Port of Call

[b]Port of Call[/b] is a short and interesting adventure/psychological game. Protagonist wakes up at a pier, not remembering a single thing of his past. Receives an invite from a grumpy old man to get on his boat and work on it. That’s where the little story properly begins and unveils that people he meets might know more about him than they want to say. All the conversations are properly written and the story, short it might be, is quite an interesting one. It’s definitely it’s strongest point. However, to me the visual style of characters, boat and whole environment is definitely pleasing, too. All in all – without a doubt recommending to play. And it’s free, so giving it a go without spending any coins is a nice addition. There’s also 7 achievements, which you can get in 2 playthroughs and those together will take you less than an hour. Played the game on YouTube very long time ago. You can watch the entire thing from my [url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF6bMpb7g7_Rgmtz41meBwUlVdWuEd9d6][b]Port of Call playlist[/b][/url].

Port of Call is a very short first person adventure that starts with a simple mystery. I wake up on a small dock with no idea who I am or how I got there, and the first person I meet is an old man who asks me to work on his ferry. The whole situation feels strange from the beginning because the ferry itself seems to have appeared out of nowhere. I spend the rest of the game exploring the boat, talking to the passengers and slowly trying to work out what is really going on. I like that it gives me questions early on and then lets the story gradually answer them. The exploration is extremely simple. I walk around the ferry, look at things and talk to the different people I meet. There are no complicated puzzles or combat sections, so most of my attention goes towards the conversations and the atmosphere. I think that works because the ship itself becomes the main setting. It is small enough that I can learn where everything is, but there are still enough strange details around it to make me curious about what happened to me and why everyone seems to know more than they are saying. The story is easily the strongest part for me. Port of Call is clearly more interested in telling a sh…

Really great story line, music goes well with the atmosphere, I also love the freedom of choice too.

A review table for Port of Call. [table] [tr] [th]CATEGORY:[/th] [th]EXPECTATION:[/th] [th]SCORING:[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]EXAMPLE:[/b] Shows what a category(read from left to right) looks like on this table.[/td] [td]That you are able to read this table after reading this example category.[/td] [td]I give 0, 1, or 2 points for failing, meeting or exceeding my expectations per category and note why. After I add all the points to score the game. A perfect game earns 10 points.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]AUDIO:[/b] Both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds including music, effects, voice acting, user interface, and other sound designs.[/td] [td]Most game audio is clean, clear, and crisp, and overall enjoyable. Any significant issues are fixable with game settings.[/td] [td]Barely 1 out of 2 points. Not having any options to change the audio in-game was daring. It is a great thing for Port of Call that the audio quality was solid.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]GRAPHICAL:[/b] Particle systems and environmental effects, gameplay effects, user interfaces, cinematics, lighting and shadow, etc.[/td] [td]Cinematics should have no stutter. Actions and other graphics have few visual hiccups that don't brea…

Crashed multiple times for no good reason. Terrible.

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