Complete playthrough. The latest offering from Wadjet Eye Games modern masters of the point-and-click adventure game, Unavowed tells a supernatural story in a contemporary setting, with players taking control of a character recently released from demonic possession., who joins the evil-fighting group "The Unavowed" as they seek to understand the motives behind that possession and the 'unpleasantries' committed during it. The plot here is utterly compelling, in an impressively well-realised and internally consistent world, and features a number of impactful, well-judged 'twists'.

Taking place over a series of (mostly self-contained) scenarios that ensure that the complexity of the puzzle-solving stays as a balances level of complexity, perhaps the greatest innovation on offer here is the implementation of a party system, with the main protagonist accompanied to each location by two from the wider group, freely selectable, and the puzzle solutions adapt very impressively to suit any party composition. Those characters aren't merely puzzle-solving devices, though, each having an intriguing back-story to explore, while also really brought to life with conversations that play out between each other without needing player intervention. All realised with some beautifully detailed, high-resolution pixelart and also including a full-integrated commentary mode offering an insight on the development process, Unavowed is right at the peak of its genre.

Reviewed on Dec 27, 2022


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