Shadows of the Afterland

Shadows of the Afterland is a solid point-and-click adventure game that doesn't overstay it's welcome. The beginning is so wild that it hooked me long enough to get into the real mystery of the game. I definitely got stuck on a couple of sections but luckily the game world is small enough that you can usually start running into buildings to find what you're after. My nitpick is that I can hear the varying audio quality of the voice actor's mics, likely due to multiple people using their own equipment to record their lines. It's easily forgiven but it did take me out of the game at times, especially compared to the main character's excellent vocal work and quality. It's a very interesting plot and once you understand how the world works the solutions don't feel like moon logic. I definitely recommend it for people who enjoy a solid mystery.

"El juego cumplió el 100 % con las expectativas que tenía; tiene todo lo que tiene que tener: humor, puzles bien pensados, la estética es muy linda y la historia, si bien deja algunos cabos sueltos, me gustó mucho. Recomendada (además, jugué tanto en PC como en la Steam Deck y en ambas funcionó perfecto, sincronizándose)

Lovely game, I really liked the characters, the voice acting was good and the puzzles were fun Also found a couple of cool easter eggs/references to other point and click adventure games :)

Nagyszerű játék! Csak a vége van kicsit összecsapva. 8/10

Soy aficionado a las aventuras gráficas desde pequeño: Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer, Day of the Tentacle, Broken Sword, entre otras. Cuando Steam me recomendó este juego, su apartado gráfico me llamó la atención (soy un enamorado del pixel art) y decidí darle una oportunidad. Me alegro de haberlo hecho. Shadows of the Afterland es una aventura gráfica point & click muy entretenida, hecha con mimo y con un espíritu que recuerda a los clásicos de la época dorada del género. El pixel art es precioso, el doblaje resulta sorprendentemente sólido y los puzles tienen una dificultad accesible, lo que lo convierte en una buena puerta de entrada para quienes quieran iniciarse. Como aspectos mejorables, el final me pareció algo apresurado y, tratándose de un juego ambientado en España, eché en falta un doblaje al castellano en lugar de contar únicamente con voces en inglés. En resumen, sus aproximadamente seis horas de duración me han dejado muy buen sabor de boca. Es un título que recomiendo sin dudar, y me alegra ver que propuestas como The Drifter o Shadows of the Afterland mantienen vivo un género que sigue teniendo mucho que ofrecer.

Un gioco davvero splendido, sotto tutti i punti di vista. Bella storia, bei personaggi, logico in tutti i passaggi (quindi "facile" ma non immediato), e con una grafica pixel art davvero godibile. Consigliatissimo

Its a fun game that reminded me a lot of the Monkey Island game I played growing up. I love the puzzles and the story!

The game is pretty easy, but lengthy and story rich. I enjoyed it!

There's two titles that kept springing to my mind, well, one title and one series. We'll start with the theming and humour - this kept bringing to mind Grim Fandango, I know it's not, graphically it's FAR interior and this game came out 2026, Grim Fandango was what... 95? Anyway we can just pretend it's a stylistic choice, the other is the Wadjet Eye Games Blackwell Series for some of the game mechanics I think both of these comparisons do this game a credit. I also wanted to take just a second to point out how good the VA Work is. Honestly, i've played some games with terrible voiceovers where conversations have been had when you could tell neither voice actor was in the room with the other to get a sense of tone/pitch in response - this doesn't happen here. It feels very much like everyone was in the room doing readings and knew their assignments. This is truly a love letter to the Point & Click Adventure Titles. It's worth your time to play and enjoy.

I tried this game on Steam's recommendation after thoroughly enjoying Darkside Detective. But I couldn't enjoy this game, for one very simple reason: THE DIALOGUES ARE TOO G*DD*MN LONG!!! In less than half an hour of starting the game, I was already clicking through the dialogues without even caring what was said because their length was flat-out annoying. I can't recommend this.