Secret Files: Tunguska
Secret Files: Tunguska | |
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Developer(s) | Fusionsphere Systems Animation Arts |
Publisher(s) | Deep Silver |
Designer(s) | Jörg Beilschmidt Klaus Schnohr |
Artist(s) | Stephan Hoffmann Christian Fisher |
Writer(s) | Marco Zeugner |
Composer(s) | Dynamedion |
Series | Secret Files |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS, Android, Wii U, Nintendo Switch |
Release | Microsoft WindowsNintendo DS, WiiiOS
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Genre(s) | Graphic adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Secret Files: Tunguska (German: Geheimakte Tunguska) is a 2006 graphic adventure video game developed by German studios Fusionsphere Systems and Animation Arts and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS, Android, Wii U and Nintendo Switch. The game is the start of the Secret Files trilogy, with a sequel, Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis, being released in 2008.
Gameplay[]
The game is viewed from a third person perspective and uses a classic point and click interface. The game features a 'snoop key' tool, which highlights all interactive objects on screen and assists in finding small, easily overlooked objects.
Premise[]
Nina Kalenkov is torn from her day-to-day routine when she discovers that her father has disappeared without a trace. As the police seem reluctant to help her, Nina sets off to look for clues relating to her father's whereabouts. She joins efforts with Max Gruber, a young colleague of her father who impulsively offers to help the attractive young lady. Together, they quickly determine that Nina's father was involved with a research expedition to Siberia in an attempt to reveal the causes of the mysterious Tunguska catastrophe of 1908. In that mysterious event, a mighty explosion triggered an inferno that decimated the land of Tunguska. Nina and Max soon realize that her father's disappearance is related to the Tunguska event and the search for answers leads Nina and Max to the most remote corners of the world – Berlin, Moscow, Cuba, China, and the Antarctic. Powerful adversaries are also interested in Nina's father's secret. In the end, much more is at stake than just the disappearance of an old man.
Release and ports[]
Tunguska was first released on personal computers in 2006 and was ported to smartphones and as many as four Nintendo gaming systems in the years that followed. The first ports were to seventh-generation Nintendo platforms, the Wii and DS, which Deep Silver announced the following year, stating:
"We chose to do it for a couple of reasons. Firstly to explore the control methods of the Wii and DS, which we find very interesting, and secondly because we feel the platforms deserve this kind of game."
Additional work was commissioned to capitalize on both systems' motion controls.[4] Those ports were first released in Europe in 2008 ahead of the sequel's initial PC release, but would not be localized for North America until Aeropause Games released them there in the summer of 2010.[5] The game was ported again digitally to mobile devices and the Wii U in the mid-2010s (the latter being available only in Europe), followed by a Nintendo Switch port worldwide in 2018.
Reception[]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | (DS) 71/100[6] (iOS) 70/100[7] (PC) 66/100[8] (Wii) 65/100[9] |
Publication | Score |
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4Players | 85/100[10] |
Eurogamer | 6/10[11] |
GameSpot | 6.2/10[12] |
GameStar | 83/100[13] |
PC Games | 85/100[14] |
PC Action | 85%[15] |
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Secret Files: Tunguska received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[6][8][7][9] with praise given to the game's visuals,[16] and criticism given to the script and dialogue.
Sequel[]
A sequel, Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis, was released in 2008 on most of the same platforms as the original game.
References[]
- ^ Secret Files Tunguska Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wii U Version of Secret Files: Tunguska Sneaks Out in Germany". nintendolife.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ Gematsu (21 November 2018). "Secret Files series coming to Switch, starting with Secret Files: Tunguska on November 30". Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Wii/DS "deserve" adventures". Eurogamer website. 2007-06-13. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ "The Secret Files: Tunguska Hits the Wii and DS in June" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Aeropause Games. Retrieved on 2010-05-26
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Secret Files: Tunguska for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Secret Files: Tunguska for iOS Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Secret Files: Tunguska for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Secret Files: Tunguska for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Luibl, Jörg (September 2, 2006). "Geheimakte: Tunguska". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
- ^ Whitehead, Dan (28 September 2006). "Secret Files: Tunguska". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Todd, Brett (20 November 2006). "Secret Files: Tunguska Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Trier, Michael (October 2006). "In 100 Bildern um die Welt". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on November 17, 2006.
- ^ Weiss, Thomas (October 2006). "Test; Geheimakte Tunguska". PC Games (in German): 126, 127.
- ^ Brehme, Marc (October 2006). "Komm in die Sprechstunde!". PC Action (in German): 116, 117.
- ^ "Quandary review". quandaryland.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
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