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A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Shardlight is a adventure, point & click and female protagonist game
developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games.
Released on March 08th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 735 reviews of which 663 were positive and 72 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS: Windows ME or higher
- Processor: Pentium or higher
- Memory: 64 MB RAM
- Graphics: 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum
- DirectX: Version 5.2
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards
MacOS
- OS: 10.11
- Graphics: 640x360, 1.8 Ghz system
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu, Debian - (64 bit)
- Processor: 2.7 GHz Dual Core (and above, can run on single core)
- Graphics: OpenGL
- Sound Card: Alsa/PulseAudio/DSP
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This one’s yet another must-play by Wadjet Eye Games for fans of classic point ‘n’ click adventure games. It delivers everything an adventure game lover could want: an intriguing post-apocalyptic world, engaging puzzles, and a deeply atmospheric story. The game’s hand-painted pixel art is stunning, evoking the golden era of the genre while still feeling fresh. Just imagine Fallout as a point ‘n’ click adventure, and you’re pretty close to Shardlight . The story follows Amy Wellard, a mechanic navigating a society controlled by an oppressive aristocracy in the aftermath of a devastating plague. The writing is sharp and immersive, with well-developed characters and a mystery that keeps you hooked from start to finish. The voice acting is great, as always, I’ve noticed it’s something Wadjet Eye consistently excels at, and it adds a lot to the game’s emotional weight, making its bleak world feel all the more real. I think the puzzles are well-balanced, never feeling too obscure or frustrating, and the game respects the player’s intelligence by integrating problem-solving seamlessly into the narrative. I also appreciated the darker tone compared to games like the Blackwell series or classics like the Monkey Island franchise. Overall, no adventure gamer should miss this one. The way how it’s blending classic mechanics with a gripping dystopian tale is something I enjoyed a lot. If you have a soft spot for thoughtful storytelling and atmospheric world-building, this one’s for you.
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Very impressive environments and worldbuilding, ending feels a bit rushed, but its a really engaging journey
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Shardlight undenaibly a good retro Indie point & click game. Wadjet Eye Games once again delivers a decent product. A simple story with good writing, grounded characters with nice voice and smart puzzles. A post-apocalyptic world going through the usual genre cliches, but hey, it is still very endearing as we live through the perspective of a simple but ingenious citizen. There are no magic, mutants or demons in this game. Just the good old post-apolacypse setting. The puzzles were surprisingly logical and well designed, meaning no insane moon logic or developer tunnel vision (as is common in the genre). Quite Enjoyable! (Everyday I thank we don't get another Sierra or Lucasarts game..) From what I read, the ending was polarizing for some but I liked it. How it tested where your ideologies stand, good thing I got the "good" ending. Shardlight is a decent entry. I liked it.
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When it comes to Wadjet Eye Games set in a post apocalypse, I don't think this is my favorite but Primordia is really difficult to beat in that bracket. As it stands though, the world presented here is really interesting. When it comes to post-apocalypse worlds as settings, I think I prefer the ones where civilization has shifted rather than collapsed. Shardlight shows a world that's still orderly and in many ways still quite normal, but the world has still clearly been devastated by war and disease. Navigating this world, meeting the powers who are around and seeing how they may use their power was really engaging to me, and the puzzles that link the narrative were quite clear with a handful of exceptions where achievements were concerned. I've seen some negative reviews for this game based on its subject matter, but I really don't think that should stop anyone who is interested in this type of game from giving this one a shot. Again though, if the subject matter is too 2020 for you, check out Gemini Rue, Primordia, or Technobabylon. I only just realized that I have a number of games by Wadjet Eye Games, and I've been really happy with all of them. Unavowed, Old Skies, Strangeland, here I come!
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I had to really mull over what score to give Shardlight, more than I usually have to at least. On the one hand, this is a truly beautiful game, maybe Wadjet Eye's prettiest game. The background and portrait art is sublime, some of the best I've seen in a point & click game to date. The music is excellent too and the voice acting is the same high standard you'd expect from Wadjet. Storywise, Shardlight is nothing if not engaging, with a setting that seems a touch derivative at first, but soon reveals a multitude of interesting elements. Amy, the protagonist, is strongly characterised too, and though her motivations become a little muddled by the end, she's a main character and the rest of the cast is varied and decently written too. So what's wrong? Well, it comes down to the gameplay unfortunately, though I hesitate to say it's "wrong". Like Francisco Gonzales' previous game, A Golden Wake, the puzzles are often simplistic and a touch dull. It's certainly an improvement on that game, but not by as much as I'd like. Outside of a couple of slightly more interesting head-scratchers, the puzzling fare is mostly uninspired inventory puzzles, with the solution almost always obvious. Where other Wadjet games each have an interesting wrinkle to their puzzles (Blackwell the ghost stuff, Gemini Rue the investigation work, Technobabylon more tech-y puzzles, etc.), Shardlight's gimmick is... a crossbow? While I liked the story overall, it did feel a little rushed. I finished the game in a little over five hours and though there's an impressive variety and quantity of locations, you spend so little time in most of them that it makes Shardlight feel more slight than it is. Where a game like Gemini Rue resused its environments a little too often, I really wouldn't have minded if Shardlight had stretched out some of its more neglected areas a little. The story is generally quite straightforward too, which does mean there's not as much adventure game confusion on what to do next, but it started to feel more than a little rail-roady at times. These seem like some fairly minor complaints, but they do combine to somewhat tar what could have been a really excellent point and click adventure. As it stands, I'd still heartily recommend Shardlight on its aesthetic and narrative strengths alone, it's still one of Wadjet Eye's best, but if you're hungry for some fiendishly clever or original puzzles, you just won't find them here. Fantastic art and a strong setting, absolutely, but treat it more as an interactive story than a true puzzle game.
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Developer
Wadjet Eye Games
Publisher
Wadjet Eye Games
Release
08 Mar 2016
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