When a developer clearly loves and takes pride in its work, it rubs off on you
If you’re a fan of the sci-fi genre, the story should appeal to you thanks to an excellent script, strong voice acting, a believable and diverse character set and a well-paced story that doesn’t overload you with information, but drip feeds you and leaves you eager to find out more.If you do want to delve deeper into the history of Perry Rhodan and go deeper into the background of the story you can still choose to do so by taking advantage of the likes of the ‘Hall of Fame’ where you can access monitors that contain that plenty of information. Alternatively, you can just follow the story-line without the need to learn about Perry’s apparently illustrious past and instead get fed by the character interaction and the impressive cut-scenes which compliment the story and overall style superbly.
In fact, Perry Rhodan does well to leave its mark in most areas going further than many point-and-click adventures in terms of presentation and style.
The futuristic environments boast stylized graphics, iconic structures, sharp character models and great lighting effects that add a glossy shine to metallic objects and give many of the locations, structures and architecture in the game character and appeal. As previously mentioned the cut-scenes look superb, but the lip-synching and facial animations also portray some emotion and help you to empathise with the characters and involve you mentally in the story.
Despite the robotic movements of Perry himself and some of the other character’s in the game during real-time scenes, the top-notch presentation makes a pleasant change from the static locations that you find in many point-and-click adventures. In this game they are full of life and atmosphere. Robots go about their business, resident’s chatter in the corridors and finer details, such as steam pouring out of cylindrical objects or dozens of UFO’s scooting around far away in the distance do well to generate the necessary atmosphere to keep you immersed.
Rhodan: Myth of The Illochim is a stylish point-and-click adventure that should appeal to lovers of the genre and sci-fi fans looking for a challenging adventure and interesting story-line
Graphically, we’re not talking Crysis standard here, but for a point-and-click adventure there’s clearly been a lot of effort put into the style and location design, and it’s certainly paid off.
There is room for improvement, but it’s crystal clear that the developer loves science-fiction and that it took great pride and care in designing the locations and characters, as well as putting a great deal of effort into the storyline. And, when a developer clearly loves and takes pride in its work, it does rub off on you. And when that happens, you can’t help but to love it with them. If point-and-clicks are your bag, Rhodan is well worth a purchase
*Please note: There appears to be some confusion with the title of the game. We’ve so far spotted Perry Rhodan, Rhodan: The Adventure and even Rhodan: The Immortals of Terra. Rest assured though, if you head down to any UK store the game is called Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim.
Pros
Stylish graphics and presentation
Intriguing, well-paced sci-fi story
Nice balance between exploration and puzzle solving
Good characters and aliens
Challenging puzzles
Cons
Movement can sometimes be a little robotic
Challenging puzzles may not appear to younger audience.
Refreshing sci-fi point-and-click, Perry delivers the goods in this stylish adventure.
HEXUS Awards
Rhodan: Myth of The Illochim(8/10)
