QCF: The Night of The Rabbit

aedalic Entertainment pulls double duty as developer and publisher to bring us their game vision, The Night of the Rabbit. It’s an adventure title of the point-and-click variety that saw release on PC and Mac on May 29, 2013. Characters, story, exploration, and visuals tend to be the driving point for most point-and-click adventures, and I’m happy to report that The Night of the Rabbit delivers in all categories.

The story book scenery is flat out beautiful. From the rich warm colors of a setting sun to the aurora borealis bristling over the arctic, you can tell the art team put their very best effort into their work and had fun doing it. My wife (who doesn’t typically play video games) was immediately drawn in by the game’s presentation. That says a lot about the influence a great art team can have on a product.

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QCF: Cognition - Episode 1

hen one thinks of the classic point and click adventure games that defined the genre, a few always jump to mind. The Secret of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle -- just to name a few. What do all of these classics have in common? They’re all well told stories with engaging puzzles, solid internal logic and memorable characters. Cognition has none of these qualities.

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QCF: Resonance

Point-and-click adventure games have seen a resurgence in the past few years, with Telltale games showing success in the genre with their Sam and Max and Back to the Future games selling really well. Resonance is a new point-and-click adventure from indie developer Xii Games that has been in the works since 2008, but does this old 90s style game bring back fond memories of the genre? Or does it just remind us of how far the genre has come in the past 20 years?

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