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Presented in stunning hand-drawn animation, Machinarium takes you on a potentially nostalgia-inducing trip to the early days of gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header><\/div>\n

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Developed and released by Amanita Design in 2009, <\/i>Machinarium<\/i><\/a> is a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure game in which the player must solve puzzles using environmental clues, and, in a departure from the norm, can only interact with what the character can reach. The game was very well received upon launch, being touted as a \u2018labor of love.\u2019\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Machinarium<\/i><\/a> was very well received upon release, and is currently ranked Overwhelmingly Positive with over 18,000 positive reviews on Steam, garnering an 85% score on GameRankings and an 85\/100 on Metacritic. One of the game\u2019s interesting features is that it lacks any dialogue; it is almost completely devoid of written or verbal language. It accomplishes coherence through two kinds of hints, accessible to players once per level. The second hunt system is a sort of walkthrough that can be achieved by completing a minigame. The walkthrough depicts the puzzle and its solution with drawings; however, it only reveals what’s in that area, not the entire game.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Gamers will assume the role of Josef, a robot named after the Czech painter, writer, and poet\u00a0 Josef \u010capek, who coined the term \u2018Robot.\u2019 Players are thrown into the world in pieces, put themselves back together, and begin exploring the city. Players will experience a deep and immersive story, where politics and greed play a pivotal role, in the criminal underworld<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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