A well known adventure Runaway is back with its sequel called “The Dream of the Turtle”. It doesn’t matter now if adventures as a genre dies or they are already dead, but there are still some new titles on the market, and many people still like to play them. The only problem I see is the size of them, because almost 4 GB for a static adventure is quite a lot…

Runaway, a road adventure, released in Europe in 2003, injected adventure games with new life by becoming one the biggest hits of the year with over 600 000 PC units sold in Europe. What the Spanish development studio and game’s creators, Pendulo, did that was so successful was to propose a distinctly adult adventure with a duo of charismatic heroes, a cast of highly colorful characters and a good dose of humor. The whole cocktail looked good, and sounded good, served up as it was with an original eye-catching graphic style with the perfect soundtrack.

Aware of the expectations a sequel to Brian & Gina’s adventures would trigger a few years after the first release, Pendulo Studios has taken its time to develop and improve this new episode called The Dream of the Turtle. The team has worked hard with a very clear and precise objective: to make the game better than the original in every way and offer an even funnier and captivating gaming experience.

Players will be able to explore more than 100 different places across the globe, throughout the 6 extensive chapters of this new adventure. In Alaska, Hawaii, under the sea or up in the sky, in the middle of a hostile jungle or on board a huge yacht, you will experience an unforgettable adventure in a rich and varied environment. Pendulo Studios has come up with many juicy puzzles and exciting challenges which can be solved more or less easily depending on the player’s level.

The adventure is made up of 6 main chapters. Players can explore more than 100 different places in all four corners of the globe: Alaska, Hawaii, underwater or in the sky, in the heart of the jungle or on board a huge yacht. There are tons of different colourful places, marvellous backdrops for an unforgettable adventure. Pendulo Studio has concocted a large number of tasty puzzles and scintillating enigmas of advancing difficulty levels for players to solve. But Pendulo Studio has also taken care that nobody will get stuck for too long in certain game passages; difficulty levels in comparison with the first episode remain the same. All players have to do is open their eyes and ears for clues that emerge throughout and deploy the basic level of nous required for all adventure games.

Game features:

• A great adventure game with excellent production, marvellous scenario, ever present humour and amazing puzzles.
• Up to 100 locations from all four corners of the world, a feast for the eyes to be discovered.
• More than 30 3D characters with an appealing cartoon appearance bringing together 2D and 3D in a totally new way.
• New game engine with 3D real time special effects: light, atmospheric effects, footprints, camera changes, panoramic views, etc.
• High quality 5.1 sound. An excellent soundtrack including songs and instrumentals. French voice acting provided by professional actors.
• More than an hour of amazing cartoon sequences to underpin the plot, its surprise developments and many comic moments.

Minimum system requirements:

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
• Pentium™ III 500
• 128 Mb RAM
• Video card (DirectX™ 9 compatible) with a resolution of 1024×768 and 16/24 bits colors.
• Sound card DirectX™ 9 compatible
• DVD-ROM drive
• Mouse and keyboard

Release name: Runaway.2.The.Dream.Of.The.Turtle-RELOADED
Size: 1 DVD, 3.76 GB, 81 x 50 MB
Protection: Tages
Genre: Adventure
File names: rld-rna2

Reviews, info: IGN, Gamespy
NFO: here
Homepage: here
Developer, distributor: Pendulo, CDV
Torrent: NewTorrents