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- Daedalic Entertainment
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Daedalic Entertainment
1954: Alcatraz
Released On: Mar 11, 2014
58
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
58
4% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
83% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
13% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
58
4% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
83% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
13% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
An innovative approach the adds a degree of non-linearity to the game play combined with a compelling story line and great visuals make Daedalic's Alcatraz 1954 a game that is hard to walk away from.
Whilst 1954 Alcatraz does certain things very well, it too often lets itself down.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 44 User Ratings
6.3
34% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
48% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
18% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 44 User Ratings
6.3
34% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
48% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
18% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
90/100. (Recomendado / Recommended)
Aventura gráfica clásica de la mano de DAEDALIC Entertainment, lo que te asegura buena construcción de trama, acertijos y fundamentalmente un apartado artístico dibujado a mano (en este caso, solo los escenarios).
Classic graphic adventure from DAEDALIC Entertainment, which ensures good plot construction, puzzles and, fundamentally, a hand-drawn artistic work (in this case, only the stages).
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I've no idea what all these "professional" reviews are about, crying because the GFX aren't like $50m Crysis 3. The GFX are fine, no different to other modern adventure games, far better than many "pixel art" Indie platformer's that are getting up to 80%, and better in general than Grim Fandango Remastered that scored 85%. The art style obviously isn't intended to be about photo-realism (neither is the point & click adventure genre in general).
The escape from the world's most notorious prison fortress based plot is done quite well, the atmosphere and jazzy soundtrack are great and the switching between dual characters approach works well. Voice acting is good for the main 2 characters and average for the rest but by no means poor (I've heard a LOT worse even in big budget AAA games). Puzzles are OK-ish, maybe a little on the easy side but mostly logical. Demanding every single adventure game's puzzles be targeted towards MENSA members, have a plot that turns the player into an emotional train-wreck or be "totally unique" is just as silly as giving every single FPS game 30% score if it includes shooting or "surviving" something.
1954 Alcatraz may not be the best adventure game out there (or even the best by Daedalic), but it certainly deserves more than the joke 35-40% scores some "professionals" are giving (especially when many of the same ones are giving 'infallibly perfect 100%' scores to half-broken AAA games that are still barely playable even after 3 months of patches...
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There are choices, which is not common in these games, but then the consequences are too light, the game never gives us a “punch in the stomach” so to speak, despite the its promise to do so.
The attempt to propose some more adult issues than usual and to offer from the beginning two playable characters and two different game environments are good choices, but the rest of the game (plot, storytelling, puzzles and visuals) isn't convincing at all.
A few great ideas are drowned in a torrent of design flaws and technical problems. I wish there were something interesting to say about this game’s failures, but they just amount to plain, old-fashioned bad craftsmanship.
1954: Alcatraz is the worst game ever produced by Daedalic Entertainment. Thankfully, unlike professional video games reviewers, you can simply ignore this nightmare.
This is a fine Daedalic point&click game. The story and non-linearity was interesting. The puzzles were logical to my mind, but had to revert to a guide a few times: one has to use the items in the inventory on persons as there are no talk option available for the same purpose as in some other games. There were some minor audio problems: the game or engine doesn't seem to like multi-core and had frequent audio stutter and pops until I changed the CPU affinity to a single core. In addition, some audio-skipping did not work. I bought the game on sale and played through twice; if you like more casual games and want to honor the developer for their good work with the Deponia series, its a worth buy.
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I usually find point and click games rather boring.
But couldn't resist when there was a sale. Even if I think I wont like a game I will give it a try.
This game is ok, since it's not really my thing, but it's not a bad game.
It has a good user interface and is a basic game without anything difficult or confusing.
I like that you can save any time you want, to me that is important in a game as I want to be able to save and stop playing to do other things when I want to.
And it has a quite a good story and characters as well as graphics. Even though I don't like point and click games much, this game is done well. But can't rate it higher than 6 as it's not my kind of game.
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It's not a bad game, but most of the characters are cliche. ****, dejected black person, independent woman and so on. Unfortunately, these characters stand above the main plot.
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Summary 1954: Alcatraz takes place in San Francisco during the 50s and tells the story of Joe, who's serving a sentence of 40 years for armed assault. Of course, he's eager to escape 'The Rock'; but he needs the help of his wife, Christine, to have even the slightest chance. She, however, has her own heap of problems: The couple's partner in ...
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Mar 11, 2014
Developer:
- Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
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