The games which have spellbound me in recent times.
1) Inside - Orwellian in scope and HG Wells in storytelling, this simple side scroller platformer has impressed me the most. Anyone who loved Limbo should play this game. It's a really simple game very easy to play but tough to master. This game is a prime example that you don't need super special graphics and tough controls to make a game which has a universal appeal. Recommended for novice gamers. Brilliant!!
2) Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma: I hit upon this game by accident and am completely mesmerized with this game. Anyone into Anime and Death Note and Butterfly effect and SAW, play this game. Somdipto Ghosh I think this game was made for you. If you can download and play this game. Deep, engrossing and twists you out like the roughest clothes going through a washing machine for hours. Amazing game with multiple ends and a complete brain-bender.
3) Batman - The Telltale series - After a brilliant first episode it dips fractionally in the second episode with just one crucial decision playing out which would determine the next few episodes. Yes - it's a slow burn story, which would pick up. The second episode may not be as good as the first one but still it can't take away the fact this is the first time we are seeing a unique take on " Bruce Wayne" rather than "Batman" and its covering unchartered territory dealing with his dilemmas and predicaments more than Batman. The best part of Episode two was when you are given a choice to influence a man either posing as Batman or Brice Wayne. Would you use Batman's brawn or Bruce Wayne's charm to get your way? Well - I chose Bruce Wayne - That's how this game gets to you...very interesting and dynamic!!! I have never read a Batman story like this before.
4) Pavilion - Simply put - a really stunning game. The Gameplay is so original. The developers have created a game which would be....to me..the closest I would think... if Salvadore Dali made a game.. it would be this. It's Weird Good!!! I was really blown over by the game. Very simple puzzle game but it's actually a pearl in the deepest part of the sea of games releasing every day.
5) The Bunker - My close friends who love Black Mirror and British television should play this game. It's a FMV adventure Game bringing back memories of Black Dahlia, Gabriel Knight 2 and Phantasmagoria. It's dark and bleak and acted superbly by some British actors. It's slow but it grows on you with every chapter. Solid entrant to adventure gaming.
6) Enigmatis 3 - A Wonderful Hidden Object cum puzzle cum adventure game. It's a hybrid but it's a really entertaining fun game.
7) The Detail - If you haven't played this game and you are a gamer.. then you are a DODO....Plays out like a cross between graphic novel and traditional adventure gaming mechanics it is a smashing game.
Hope some of you play games and some of you.. who don't...play a few of my recommendations, you won't be disappointed.
