I didn’t really feel invested in the characters and so I did not feel the need to pay much attention to the text or puzzles when I knew that the game would generally work itself out. It’s all a bit too surreal to really follow closely, and the gameplay and hint system are not hard to work through but hard to follow. The game’s humor is obviously more geared towards children or drunk people. Some of it reminds me of something TV’s Perfect Strangers loveable Balki would say if he had the chance to star in an adventure game. Don’t get me wrong, I like the voiceovers and the ones in City of Secrets do not disappoint but they often feel a bit off-center. The voiceovers are top-notch, for sure, but they often sound as though they were voiced from someone who spoke English only as a second language. I am reminded of Penny’s dog on Inspector Gadget when I see Rex, the skinny, upright dog who becomes lost and sends the mole hero on a wacky trip through silly characters and sometimes confusing text. Players will take control of a sluggish mole character as he searches for his canine companion, the only one in existence. ![]() Name: City of Secrets | Developer: Aidem Media | Category: Adventure | Players: 1 | Version: 1.2 | Size: 287 MB | Price: Free | The adventure genre is as filled with repeats and bland designs as any other, but City of Secrets puts out enough original content to make it noteworthy. ![]() We are all familiar with clicking and moving our characters, reading or listening to sometimes massive piles of text, fumbling our way through sometimes great and often horrible puzzles and scratching our heads when an obvious (in hindsight) solution isn’t so obvious. There are many similar designs and ideas between all adventure games but the unique setting and charming characters in City of Secrets help to set it apart from the pack. ![]() I recently sat down with another adventure game, this time Aidem Media’s City of Secrets, fully expecting to find a similar experience to other point-and-click titles from earlier reviews.
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