14 DAY TRIAL // This time around, Akella is prepping to roll out another of their titles for the PC. A Stroke of Fate they call it, and although the publisher isn't known for working with stunningly looking titles, this time they may have outdone themselves. Check the screenshot to the left (click to enlarge). The adventure title will put you in the boots of a special sabotage and espionage agent, making every effort to squeeze into Adolf's closest minions. The setting is said to make you feel like you're "breathing" 1941-1945.
Here's the game's description as Akella themselves posted on the official site: "This adventure is an interactive detective story framed in authentic surroundings of the fascist Germany in the 1940s. A gamer has a unique opportunity - to conduct a compelling investigation of the most mysterious secret veiled by the 20th century - Adolf Hitler's preterm death. The main character, a special sabotage and espionage agent is making every effort to squeeze into Adolf's closest minions. You'll need to act as a true patriot Germany has ever seen - attentive Gestapo eyes are watching you all the time!
A most challenging task to fulfill - to prepare an assassination of "Lieber Fuhrer" himself - will show whether you have learned what it is to be a good spy! "A stroke of fate" will take you to the relevant to 1941-45 and controversial but still powerful personalities like Hitler, Himmler, Muller, and Goebbels. But what is even more important - you'll even breathe that time."
So, although WW II games have become quite unpopular these days (some 23 of them or so are out there), this plot makes players look at things from a different perspective? adopt a psychological view of things, to be more exact. The game's key features, as presented by the publisher, tell the same story:
- Compelling pseudo-historical plot; - Ingenious brainteasers and quests to reflect German peculiarities of the 1940s; - Photorealistic graphics; - Authentic places and historically derived personalities: Muller, Goebbels, and Hitler; - You can walk along the Secret Police building and Hitler's private study.
The game is currently under development at developer's SPLine studio, planned for a Q3 2007 release. Stay tuned to find out more on this interesting title, set to change your perspective on Adolf Hitler and his minions forever.