A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie

Tags: Adventure - P&C - Point&Click Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Walkthrough required. Stiff scripting. Old engine. Amateur voice acting. Heavy handed tone. Poor characterizations. Lacks immersion. This game sits akwardly between propaganda, historical revisionism, proper historical showcase, entertainment product and poorly paced movie. Most of the interactivity involves pixelhunting for hotspots and being read descriptions and fluff text. The amount of fluff text is strange in that the only types of people I could imagine being interested in it would be people with a deep historical affinity or people with vague nazi sympathies wanting to learn more. Still it is interesting to see things from a point of view within the Reich and you can tell that some thought has been made to represent that perspective. The game sorts of fudges things by making you a rebel and would be assassin for a coup to dethrone hitler. This is not without historical merit as the general outline of suh coup was historically attempted although I believe nothing like what is showcased in the game. The game does a fairly poor job of relaying to the player what exactly…

I did like the game quite a bit, as I'm a fan of point n click games. There were few parts i didnt like, for example, then constant backtracking, going back n forth btw old places and the poker game took me longer than i wanted to get through, but apart from that, I thought the game was top notch

A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie is a historical point-and-click adventure that takes a less conventional approach to the familiar World War II setting. Rather than sending players into large battles or turning its protagonist into an unstoppable soldier, it concentrates on investigation, political deception, espionage, and the dangerous conspiracy surrounding the attempt to overthrow Adolf Hitler. Developed by SPLine and published by Akella, the game uses the historical Operation Valkyrie as the foundation for a fictional investigative story that rewards patience and attention more than quick reflexes. The player assumes the role of Gerhard Mayer, a high-ranking officer working within the Reich Security Main Office. His position creates the central conflict of the story because Mayer secretly sympathizes with the resistance while being assigned responsibilities that could expose the very conspiracy he wants to protect. The Gestapo is moving closer to uncovering the plot, forcing Mayer to conduct an investigation while simultaneously attempting to steer suspicion away from those involved. It is an appealing setup because the protagonist cannot openly behave like a hero. Mainta…

Good game as well but... I think it's for strategists only and also game is old, it's such a good game!

Buy it!

Good story. Annoyed with the poker game and spotlight avoidance game.