Inua - A Story in Ice and Time is a point-and-click adventure involving unraveling mysteries across different eras in the Canadian Arctic. Includes historical references, Inuit legends, and time-travel puzzles.
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About Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
Set off on a mystical journey to the Canadian Far North with Inua: a story in ice and time, a point & click narrative adventure spanning multiple eras.
Meet Taïna, a present-day reporter determined to discover the truth behind the disappearance of the Terror, one of the ship of the Franklin expedition whose goal was to explore the Arctic in the 19th century. Her destiny is mysteriously linked to that of Peter, a young filmmaker covering a military expedition in the 1950s and Simon, a sailor of the Franklin expedition struggling to keep his crew alive.
Navigate through time to discover what links them together. Search for ideas, instill them in the characters' minds and guide them toward Nanurluk, the mythical polar bear who lived 10 000 years ago.
A Mystical Time Travel Experience
Go on an adventure in the far North of Canada, navigate through the ages, and interact with the past to change the present. In Inua, you’ll need to unravel space-time to solve mysteries and guide the characters on their journey. Move from scene to scene, era to era, and uncover events of the past, unearthing new ideas that influence the characters' minds. Help Simon, Peter, and Taïna overcome the obstacles standing in their way, and change the course of history.
A Historical Saga
The original and supernatural scenario of Inua is based on a very real story: that of the Franklin expedition, a British mission in the 19th century to explore the Arctic that resulted in shipwreck, disease, and mutiny. The fate of this expedition is still largely unknown. Gather clues and discover its history!
Inua - A Story in Ice and Time:
- A fantasy tale based on incredible historical facts..
- An extraordinary story inspired by Inuit tales and legends, with support from Inuit writer Thomassie Mangiok and advisors Billy Gauthier and Monica Ittusardjuat.
- A game designed by the creators of Bury Me, My Love, and Vignettes, adapted from the original story by Nathalie Frassoni and Frédéric Bouvier, with the breathtaking artistic direction of Delphine Fourneau from the Klondike collective.
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Reviews for Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
RosaLux_forever
Graphic novel, good art, weak characters
I downloaded Inua before a long weekend cabin stay because the art style and themes looked like my aesthetic. I enjoyed most of the storyline but found the game ultimately disappointing. Let’s start at value for money. When compared to titles like Life is Strange and the original Oxenfree, Inua seriously lacks in play time per dollar. Even more when you factor in how much richer the interactivity, plot complexity, and especially character development these other games are. The characters in Inua are extremely one-dimensional and have no growth throughout the game. The gameplay is more of a graphic novel than a game, since you just click objects on screen to unlock more thoughts and dialogue between the smattering of side characters in a completely deterministic fashion. Which is fine, but not for the quality of dialogue you get. It felt like the writers had a cool idea for a story and the characters were flat and empty vessels to mechanically carry that story forward. The voice actors were mixed but with the writing as bad as it was it doesn’t matter how good they were or weren’t. Again, I liked the setting a lot, I thought the art was beautifully minimalist while still giving rich color and texture, the music was ethereal and added to the overall feel, and the story setup was super intriguing. Unfortunately, they couldn’t deliver on the promise of the story, and without spoiling the end for future players, it ended anticlimactically with some noble savage ancient earth wisdom theme that felt tone deaf at best and mildly racist at worst. Overall, this might be worth it for you if you don’t have an attachment to your $5, and want a graphic novel to walk you through a beautiful world where the story is secondary and the characters are less than tertiary.
MysticMLK
Great game!
I love this game and I think it was totally worth the money! There are a lot of mysteries that you can solve and I love that you can interact with things and people. There are some mysteries that are really hard to solve, but I think that is what makes it fun. I wasn't having any problems with the gameplay, and I wasn’t experiencing any lag or bugs that need to be fixed at all! I love the soundtrack, and I think it goes perfectly with the game. I also love the story behind all of the mysteries.
