Old Skies Reviews
Old Skies is a poignant story of love and loss, building a strong mystery with memorable characters.
Acclaimed point-and-click studio Wadjet Eye's gently paced, time-travelling genre-hopper blends elegant puzzling and intricate, affecting storytelling to beautiful effect.
A new adventure game classic, and a bit of a tear-jerker.
Old Skies is an engaging point-and-click. It may not deviate heavily from the genre's formula, but the way the game bakes the time-travel aspects into some of the puzzle-solving provides a number of highs, and Fia's touching story and the twists along the way are worth experiencing.
While the insight into our humanity is appreciated, the delivery moves at a snail's pace.
With a touching tale of yearning and personal growth on a backdrop of a near sci-fi future, Old Skies meets the standard of quality I've come to expect from Wadjet Eye Games. It explores the moral quandaries of time travel in a way I have not seen before, asking not what effect it might have on the future, but what effect it might have on the travellers. Its story is told well, all the while offering mostly quality puzzles that have plenty of potential for fleshing out in a future instalment.
Sure, Old Skies doesn’t have flashy graphics, they went with rather old school visuals, but for me, those stand out and make the game world very immersive. The voice overs are on point, and the dialog is very creative, although it can drag at times. All in all, Old Skies is interesting, exciting, and a breath of fresh air for the genre, especially with its time travel shenanigans.
Old Skies is a time-travelling point-and-click adventure with a compelling narrative that drags you in deeper with each questionable, time-altering decision. It's not short on heart, either, though you'll have to play to discover if protagonist Fia gets the ending she deserves.
Old Skies is a really solid game from Wadjet Eye Games. It's nothing earth-shattering, but for fans of the genre, this point-and-click adventure offers over ten hours of cleverly designed puzzles and an emotional story.
Review in Finnish | Read full review
The scenarios are well drawn but in general do not expect miracles. Very beautiful, however, the soundtrack, which accompanies us with great awareness from the beginning to the end of the adventure.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Old Skies is a shining example of a strong, well-written, and original story. Considering the subject, that’s an impressive feat. With the game's other shining examples of strong voice acting, superb music, and wonderful visuals, it was worth every second of the time I spent with it. I can’t recommend this enough to any point-and-click fan out there, and even if this genre isn’t your forte, it’s still worth a shot.
Old Skies comes with an extremely powerful emotional experience through the stories of people who wanted to change their lives through time travel.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Old Skies' story telling is some of the best I have seen, but it is often overshadowed by the finicky game mechanics.
Old Skies is finally here and it has been more than worth the wait: It’s one of this year’s best releases.
A familiar time travel concept, but with quite an interesting approach, Old Skies is another strong adventure in the trophy case of Wadjet Eye Games.