I have reviewed a lot of point-and-clicks on this blog. I honestly don’t want to put the last ones I wrote about, because I just don’t want to put links in there. Oh wait, one of them was Dead Synchronicity, which was also by Daedalic Entertainment. I don’t know if I was just in a good mood when I started playing Anna’s Quest, but I just could not stop playing it on the last Fourth of July weekend.

It is very clear that Deadalic Entertainment was definitely inspired by the King’s Quest series with this game. The thing is that they took Sierra Online’s series and took it into a darker and more mature level while still maintaining a kid-friendly game.

The game starts out with a little girl named Anna, who acts like a little girl without ever straying into annoying territory. She finds herself kidnapped by a witch named Winfriede, and she has a machine to do experiments on Anna.

As you can see, this game strays into dark territory, but never gets too dark. Also, this game apparently takes place in fairy tale times, but there is a machine there. I’ve seen this done in other medium, like usually comedies like Shrek, where modern technology is mixed with fantasy. I don’t know why, but this actually works.

As we follow Anna through her adventures, we see that she meets a lot of people who are extremely well-developed characters. That is, they are more than just people who deliver exposition and information, there is a serious mythos to this game.

Anyway, the reason why Anna is being watched by this witch (which is pretty disturbing) is she has telekinesis. This gives a “third option” element to the game. Most point and click games allow you to see an item and use items, the telekinetic aspect gives Anna the power to manipulate things out of reach, not to mention people at certain times.

Anna’s Quest is to attempt to find a cure for her grandfather, who is very ill of…something. Like most point-and-click games, you have to go someplace to get something, which will then lead to more puzzles.

Without revealing too much, there are about five parts to the game, and they are essentially drawn out puzzles of finding. As you go about the game, Anna meets characters and sees events that show up on level 5, which is a flashback level from the villain’s point-of-view. From there, there is an understanding of the villain in this game. Seriously, there is a sympathetic villain in this game.

I would have to say that the story of Anna’s Quest isn’t perfect, and there is an element of the ending that I didn’t really like, but this is the first time that I have felt the game is story-driven rather than with action.

I might actually play this game again just to revisit this cool world. You can find it on Steam for $19.99.