Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure

Safecracker The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
Developer(s) Kheops Studio
Publisher(s) The Adventure Company
Platform(s) Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS
Release Microsoft Windows
  • NA: August 2, 2006
Wii
  • NA: December 2, 2008
Nintendo DS
  • NA: December 3, 2009
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) 1 player

Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure is a video game developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company.[1]

Safecracker was also released on Steam on August 29, 2007.[2] It was included in Humble Bundle's Humble Weekly Sale: The Adventure Company and Friends.

It is the spiritual successor to the 1997 PC game Safecracker by Dreamcatcher Interactive and Daydream Software. On February 2, 2007, PC Gamer US, awarded SafeCracker "Best puzzle game of 2007".[3]

Gameplay

The game is a first person adventure game, where the player moves through 3D environments, to find the safes to crack. The safes themselves vary in style and design, from safe to safe.

Story

The games story revolves around a safe cracker, being hired by the family of a recently deceased billionaire and oil magnate, Duncan W. Adams. The player has been employed to find the will of Duncan W. Adams, by cracking the 35 safes that were in his possession.[1]

Reception

Safecracker received mixed reviews, with it being received well by PC Gamer US, and received poorly by PC Zone, with some reviewers claiming about the difficulty curve of the game "very harsh spikes along the way"[4] and one reviewer from PC Gamer UK calling the game "agonisingly unimaginative".

IGN reviewer Charles Onyett thought the music, voice acting, and plot were limited, though felt the puzzles were engaging.[5]

The editors of PC Gamer US awarded Safecracker their 2006 "Best Puzzle Game" award.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Safecracker (pc: 2006): Reviews
  2. ↑ Steam - News
  3. ↑ Future US
  4. ↑ Safecracker PC Review, Safecracker Player Reviews
  5. ↑ Onyett, Charles (2006-08-30). "Safecracker Review". IGN. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  6. ↑ "The 13th Annual PC Gamer Awards Reveals The Best Of The Best For 2006" (Press release). South San Francisco, California: Future US. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007.


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