Not without its drawbacks, but definately worth a look.

User Rating: 8.3 | Fahrenheit (French) PC
Indigo Prophecy is a third person adventure game in which you play Lucas Kane, an average Joe IT worker, who one night finds himself at the center of a mysterious murder in a bathroom diner. Kane must cover his tracks, hide from police, and try to discover all the who, whats, and whys of the murder he was forced to commit.

Indigo Prophecy aspires to achieve a groundbreaking sense of "cinematic gameplay" by trying to blur the line between movie and game through innovative gameplay and character development. While it fails short of this lofty goal, Prophecy is a solid adventure experience through its unique controls and, at times, compelling story.

During action sequences, Phophecy employs two, 4 directional colored circles (reminesent of the old Simon memory game) in a sort of follow the leader minigame. Depending on how well you can keep up with what the screen tells you determinds if Lucas completes whatever he is trying to do, which can range from playing the right note on his guitar to...well, some things a certain someone would describe as "Whoa...."

The story, however, is what is at the heart of Phophecy and can be discribed as both its greatest strength, and later, its greatest weakness. The game does an excellent job in getting the player involved in t he plot. Since you play both Lucas and the detectives investiagting the diner murder, you feel the sense of urgency as you struggle to put all the puzzle pieces together of each side.

Later in the game however, the story beings to fall apart as it moves of supernatural murder mystery to sci-fi action adventure. Several improbable (and somewhat confusing) plot twist distract players from the immersive atmosphere the game worked so hard for in the first half of the game. Also, while the game promises multipule unique endings, some of these variations on dying, getting caught by the police, and going insane, all resulting in game over. The game has 3 acual endings, but they are essientially the same.

All in all, Indigo Phophecy falls short of its goal, but having set such a high bar gives it plenty of leway to fall. A refreshing break from the standard point and click adventure games, Indigo Phophecy's intriguing plot and pretty solid gameplay make it more than deserving for you precious gameplay hours.