Synnergist
1996 video game
Synnergist is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by 21st Century Entertainment for MS-DOS in 1996. It was Vicarious Visions' debut video game. The game includes "digitized actors (almost 70) and full motion video." It was only released in Europe.
Plot
The game's plot centers around the player taking on the role of Tim Machin, a journalist in the fictional city of New Arhus in the year 2010. The city, once prosperous, has now fallen into widespread chaos and decay. As Tim investigates, he encounters twists, turns, and a mysterious humanitarian figure named Victor Ambrose.
Development and release
The graphic backgrounds for Synnergist were produced by Pomono Productions.
When the game was released, Vicarious Visions offered a prize to the first five people to discover hidden Easter eggs.
Reception
Coming Soon magazine gave the game 81 out of 100, Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks gave 4 Stars, PC Player (Denmark) gave 73 out of 100, PC Games (Germany) gave 68 out of 100, High Score gave 2 out of 5, Power Play gave 40 out of 100, and PC Player (Germany) gave 2 Stars. Csoon wrote "Synnergist maintains a good story line throughout the game, keeping the player's interest high in wanting to solve the mystery...
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