Microïds, a world’s leading adventure games producer and publisher, unveils today Return to Mysterious Island 2, the sequel to adventure game Return to Mysterious Island released in 2005 and inspired from Jules Verne’s novel The Mysterious Island.
Return to Mysterious Island 2 is being developed since April 2008 by Kheops Studio and will be released on PC and iPhone in March 2009.



You can see the first artworks HERE, and be sure to pop in the new Jules Verne website that offers to plunge into the universe of three major adventure games inspired from the Jules Verne’s works: Return to Mysterious Island, The Secret of the Nautilus and Echo. The website provides demos and trailers, screenshots and game designs, and allows to download music tracks and wallpapers but also to buy and download the games online.

Ooooohhhhh! Thanks, Carla!

That is awesome news! I just loved the first one!

Thanks Carla.

Ana

I loved the first one too. Yet it is a bit strange for it to have a sequel. Quite a surprise.

OH !!!! WOW WEE!!!!

Great news indeed

Thanks, Bunches..Carla

Thanks much Carla. Just replayed the first one last month. This will be great.

Chief

The first Mysterious Island game is still one of my favourites, so am really looking forward to this sequel. Great news.

Wonderful news!! Thank you, Carla!

Fantastic. I so loved this game. Can't wait for this one. Thanks Carla

Barbara

More terrific news !! Thanks, Carla !!

If I remember the first game in the series was one of those games that gave me that "sea sick" feeling so never completed it..hopefully this one I'll get to play !

What great news! I loved watching Jep 'soar' to the rescue

Thanks for the news. My daughter and I enjoyed playing Return to Mysterious Island as part of the Adventure Collection. We both look forward to the next episode.

I also enjoyed the first game, it was fun to pretend you where on a deserted island. Looking forward to playing this one also.

Carla, and Microids for their great games.

I have just started Return to Myst4erious Island. I am really enjoying the game. I look forward to the next one.

GarfieldOdi

I really enjoyed the first one but, you can call me cynical if you want to, I've seen too many Kheops games lately with the same concept. RTMI was an innovating game, let's hope the second edition will be so innovating again. However I fear it'll be same old, same old.

I hope that it does use the same concepts. That is what draws me to Kheops. They are unique in their inventory system and I would be dissapointed if that were to change. Their games are all consistently high quality and fun to play.

Ana

Don't get me wrong Ana, as I said I loved RTMI. The inventory system is indeed great and I also loved the possibility to reach your goal in different ways. The flexibility in using inventory items sadly got lost in their later games. RTMI is such a joy to replay because there are many options to reach the acquired target. I didn't find that in their newer games. And yes, I know they have to publish to earn a living but a bit more attention to details wouldn't hurt.

I'm hoping they go back to that "flexibility" for Return to Mysterious Island #2. It was probably the most innovative thing about Return to Mysterious Island. I don't know of any previous adventure game that allowed you to disassemble and reassemble inventory to the degree that you could in Return to Mysterious Island.


I don't have much use for the iPhone thing. I don't have an iPhone. Even if I did, I found playing Return to Mysterious Island on PocketPC nowhere near as enjoyable as on the computer -- mainly because the screen was too small to see much. Nor would I have much interest in a feature that allowed sharing tips online. I can already do that with my computer. I hope they don't make an active internet connection a prerequisite to playing the game.

"I hope they don't make an active internet connection a prerequisite to playing the game."

Me too !!!!

I can just see gamers driving down the freeway playing Mysterious Island 2.

I also loved playing RTMI. I so look forward to this new one. I wish I could pre-order. Yep, I get excited LOL

New screenshots and artworks on our site HERE!

WooHoo! I can't wait for this one, it's looking good!

Ana

Thanks Carla

Am I mistaken or do some of the screen shots look to be third person where you are play as Mina or a Monkey? Wasn't the first game all in first person? And by the looks of the pictures there are going to be timed events. I can't remember if there was timed events in the first game, do you?