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If you’re a point-and-click fan — particularly of the ’90s LucasArts-y variety — then you’re likely familiar with Wadjet Eye Games. This is the team that brought us back to the genre’s golden age with the likes of Unavowed and The Excavation Of Hob’s Barrow (on which it served as publisher), and its latest slice of nostalgia pie is equally concerned with turning back the clock, albeit in a much more literal sense.
Old Skies is another genre celebration with a clear admiration for the past, yes, but time is integral to the story here too — time travel, to be specific. With a centuries-spanning plot that covers everything from prohibition to 9/11, the modern-day to the distant future, Old Skies is an ambitious undertaking. The journey to the end suffers from uneven pacing, and the point-and-click puzzle solving is a little more straightforward than we would have liked, but as we closed in on the finale to this 15-hour time-hopping adventure, we were impressed by how it managed to stick the landing.
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