Return to Mysterious Island
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Developer(s) | Kheops Studio |
Publisher(s) | The Adventure Company |
Platforms | Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS X, iPhone |
Release date(s) | November 19, 2004 |
Genre(s) | Adventure |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh based on Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island. The game was released in 2004 for Windows and updated and released for Mac OS X in 2008. It was developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company. Coladia, founded in 2005, teamed up with Kheops Studio to update and port the Kheops adventure games to the Apple Macintosh and iPhone systems.[1]
Contents
Story
Return to Mysterious Island follows Mina, a strong young woman alone on a round-the-world sailing expedition. Caught in a tremendous storm, she becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. As she explores her new surroundings, she uncovers artifacts, living spaces and technologies left behind by the people who came before her to this uncharted island.
Gameplay
Creating a new life, Mina builds a home from the remains of the previous settlements and uses her survival skills against the wilds of the jungle. She soon becomes aware of a figure in the shadows who, seemingly aware of her troubles, offers her assistance. She eventually identifies this figure as the unsettled ghost of Captain Nemo, whose body is located in a cave on the island. Piecing together the hints and clues he provides, Mina must retrieve his body and give him a proper burial in order to free his tortured soul, and then travel to the Nautilus deep below the island shore to unlock a way to escape the island. (It should be noted that the game can be completed without burying Captain Nemo's remains, but will result in less clues given, and a lower final score.)
Sequel
On November 25, 2008 Microïds (Anuman Interactive's adventure games label) announced that a sequel was being made, Return to Mysterious Island II. It has been in development by Kheops Studio since April 2008, and was released on PC and Apple iPhone on August 14, 2009.[2]
iPhone and iPad version
A port of the game to Apple's iPhone was released on the iTunes app store on June 15, 2009.
A port of the game to the iPad is already out.
Reception
The game received 79 out of 100 for PC version from Metacritic[3] and 4 out of 5 from Modojo for iPhone version, the later of whom said that the game have remarkable visuals and audio as well as manageable inventory system but have frustrating puzzles.[4] Geek.com who also liked previously states pros but also compared it to Myst.[5]
See also
References
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External links
- Articles with dead external links from July 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- 2004 video games
- Adventure games
- Point-and-click adventure games
- First-person adventure games
- Video games developed in France
- Windows Mobile Professional games
- Video games based on works by Jules Verne
- Video games featuring female protagonists
- Survival video games
- The Adventure Company games
- Kheops Studio games