Picture an Oracle

Written by Marek Bronstring — July 3, 2006 at 01:50

Fans of first-person adventure games usually have to look outside of the underground scene for their fix, but a new game by Eugene Couto offers some of that node-based thrill.

The Oracle is a first-person game using photographic backgrounds. All the screens were shot on location in Canada and Portugal, giving The Oracle an unusually firm sense of place and identity. The story, involving a powerful artifact and a mysterious order of monks, may sound familiar, but the game also includes a more unusual feature: an in-game hint system.

Featuring confident writing and reasonable puzzles, The Oracle should prove an engaging game for players no matter what their point-of-view preference is. They can download it from the AGS games database.