I was baffled when this turned out to be one of the worst Got this because I very much enjoyed the Blackwell series by the Wadjet Eye Games. I was baffled when this turned out to be one of the worst point-and-click adventure games I've ever played. Good: - The setting is promising, having a rabbi as a main character felt very intriguing beforehand.
Neutral: - Graphics are OK, got the job done, but did not offer any aesthetic pleasure. Bad: - The story made zero sense. The protagonist's actions made no sense, the antagonist's motives were ludicrous. The game was like a hybrid between a very primitive point-and-click adventure basically it was only possible to interact with people and use computers in the game and an extremely limited text adventure parser, and as a result it was very hard to understand what the game wanted you to do.
Some clues were automatically collected and displayed to you as a result of your actions, while some clues from identical sources and situations were not, you had to figure out somehow which other things were relevant and what kind of actions they required. Especially one "puzzle" I would not have been able to figure out ever without online FAQs, because 1 I did not know an action like that was even possible in the game, 2 I did not seem to have any reason to do anything like it.
This was especially frustrating as a single simple hint to nudge the player towards that action would have turned it into a rewarding puzzle instead. To start with, it makes no sense that the main character even ends up in that situation. Secondly, the whole end scene consists of pure guess work on a trial and error basis; there is a long row of actions you have to get just right, with no way of knowing which actions are the right ones, wrong decisions either causing you to die, or in one case, to be arrested effectively ignoring everything you have found out during your investigations.
In a nutshell: this game is short, illogical, and annoying. Can't recommend. Play Video. Essential Links. By Metascore By user score. All Current Games ». Psychonauts 2. The Forgotten City. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone. Exo One. Age of Empires IV. There are multiple endings available depending on your in game choices, which is surprising itself for such a short game, but it is the strength of the main character that really drives home the weight of these decisions.
The need to have the right thing happen, not just as a player wanting to win a game but as someone willing Stone to succeed, is a sure indicator that The Shivah is a success. The Shivah is a point and click adventure, so that conveniently about sums up the gameplay.
Movement is simple and the interface works well. Moving between areas is handled by a basic map, and locations disappear when there is no more to be found in them, making The Shivah a frustration free experience. Rabbi Stone carries around a Yiddish phrasebook, which you have to consult to figure out passwords. Given that the words were totally unfamiliar to me I had to go back and check them occasionally, which means extending sequences as you have to log out of the computer to check the phrasebook.
Utterly minor, but that is the significance level of the flaws that The Shivah has. Wadjet Eye games have a very distinct visual style, and as the first effort from the developer The Shivah is no different.
For the re-release things have been given an update, with the character portraits coming in for particular attention. The Kosher Edition also boasts completely new music, which is subdued and melancholy but fits the rest of the game perfectly. His conscience says no. Step into his shoes as he travels all over Manhattan in his attempt to uncover the truth.
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