Shutter Island

According to the plot you arrive at Shutter Island to track down an escaped patient, the convicted murderer. Apart from disappearing patients, there are other secrets that you are to uncover. Honestly, the idea of the game was quite good but Merscom did not manage to take as much advantage of the theme, as they could have. So the project driven by ambition turned out to be an ordinary point-and-click adventure. Hardly ever you will have any problem with the gameplay because there is no timer and plenty of rechargeable hints. Actually, it is pretty easy to find items and there is not much variety in the mini-games, however, it would have been more challenging with a timer.

Anyway, the artwork is much better than gameplay. Accurate colors and flashlights convey gloomy atmosphere of Shutter Island. Nevertheless, some objects are poorly drawn so you cannot avoid misclicks, which are panelized. It is funny, but perhaps random click is the one challenge of this title. The storyline is vague at times due to undeveloped idea. Sometimes it is impossible to understand who he/she is and why he/she is. Probably there will be a sequel to put two and two together. All in all, Shutter Island is not a bad game but too simple for hidden object pro.