The Abandoned Planet review - "A mysterious world"

• A mysterious world full of puzzles
• Great voice acting
• Interesting atmosphere

Sometimes, you just want to dive into a strange and unfamiliar world. The Abandoned Planet takes you on an adventure, where you have crash-landed on a planet that is assumed to be abandoned and are looking for a way to get home. 

After a mistake on your ship causes you to crash, you have no real way of getting home. So, you need to explore around! The Abandoned Planet has some wonderful voice acting and visuals to keep you entertained, with your character talking to herself at every opportunity. There are little puzzles around every corner, strange creatures that seem to be alive within this town, and moments that require you to combine items.

The Abandoned Planet feels like a classic point-and-click adventure game with a new story and world to explore. There are plenty of perfect moments, where you need to combine items or use something on something, in order to move on to the next place. Discovering the notebook of someone who clearly is still on this planet and finding Robots that just need a little bit of juice create something that feels very mysterious.

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I felt like the game was engaging and the various puzzles did have some challenges. There isn't a hint system, but the book seemed like a really good way to start solving problems, even if it wasn't in a language I could actually read. I also very much liked the scanner, that somehow could understand items on this planet, despite not having any real idea what they were. What an interesting and unique tool! 

The world itself seems to have mythical creatures, shown by shadow figures that appear from time to time, that add to the story. Despite knowing something's out there, the world feels empty - mysterious yet vacant. Is it the most captivating point-and-click adventure game I have played? No, but I really like the amount of polish that has gone into the story and graphic design, and the puzzles are lovely too.

The Abandoned Planet doesn't stand out too much when it comes to story, but the unique world and level of polish does keep you playing if you are a fan of the genre.