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Nathan's Second Chance  
What do you expect when you die? Shining light? Booming voice? Rotting slowly in the ground? You probably don't expect to be greeted by a grouchy old crone in a flying yellow bus, but then, neither does Nathan.�
That�s how the game starts for you, as Nathan � walk out of the door, have a heart attack, and die� to be greeted by this flying yellow bus and taken to some sort of research post in deep space�
When there you find out why you�ve been taken to� well, not the afterlife, exactly. You see, you�re going to be getting a second chance� a chance to sort your life out, basically. Reconcile with your daughter mainly� which may not be easy. With information from a slide-show and a little help from your friends, however, you may just be able to pull it off�
What we have here is a traditional point and click adventure, and a well executed one it is. However, what I really liked about this game was the surreal, slightly warped humour that came from both the characters and dialogue, along with the fact that this is a game with a heart. The author, Tim Knauf, has done a great job with that and also in making sure there is plenty of variety in the type of puzzles to be solved, without any of them being real stumpers. All in all this is a great little game for anyone who enjoys adventure games, while serving as a perfect introduction to the genre for anyone unused to them
The game is of course freeware but I really do ask that if you play the game and enjoy it, you email the author (address on his website mentioned below). I�m hoping that if he gets enough response, he�ll write another! :-D
Final Ratings
Graphics: 8/10 � very colourful and stylistic hand-drawn graphics with some nice animated touches to.
Sound: 7/10 � some good quality sound effects and bits of good music here and there (no MIDI files!)
Playability: 8/10 � easy to use interface that does what you need with the minimum of fuss.
Longevity: 7/10 � a decent-length game, over far too shortly, but that�s largely because it�s so enjoyable in the first place!
Replay Value: 8/10 � the warped humour and short length make for a game you�ll come back to after a while.
This is a slightly abridged version of my review which first appeared at http://www.epinions.com/content_4636975236
| PC REQUIREMENTS: 700Mhz CPU, 192Mb RAM, Windows 95 and up |
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GAME AUTHOR Tim Knauf
REVIEWED BY CaptainD
STAFF RATING 7/10
USER RATING 7.6/10
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FILE SIZE 7 MB
FILE DATE Dec 31, 2005
UPLOADED Feb 25, 2006
DEV TOOL SLUDGE
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