Duty And Beyond

Reviewed by: DeathDude

Positive Points: Intriging story
Different look for an AGS game
Quite lengthy

Negative Points: Small screens

Genre: Adventure

Size: 4.3 MB

Requirements: Windows

Questionable Content: None

Editor rating: 4.4

Homepage: http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=747

Download location: http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=747

It was just supposed to be a normal delivery for Piet. A pizza delivery that is, however when he got to the place, there was no answer at the door, now who would order a pizza and not answer the door. Suspecting that this is not a prank call, Piet does some investigating and soon discovers that he is about to go on a journey to find the owner of the house and deliver the pizza! Well and encounter different events along the way too. While the story premise may sound simple, actually a very engaging game draws you into the plot and everything surrounding it as well. In Duty and Beyond what you get is a game with a different sort of look from most AGS games you may have played, but its interesting to see and makes it very different and unique from the other games. As well as a lengthy game that will take you time to beat, and some great animations, sound and more in this entertaining adventure game.

As the story starts out Piet our pizza delivery guy, is traveling to deliver a pizza to an anxious customer so he expects, when he arrives he finds out that no one is home, but can that really be? With some further investigation, he finds a note from the owner telling him to find him and to use the clues scattered around, once he finds the owner he will pay him for the pizza. So Piet gets to be involved in a quest, whether he wants to or not, but since Piet wants to deliver this pizza and keep the whole loyalty to the customer concept, he goes off not sure what he will find on his journey.

Graphically the game may not look spectacular but it uses a completely different graphic style than most games built on the AGS engine. While the playing area is small, as are the different sprites themselves and the environments, it is intriguing to see still. While the story itself may seem quite simple, it changes very quickly with the events that occur. I won't tell you what happens but be prepared for some nice surprises along the way that really change things around, and make you wonder what is really going on. The animations of the character is also done very nicely in this game, even with the small sprites, it is nice to see in action. Sound effects and music are also done well, music though tends to repeat in certain areas, and while it fits with the game, it may start to get on your nerves after awhile of playing the game. The game is also quite lengthy, and it will take you a fair amount of time to beat when it is all said and done, but if your looking for a long adventure game to take your time away this one does the trick nicely.

Other than the small screen element, which you will either love it, or hate it, it will take some time to get used to so give it a try and see where it takes ya this game.

Nevertheless this is a different sort of adventure game and if your a fan of the genre, I definitely recommend you check it out. Its called Duty and Beyond, see it for yourself in action.