A New Beginning (computer game)

A New Beginning
Studio	Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher	Deep Silver Lace Mamba
Senior Developer	Jan Müller-Michaelis , Kevin Mentz
Erstveröffent- lichung	October 8, 2010
platform	Mac OS , Microsoft Windows
Game engine	Visionaire
genre	Point-and-click adventure
Game mode	Single player
control	Mouse , keyboard
medium	1 DVD-ROM , download
language	German , English
Age rating	USK PEGI

A New Beginning is a classic point-and-click adventure developed in Germany from 2010, developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Deep Silver .

action

In an unspecified future, humanity, shaken by environmental catastrophes, is threatened with final extinction by a solar flare. A group of scientists, including the radio operator Fay, are sent back in time to stop the climate change that led to the disastrous living conditions of the future. Due to a mistake, the team ends up in 2050, when large parts of the world were already uninhabitable, and almost the entire team is killed. The two survivors, Fay and Salvador, find a newspaper article about the scientist Bent Svensson, who researched alternative energy sources in the early 21st century, and travel back to the present to visit Svensson. In the present, Fay convinces the retired scientist to continue his research on an alga for energy production in order to present it to a climate conference. They also have to prevent the explosion of a nuclear power plant in the Brazilian jungle, which would die off and cause the natural disasters mentioned above.

Game principle and technology

A New Beginning is a 2D point-and-click adventure. From Sprites composite characters act before hand-drawn, some animated scenes. The player can use the mouse to move his character through the locations and use the mouse buttons to initiate actions that allow the character to interact with his environment. Fay and Bent can find objects and apply them to the environment or other objects and communicate with NPCs . As the story progresses, more locations will be unlocked. Some mini-games integrated into the game plot require motor skills, but can be skipped.

Production notes

The game initially caused displeasure among some users because it would not start between midnight and 1 a.m. Many users also had apparently random crashes when changing rooms or cutscenes. Both bugs could be fixed with a patch.

In 2012, a revised version of the game was released under the title A New Beginning: Final Cut , which supports seven languages, contains longer cutscenes and some technical improvements. In addition to German and English, the game has also been localized to French and Russian, and subtitles have been added for Italian, Spanish and Polish.

music

While the main theme of the soundtrack is from Periscope Studio , most of the background music was written and produced by Knights of Soundtrack . The musical style is very versatile and ranges between orchestral film music and diegetic music in the style of Europop and Lounge . In addition to Knights of Soundtrack, other people are named who contributed music to the game. Among them are André Navratil and Damian Zur, who composed the Bent theme, as well as Florian Behnsen and Giliam Spliethoff, who contributed various additional music.

Dubbing voices

character	German speaker
Bent	Jürgen Holdorf
Fay	Simona Pahl
Salvador	Martin Sabel
Duve	Ingo Mess
Oggy	Alexander Grimm
Index	Guido Zimmermann
Delvin	René Dawn-Claude
Barney	Lars Wasserthal
Quadi	Jan Dreyer
Tim, doctor	Bjorn Werner
Burghard, Kellermann	Mirko Thiele
Cook, Simon	Lennart Wollmershäuser
Barbarez, Dr. Angust, Lissa	Jessica Zang
Quicke, telephone hotline	Gunnar Frietsch
Moderator, Jorge	Oliver Geilhardt
Dr. Braun, radio operator	Tim Niebuhr
Worker, Mr. Wagner	Haye Graf
Demo manager, Mrs. Wagner	Nathalie Wernsing
Nigel, foreman	Thomas Fitschen
Sadi, news anchor	Alianne Diehl
Doorman	Daniel Welbat
Benicio, lighting technician	Gunnar Haberland
Welder	Daniel Budiman
saboteur	Simon Krätschmer
Accountant	Uke bosses
Hardy	Kai Fiebig
Hall guard	Cornelius Wiegmann
Howard, oil rig bouncer	Gunnar Bergmann
Dina, Miss Buendia, e-voice	Sinikka Compart
Young protester	Claas Paletta
Protesters	Claas Paletta , Rabae Hoffmann , Gunnar Bergmann , Thomas Padanyi
Unit manager	Matthias Mangelsdorf
Josep	Thomas Padanyi
Leighton	René Anhaus

reception

reviews publication Rating Adventure Gamers 4th Adventure meeting 87% GameSpot 6.5 GameStar 84 PC Games 84% Meta-ratings Metacritic 72

A New Beginning received mostly positive reviews. The review database Metacritic aggregates 20 reviews to an average value of 72. The trade magazine Adventure-Treff particularly praised the good sound output and the puzzle design, but said that the game did not quite come close to the previously published The Whispered World , and rated the game with 87% . The PC Games awarded 84%, judging "Exciting Air thriller, packed as a modern mystery adventure." The Gamestar described the game as "unusual adventure with a great atmosphere" and also awarded 84%.

Awards

• German Developer Award 2010 (Best German Youth Game)
• German Developer Award 2010 (Best Story)
• German Developer Award 2010 (Best Soundtrack)
• German Computer Game Award 2011 (Best German Game)
• German Computer Game Award 2011 (Best Youth Game)

Web links

• A New Beginning at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Sosinka: A New Beginning: Final Cut is out today on Steam. In: Gamezone.de. December 11, 2012, accessed July 15, 2019 . 
2. ^ A New Beginning Credits. In: MobyGames . Retrieved July 15, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} A New Beginning: Final Cut. In: Metacritic.com . Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
4. ^ A New Beginning . In: Adventure Gamers , June 3, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2019
5. ↑ ^{a b} A New Beginning . In: Adventure-Treff , October 4, 2010. Accessed March 5, 2019
6. ^ A New Beginning Review . In: GameSpot , July 22, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2019
7. ↑ ^{a b} A New Beginning in the Test - Duzen against the disaster . In: GameStar , October 4, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2019
8. ↑ ^{a b} A New Beginning in the test: One of the best adventures of the year . In: PC Games , October 4, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2019