Beautiful Czech Animation in a Freeware Adventure Game | Submitted by costik on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 03:03. |
A point-and-click graphic adventure in the classic mold, Samorost has been lauded worldwide for its clever puzzles, excellent Czech animation (in Flash), and surrealist, cerebral nature.
Quite as good is its sequel, Samorost 2.
Avalanche is interactive fan fiction with surprisingly crisp production values. Its biggest flaw is that the interface is a bit clunky, not unlike the game it's based on (FFVII). FYI, it's WASD for movement, right shift and right ctrl to attack, spacebar to jump and confirm menu selections.
For a Final Fantasy fan still yearning for Aerith's sweet touch, despite 11 years of cosplay, spin-offs, bad CG anime and relentless forum posting, this is a must-play. It's a 300MB download, just so you're warned.
Samorost 2 Even Better
After discovering Samorost 2, I went back to play Samorost. Both are great, but the interesting visual style is superior in the sequel. Worth the time to play it.