Well i was browsing through the GB forum and I decided to check what is going on with Streko Graphics ( Aura's developer ). Last time I checked their website was down. Now I tried again and - BAM! - the site was live. There's information , trailer and screenshots for many of their games , including AURA 3 : Catharsis , The Tales , Deep Sleep and so on. Go and check it out.. CLICK !

Wow, looks like some interesting games on their calendar

Thanks, Djinjifila

The Tales looks like a neat game...But..Its Action/Adventure..

Wow! Djinjifila, I modified the thread title slightly so I could sticky it. This is great news!

Thanks for that! Didn't realise they were based in Vancouver - one learns something each day.

Excellent Djinjifila!
Well found!

Definitely a site worth keeping an eye on - thanks, Djinjifila

Thanks for sharing Djin! Looks promising for new games.

"Catharsis" seems to me to be a strange, and somewhat off-putting name for a game.
Following that logic, the next game in the series might be Aura 4: Borborygmia -- another strange, and somewhat off-putting name for a game.

Jenny! (Cough, cough.) Well, Aristotle never described Borborygmia as "...an effect of tragic drama on its audience," the way he did with Catharsis. So I don't think the two should be compared.

Borborygmus/Borborygmi: "a rumbling such as in internal gas" hmmm it could lead to a "catharsis" um.... of sorts.

Yup. The medical definition of catharsis certainly includes that definition
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/catharsis

Not the best name for a game.

We will wait and see. BTW @Jenny100 - there will not be Aura 4 - in the Aura 3 description it is said that it's the final chapter in the trilogy. I expect all of the games to be good , but am most excited about Aura 3 - Aura 1 was and still is my favourite game....
@BECKY - no problem. Thanks for modifying it....

I'm more familiar with the psychological interpretation of catharsis. But I appreciate learning the word borborygmus despite it's limited ability to be used in most casual conversations. (hee) Thanks Jenny and Becky!

I saw that, but I thought RHEM 3 was going to be the last one. And I thought Aura 2 was going to be the last one. And I thought Black Mirror and Still Life were not going to have sequels at all. So you never know.


Aura 1 is one of my favorites too. I didn't like Aura 2: The Sacred Rings so much.


You'd be surprised at the variety of casual conversations you can squeeze it into -- this thread, for example.

Yup , you're probably right about that.
I am actually happy that there are others that like Aura as much as I do. It has some special sort of charm in the game and that is why it is my favourite. I started Aura 2 , but did not finish it( maybe soon ). Let's hope Aura 3 is more like 1 than 2.....

Thanks for sharing! I loved the previous Aura games and i was hoping to be another one

I expected an Aura II after the first Aura, but I wasn't sure if there would be an Aura III after Aura II. I'm glad that it is happening though, gives me some more to look forward to.

I went to the site of Aura 3 and tried to see the video but could not. I saw all the pictures of the gallery though and I hope I'm gone be able to play the game cause I liked aura 2.Thanks Djinjifila. Hoping I wrote your surname ok. Sali

Great news about more games....i truly enjoyed Aura 1..but thought Aura II was not so good. Just seemed a bit..'off' to me. Aura 1 really flowed and it pulled you along.

I know I'm with the minority (as usual), but I liked Sacred Rings even better than Aura. Comparable in gameplay and puzzles, SR had much more sense of direction and purpose, a real ending and even a little bit of a story.
If nr 3 is better again...

Aura III and The Tales are two different games. The Tales is action/adventure Aura is only adventure.

I liked Aura 1 better because the puzzles were more evenly distributed throughout the game. In Aura 2, the puzzles had you running around between places and doing more trial and error rather than solving puzzles by logic. The final location (Shadow Legion's Lair) in Aura 2 had the best puzzles (more like those in Aura 1). Unfortunately it also had unpredictable sudden death -- the only way you could tell if something you needed was behind a door was to go through it and see if "game over" lurked on the other side. The final location was also very dark and ugly -- harder to see things and find your way around. There was a place where you had to climb around in the rafters, and I had to consult a walkthrough because I just couldn't find my way around at all. Brightening the monitor or turning up gamma did not help -- just washed out the picture.

I liked Aura I and Aura II and now I'm looking forward to Aura III.

Is there any news on when some of their new games will be released? Looks like interesting playing ahead....