Windows

Overclocked: A History of Violence

Description

Overclocked is a psychological thriller presented as a point-and-click adventure game. There are 6 playable characters in total, each with their own adventure, and the events are told through a frame tale construction. The main protagonist is former US army combat psychiatrist David Mc Namara whose marriage is hanging by a thread. He also suffers from mysterious choleric attacks. He used to treat the Desert Storm troops, but left the army in 1999 due to a nervous breakdown.

As an expert in forensic psychiatry, he is called to the Staten Island Forensic Hospital in New York to examine five young men and women. They were found at different locations in New York, screaming, horrified, with complete memory loss and a total lack of orientation. Dave has to delve into their memories to reconstruct what has happened. This leads to six playable portions with different characters as Dave explores the events through flashbacks, using chronologically inverse storytelling. He has to trigger their memory by using objects and recordings from his sessions to advance the story. This is done through a PDA, also used to contact other people in the game and to receive messages and files.

The game features 3D character models and objects with pre-rendered backgrounds, and uses classic conversation and puzzle-solving gameplay, including an inventory to store and combine items. A dynamic camera is used for cinematic effect, with close-ups, panning, zoom and mosaic-style visualisation.

Alternate Titles

• "Overclocked. Оправданная жестокость" -- Russian title
• "Overclocked: Una historia de violencia" -- Spanish title
• "Overclocked: Thérapie de choc" -- French title
• "Overclocked: Historia o przemocy" -- Polish title
• "Overclocked: Eine Geschichte über Gewalt" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Cougar
• Middleware: EMotion FX
• Physics Engine: Newton Game Dynamics

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User Reviews

High aims, deep fall	non finito (339)
Game design flaws keep Overclocked from reaching its potential	Jeanne (60846)

The Press Says

Adventures - Kompakt	Oct 17, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
GamesFire	Oct 19, 2007	85 out of 100	85
Spieletester.com	Oct, 2007	84 out of 100	84
PC Powerplay	Sep 26, 2007	83 out of 100	83
Adventurearchiv	Oct 21, 2007	82 out of 100	82
gameZine (UK)	Apr 30, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Vgames	Jul 03, 2008	80 out of 100	80
Adventure Corner	Nov 12, 2007	77 out of 100	77
AceGamez	2008	7 out of 10	70
Armchair Empire, The	Jun 02, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Real-time 3D?	5	Игги Друге (31890) May 17, 2008

Trivia

The Swedish metal band Soilwork wrote a song for the game's soundtrack.