I have been an avid fan of the point-and-click adventure genre for my entire life. I’ve explored maniacal mansions, found secrets and curses on a few monkey-centric landmasses, and am even considering getting a terribly niche tattoo that only I will find amusing (“How appropriate, you fight like a cow”). There’s something about them that is always appealing to me. It might be the languid pace or the nostalgic graphics, but my money’s on the intriguing mysteries. All the best adventure games have some dark twists to uncover, and Powerhoof’s The Drifter has them in spades.
The Drifter starts out simply enough; players are cast as Mick Carter, the titular drifter, as he stows away in a box car across Australia to make his way back to his hometown for his mother’s funeral. Needless to say, poor Mick isn’t having a great time, which is only made worse by witnessing a reporter being kidnapped and being framed for murder. Mick, while on the run, will need to solve these mysteries, find... Read more