Microids
Detective Adventure
Release Date: Release Now |
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11/22/2002
Post Mortem is available now from GoGamer.
Press Release
11/15/2002: (Montreal, November 13, 2002) – The Adventure
Company and Microïds are pleased to announce their partnership
for the co-publishing of Post Mortem. Based on this agreement,
The Adventure Company will hold the exclusive publishing and distribution
rights for Post Mortem for the US market.
Post Mortem
is Microïds’ latest adventure title, developed in the
company’s Montreal-based studios, and is due to release in
the US in February 2003.
“With The Adventure
Company, we have found an extraordinary dance partner,” stated
Elliot Grassiano, CEO of Microïds. “This is a top-quality
title, so it was a natural choice to partner with The Adventure
Company to bring this title to the US.”
Added Richard Wah Kan,
CEO of DreamCatcher Interactive Inc.: “Both companies worked
exceptionally well on Syberia and we are thrilled to continue this
working relationship. Post Mortem is already receiving
kudos in Europe and Canada making it one of the most anticipated
adventure titles in the US. We’re very excited about Post
Mortem.”
Storyline
After retiring to Paris to pursue a quiet life of painting, Gus
Macpherson cannot escape his true art...
The former New York detective
finds himself walking the beat once again, when hired by an intriguing
and beautiful woman to investigate the gruesome beheadings of her
sister and brother-in-law. In mysterious 1920’s Paris, plagued
by his clairvoyant sixth sense; Gus will uncover a conspiracy written
in blood, with rituals and artifacts as old as time itself!
Game Features
- Rich and intriguing
characters with detailed and realistic 3D environments
- Multiple game paths
integrated into the storyline allows for replayablility
- A unique ‘natural
conversation’ engine
- Original and creative
puzzles
11/8/2002
- Changed release date to Coming Soon.
10/25/2002
- Click here
for a Press Release with new Screenshots!
Paris in the 1920’s…
(Montreal, September
26, 2002) – Enters Microïds with Post Mortem. Don’t
turn your light off and keep an eye open… There might be something
behind your back…The game is set in Paris, between the two
World Wars, a time that would change the world forever, a time of
clashing ideas: new versus old, strong versus weak.
It is also a time of
upheaval in the world of arts and philosophy, with Paris at the
center of an unprecedented cultural revolution. A time where the
old beliefs in magic and the occult are pushed aside by science.
The story is taking place in a film noir atmosphere at the frontier
of magic and reality, between madness and sanity.
Post Mortem’s story
begins when Gus Macpherson, an American detective who decided to
move to Paris, is hired by a mysterious and sensuous woman to find
out who murdered her sister and her brother-in-law. It seems that
both have been beheaded in a ritualistic way in a chic hotel room.
The women claims that the police are bungling the case and that
she would feel better if someone else was handling it.
“With Post Mortem
we tried to tell a story that would both be imaginative and historically
accurate,” stated Stephane Brochu, Lead Designer, Microïds.
“We also veered away from the traditional static adventure
genre by having a more dynamic action-driven scenario. The player
will find himself driven by the need to discover who is behind the
series of murders rather than exploring new areas.”
Features
First-person perspective
20 3D real-time characters
Over 15 hours of gameplay
Non-linear storyline offering different paths for the completion
of the case
Multiple endings
Another feature implemented by Microïds with Post Mortem is
the natural dialog engine. This tool takes away the whole linear
concept behind traditional conversations in adventure games. As
a result it is thus possible that the player will find himself in
front of somebody who just refuses to talk to him. It is up to the
player to find a way out of this situation.
Post Mortem will be released
this fall.
7/26/2002 Box
shot added.
2/1/2002 It looks
like Microids is bringing us another exciting adventure game. :)
First it was India (The Road to India). Now we are going
to Paris. I just love this armchair traveling. Click here
for exclusive game information from the JA front-page.
