

Release
Friday, June 3, 2011
Critic score
72/100
Platform families
1
Editorial overview
What it is
A New Beginning is a cinematic, interactive adventure-thriller that deals with the defining issue of our time. In a story ripped from today’s headlines, an impending global climate cataclysm threatens the world. At locations all around the globe, players will have to try and stem the tide – with the whole world hanging in the balance.
Scientist Bent Svensson has had to give up on his life’s work of trying to bring an eco-friendly alternative energy source to reality. But his existence as a reluctant retiree is interrupted by a very strange visitor: The young Fay claims to have been sent from the future to prevent an impending environmental catastrophe. The only remaining hope is Bent’s research which is about to fall into the hands of an unscrupulous energy magnate. Bent decides to trust the young woman – but could she really be telling the truth?
In A New Beginning, players take control of the two protagonists and explore the detailed, hand-painted backgrounds in classic point-and-click style. The more than 50 characters are rendered in a striking graphic-novel style and are painstakingly animated by hand in feature-film quality.
Features: The masterpiece from the makers of The Whispered World and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout A mature adventure-thriller that deals with the defining issue of our times The greatest 2D adventure game of all time: More than 100 backgrounds, over 20 hours of gameplay, 52 voiced characters Unique graphic novel art style with more than 40 minutes of animated comic book cutscenes
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Game data from IGDB
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Fantasy · Historical · Non-fiction
Cinematic archive
Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.
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Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

PC (Microsoft Windows)