Developer: Wadjet Eye Games
Publisher: Wadjet Eye Games
Platform: PC, Mac
Release Date: 8 August, 2018
Price: $14.99
Where To Buy: Steam, GOG, Direct from the Developer (Humble)
Demo: Coming Soon?!
System Requirements
- OS: Windows XP or higher
- Processor: Pentium or higher
- Memory: 64 MB RAM
- Graphics: 640x360, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum
- DirectX: Version 5.2
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards
About
Unavowed is the the latest Point & Click adventure from Dave Gilbert and his team at Wadjet Eye games. A brand new game set in an urban fantasy version of New York City inspired by Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series mixed with a dash of BioWare-style origin stories and companions. All lovingly wrapped in the LucasArts influenced adventuring style Dave and company are known for.
Synopsis
I don't think I can do any better than the official description:
Personnel:
- Story design by Dave Gilbert (Blackwell series, The Shivah) with Jennifer Hepler (Dragon Age series) as a narrative consultant
- Background art by Ben Chandler (Shardlight, Technobabylon, Blackwell series) with character portraits by Ivan Ulyanov (Shardlight, The Charnel House Trilogy, Technobabylon)
- Music by Thomas Regin (Blackwell series)
- Programming by Dave Gilbert with assistance from Janet Gilbert (Blackwell series, Resonance)
- Male or female protagonist
- Three backgrounds with playable origin stories - Actor, Bartender, Cop
- Choose two companions from a pool of four to take on each mission
- Choices that influence how the story plays out
- Lush 640x480 graphics
- Eli Beckett (VA: Frank Todaro) - A fire mage and former accountant who's looks might be deceiving
- Mandana (VA: Sandra Espinoza) - A 400 year old half-jinn, half-human warrior who wields a mean sword
- Vicki Santina (VA: Arielle Siegel) - A disgraced cop from Staten Island who has also recently joined the Unavowed
- Logan Brown (VA: Logan Cunningham) - A psychic medium tasked with escorting lost ghosts to the afterlife with his companion spirit guide KayKay
Screenshots
Trailers
Previews
Courtney Ehrenhofler, Adventure Gamers
John Walker, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Adam Riley, Cubed3
Cassidee Moser, Shacknews
Reviews
John Walker, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Andy Kelly, PC Gamer
Richard Hoover, Adventure Gamers
Rob Pritchard, Video Games Uncovered
Aggregates (Last Updated: 08/31/2020): Metacritic: 87, OpenCritic: 86
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: You mentioned this has RPG elements, Is there combat?
A: Nope! If you are looking for adventure/RPG hybrids with combat, you might want to look into the Quest for Glory series or its descendants such as Heroine's Quest, Quest for Infamy, Hero-U, and the upcoming Mage's Initiation.
Q: Does this require knowledge of the Blackwell series?
A: Unavowed is set in the same version of NYC as the Blackwell series so there are some familiar elements such as ghosts and Bestowers (a responsibility common to Logan and Rosa Blackwell), and maybe a stray cameo. Beyond the shared setting, there's no connection between Unavowed and the Blackwell series.
Q: Will there be Abe Goldfarb?
A: Probably. It wouldn't be a proper Wadjet Eye game without him!
Confirmed! He plays several small parts this time. See if you can spot them!
Q: Is there be a mobile version?
A: Nothing announced yet, but Wadjet Eye has a good track record of doing a mobile port after the PC launch.
Q: What about consoles?
A: Unfortunately, the engine this game uses doesn't support current consoles
Q: Which engine is that?
A: Adventure Game Studio is a freeware engine that was created back in the dawn of the Internet by Chris Jones (now maintained by a team of volunteers) dedicated to making games in the style of classic Sierra and LucasArts adventure games. AGS powers nearly every Wadjet Eye game and those of many other indie adventure game developers.
Q: What's the story behind Wadjet Eye Games?
A: Wadjet Eye Games is a very small (3-4 employees I believe) indie company that specializes in point & click adventure games with a focus on telling a good story, top-tier production quality, and not letting puzzles get in the way.
After mucking around with AGS for several years in the early 2000's making freeware titles, Dave was one of the first developers in that community to make an attempt at releasing a game commercially with The Shivah in mid-2006. Which was an incredibly risky since at the time the point & click adventures genre was considered "dead" (following the abandonment of the genre by Sierra and LucasArts around 1999-2001) and any remaining mainstream attention was focused on Telltale's early efforts such as Sam & Max Season 1.
The Shivah was followed by The Blackwell Legacy at the end of 2006 which kicked off a 5 game series that culminated in 2014's Blackwell Epiphany. Over the years Dave has also worked as a publisher and shepherded titles such as Gemini Rue, Resonance, and Technobabylon to commercial release and critical acclaim. Over the last 12 years the company has released 15 games, 8 of which were created in-house.
Q: Why is this the first time I've heard of them?
A: I don't know! But you should consider yourself lucky as you're in for a real treat. Go play Unavowed, and if you like it please give their other games a try. Their back catalog contains some of the best modern point & click adventure games you can find. Feel free to ask for a recommendation if you can't pick one to start with :)
Other
A quick shout-out to the fine folks in the Point & Click Adventure thread for the encouragement to create my first OT. If you're new to the genre or just want to learn about other games in the genre, stop on by!
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