Mata Hari

A glamorous spy dances and charms her way across Europe, though the game plays less like a gripping espionage thriller and more like a graceful, restrained period drama. Even so, its Belle Époque atmosphere has an undeniable allure.

Ce jeu est une vraie daube.

Dancing shadows, spy jokes, and graphics that sparkle like fireworks at midnight. I’m thrilled and can’t stop playing this adventure!

Reviewing games I played a long time ago: Released right in the middle of the "point & click adventures are dead" era, when no one apart from German studios dared to make new games, Mata Hari was competent but perfectly encapsulated the state of the genre at the time: Stale, unimaginative and outdated. However, there's some strong points in here, mainly about the presentation and atmosphere of the time period of Art Nouveau Europe before WWI. We don't have enough games set during that time. Puzzles are easy, game is short, but you'll have a lot of backtracking. I'll give a thumbs up, but should be read as "mixed".

Mata Hari transforms the legendary dancer and suspected spy into the centerpiece of a traditional point-and-click adventure filled with political maneuvering, romance, espionage, and deception. Developed by 4Head Studios and published on Steam by Viva Media, the game draws inspiration from the turbulent period surrounding the famous historical figure without presenting itself as a strict recreation of her life. Instead, it embraces the mythology that grew around Mata Hari and constructs an international spy story in which charm, observation, intelligence gathering, and manipulation are essential tools for survival. The historical European setting is one of the experience's strongest qualities. Taking place during an era of growing international tension, the story captures a world where elegant social gatherings and glamorous lifestyles coexist with secret intelligence operations and political instability. Mata Hari moves between these contrasting environments while becoming increasingly involved in dangerous assignments. This gives the narrative an appealing sense of duality: she can command attention as an exotic performer while simultaneously operating within a hidden world of a…

https://youtu.be/6Vd_LyDLJKs Taking an unique setting, character, and premise this old style adventure game shows a few tricks lost to time.