Salammbô: Battle for Carthage

Pour moi le jeu n'a pas été facile : souvent complètement perdue obligée de regarder la soluce rien n'est évident dans ce jeu mais il vaut quand mème le détour : c'est du Flaubert !!

Spendius oh Spendius , this game is based on the best selling novel in 1882 which carry the same name Salammbô , I highly recommend playing the game if you are interested in the VN and point and click game play with good novel like story telling

Disclaimer: don't take my playtime seriously, I played the game via an shortcut to the exe directly to be able to use an 3rd party tool to accurately track my playtime by excluding AFK time. Also, the games does work on windows 10. I used the compatibility settings provided by other people on the forums in conjuction with dgVoodoo to fix the hidden mouse problem and remove black bars (the menus are slightly stretched, but the game scenery and cutscenes themselves are not and everything works well). Total play time: 10h 36min Salammbô: Battle for Carthage is a 2003 game, an adaptation of Philippe Druillet's comic strip books, wich are also an adaptation of Gustavo Flaubert's 1862 novel "Salammbô". Philippe was heavily involved during the game's development, wich impacts the architecture and character designs you'll see throughout the game. You are Spendius, an prisoner of Carthage; you manage to escape the prison but before you leave Carthage, Salammbô, daughter of Carthage forces commander, asks you to send an statue of her to Mathos on the Mercenaries Camp. From now on you'll find yourself forced to commit murders, robberies and even identity theft; all to help the Mercenaries defeat Carthage once and for all. The game controls are very Myst-like, as other already pointed, but I quickly got acquainted with the speed of the panning and how to pick up objects. The graphics are incredibly good considering the time it was released, as well the full voice acting. The best parts of the game for me were the logbook and the cutscenes, because, at the same time I felt that I was watching a movie and reading an graphic novel (when I learned upon finishing the game that it was based off Philippe Druillet' work I understood why) and they really makes you want to progress on the game to see what happens next. The few puzzles that are presented throughout the game are pretty straightfoward, but the ones that rely on the poems/riddles are tricky and must be studied carefully to avoid being stuck, but nonentheless, are very enjoyable. Finishing the game made me really interested in reading the original novel and I can definitely recommend it as the gameplay isn't too hard nor too easy and will definitely please anyone looking for a adventure/puzzle/mystery type of game.