

The Next Big Thing 2011
Developed by Pendulo Studios
- Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
The Next Big Thing is the new, hilarious adventure gem. It's a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles! What if horror movies' monsters were actually played by real monsters? In that context, Liz Allaire, talented journalist who can't count up to 4, and Dan Murray, a tough macho who can't stand beetles, attend the horror movies award ceremony... there is the starting point of an incredible story, full of twists and turns! Help Liz and Dan solve the numerous mysteries of an amazing adventure that you won't forget any time soon!
Point-and-clickPuzzleRole-playing (RPG)AdventureActionComedyMysteryrobotsmummysteammultiple protagonistsfunnycrimemad scientistvoice actingcrocodilemind controlmovie referencePC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Unpretentious, cool, warm and comic.
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- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Pendulo Studios
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment, FX Interactive, Crimson Cow
- Released
- April 21, 2011
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.1/10 from 22 ratings.
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