![]() ![]() In that regard, Mutropolis is aimed towards more experienced players of the genre, ones that are nostalgic of old point and click games that made you work hard for your next step. Brute forcing your way is also not the right approach, since the possibilities are too many. There are too many locations simultaneously open for exploration, too many items in your inventory that don’t have an immediate purpose. Playing Mutropolis is like having to build a 1000-pieces jigsaw puzzle: you can partially combine some of the pieces that seem to fit together but you won’t have an overview of what’s going on until the end of each chapter (which takes a few hours of gameplay). There are very few hints for what your next actions should be, and the clues for solving the puzzles are pretty well hidden. The game does not hold your hand, and the dialogues with the NPCs or the text prompts when investigating an object rarely push you in the right direction. Literally.Ī lot of point and click games suffer from the “What do I do next? / Where do I go next?” syndrome and sadly Mutropolis didn’t manage to solve these issues either. Together with the quirky and charismatic characters that comprise Henry’s ragtag team, you’re in for an adventure in which new meets old, and where ancient Egyptian myths are brought to life. When the team’s boss disappears, and when the police abruptly closes the case, Henry and his colleagues take upon themselves to find their missing boss and the lost city. You play as Henry Dijon – the head of expeditions for team Sigma – a nerdy archeologist with a detective nose. Now, in year 5000, a team of archeologists and scientists came back to Earth to find the legendary Mutropolis – a lost city believed to be a source of many treasures, similar to El Dorado or what was once believed to be the Atlantis continent. It’s a fantastic love letter to the old-school titles of this genre, while keeping things fresh through a unique, modern and gripping story.Īfter a cataclysm that happened 3000 years ago, humanity fled to Mars. Mutropolis is a lovely point & click adventure that stands out through its top-notch graphics, voice acting and humour. ![]()
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