| Yoomurjak's Ring | Private Moon Studios | 2007 | |
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The municipality of Eger in Hungary was looking for new and perhaps unconventional ways to promote the town, so they launched a contest for creative ideas. Private Moon, the makers of the Agon adventures, gave a proposal of an FMV adventure set in the heart of the town and was chosen the winner. While exploring the town whose history dates back to the 10th century, and admiring its predominantly Baroque-style buildings built in the 18th century, you'll quickly be caught up in an engaging mystery that may just point to the existence of time travel. The story revolves around an American journalist name Jonathan Hunt, grandson of AGON's protagonist Samuel Hunt. Jonathan is on his way to Hungary after his mother's death, seeking to discover his cultural roots and make a break from his former life in New York. Professor Pál Ábray wrote letters to Jonathan's grandfather passionately defending the possibility of travelling through time, and hint at the existence of a device to prove it. Once in Eger, Jonathan meets up with an old man whose own grandfather had been an apprentice for Ábray until he disappeared suddenly long ago. Though presumed dead, the old man contends that his grandfather had in fact triggered the time machine and transported himself back to the 16th century, where he left clues of his presence — clues later discovered and recorded as the "fictional" character of Yoomurjak in Gárdonyi's famous book. Unfortunately, the old man dies before having a chance to fully tell Jonathan his story, leaving behind only some vague clues and a note imploring Jonathan to finish his research. It's a purely point and click affair played from a first-person perspective, with each node offering 360-degree panning. The backgrounds are all photographic, and the game's 600 panoramic views cover more than thirty locations, from Eger's historic fort to a minaret from the town's Turkish period to an immense basilica, to name just a few. Jonathan soon finds himself in pursuit of the titular ring that has a special significance to the time device but a local gangster is also on its trail. As you explore, you'll have to search for clues, collect and use items, and solve a variety of puzzles. Whether decoding ciphers, creating a coat of arms from various descriptions, preparing a 16th century bomb, or even working on an unfinished symphony by Schubert, there should be plenty to keep players busy throughout the course of the game's 20 hours of play time. Included in that timeframe is more than an hour and a half of filmed footage with over thirty professional Hungarian actors plus subtitles in other languages. In 2009, a digital download with English subtitles was released. | ||
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