Flotsam digs deep into this dark mystery, which is explored by assuming the roles of two almost polar opposite, fully-fleshed-out characters. See 19th century Plymouth through the eyes of a thief and of a detective.

Alter Ego

Thanks Flotsam and Becky! A great read.

Ana

for posting the link Becky.

Thanks for your review, Flotsam. Very welcome !!

And thanks to you, too, Becky

Thanks, Flotsam

I Very good review.....I was waiting for a review so as to make up my mind to buy...

I will be buying this game as I Love Inventory base puzzles

Thanks, Flotsam! I thoroughly enjoyed the game, and like you, and hoping there will be a sequel. I have ideas for it, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed I am right.

Thank you Flotsam and Becky, sounds like my kind of game!

Thanks for the review, Flotsam and Becky!

I've been waiting for this game to come to Best Buy - we do seem to get every new adventure game, not to mention we just got some more copies of The Whispered World - but it still hasn't arrived yet. I may have to cave in and order it online.

Nice review! Personally I enjoyed the game. I was expecting high things of Future Games as I absolutely loved the first Black Mirror. That game had such a fantastic atmosphere of rural England, so I was excited to learn that Alter Ego would be following the same style.
I think they managed to create the same atmosphere for a lot of the game, particularly Tim's sections: dark, overcast, rain, lightning, wailing wind, lurking horror.
As for plot and puzzles, there really wasn't enough horror for me compared to Black Mirror, and the puzzles seemed a little easier. I also felt that the game seemed a tad unfinished, a bit like the first Chronicles of Mystery game. Nothing too dreadful, just lacking in descriptions of objects and decent, meaty conversations.
Black Mirror felt like a complete whole, with plenty of conversation and lots of things to look at and examine that sucked you into the world, whereas Alter Ego's interactivity seemed limited to the bare essentials for each puzzle.
Overall a good game, probably a B- for me. Black Mirror is still one of my favourites.

Thanks Flotsam and Becky, I had a little trouble getting this game to run right and had to change some of the settings but after that it ran smoothly. I really enjoyed this game. I'm hoping for a sequel also.

Thanks Becky for the link & to Flotsam for an interesting & detailed review of the game.

I think I will enjoy this game a lot, as apart from the appealing storyline,'gathering a countless array of items to use in interesting and unusual ways' suits me more than pulling levers and switches! The only disappointment is that it seems it will rely on a sequel to tie up loose ends. As sequels don't always materialize (Dreamfall?) I wish developers wouldn't do this!

Thanks for the info Becky and thanks for a very inforative review Flotsam. Looks like a game for me.