above is for those people who like the original and who question if they should try this game. The answer is - yes, you absolutely should.

As point and click games go, this is probably going to be one of the easiest ones you have ever played. Really, I had more difficulties with games aimed at kids than with this one. The game is very linear and you only have the things in your inventory that you need right now, so there's not much trial an error involved - which is a good thing, I hate inventory puzzles, but the environmental puzzles aren't anything to write home about either. Ironically, the toughest part might be the first area in your apartment, from there on everything gets smaller and simpler. I think the devs realized that they weren't able to finish in time if they kept this up. Then there's also the problem with the story. I had no idea what was going on. I have seen the movie based on the comic some years back, but couldn't remember much of it. This game tells you little and you seem to play a pretty minor role in the plot, so I felt pretty lost. And then it's suddenly over. I think you can finish this game on your first playthrough in about two hours. I needed five, but I left the game running while doing other things I assume. From a technical standpoint the game still holds up. It looks nice and plays very smoothly. All in all, it was definitely worth the 1,07 Euro, but I wouldn't advise people to pay more.

Je ne trouve pas comment mettre le jeu en français. D'après la fiche du jeu, il n'y a pas d'audio et les textes sont au choix en anglais, français, allemand, italien, espagnol. Déjà, ce n'est pas exacte car il y a bien de l'audio, en anglais. Ensuite, au moment de l'installation, il y a le choix entre anglais, allemand, espagnol et italien mais pas français. Je pensais alors y avoir accès après l'installation, dans les options du menu, mais non, rien ! I can't find how to put the game in French. According to the game description, there is no audio and the texts are available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Already, this is not exact because there is a lot of audio, in English. Then, at the time of installation, there is the choice between English, German, Spanish and Italian but not French. I thought then to have access to it after the installation, in the options of the menu, but no, nothing!

Ce jeu est basé sur une bande dessinée française et développé par des français, mais la langue française n'est pas disponible.... je l'ai pourtant en version CD avec les voix et les textes en français donc je ne comprends pas vraiment.