Publisher Strategy First and developer 10Tacle announce the signing of the adventure title, "Jack Keane and the Dokktor's Island".
Jack Keane is an action-packed Point 'n' Click Adventure with loads of allusions to well-known computer games and classic movies. Set in the early colonial period, the story leads likeable adventurer Jack Keane to a wide variety of places such as London, Capetown or the jungles of India. In London he accepts a risky assignment for the Queen: it's up to Jack to travel to a remote island and stop a mad scientist out to rule the world with his army of trained apes.
GameZone has a list of key features in the game and link to the official webpage.
The game provides some seriously needed fun in the otherwise stale point-and-click genre. GameZone liked what the developers did here and they hope they do it again.
Gameplay - 7.7
Graphics - 7.0
Sound - 7.0
Difficulty - Medium
Concept - 7.4
Overall -
Jack Keane is a wonderful adventure experience that should bring back fond memories of old school adventure games. The artwork and design is great for this type of game and the music blended in well to keep the action going. A majority of the puzzles may seem too easy at first, but the difficulty does ramp up later in the game to provide a decent challenge for puzzle solvers. Voice acting can be a little grating at times and the jokes could have been better, but this light-hearted adventure can be fun for those who aren't interested in a serious mystery.
Hooked Gamers writes: "Once upon a time, this game was going to be entitled Jack Keane and the Dokktor's Island. That was back in 2005 and shortly after developer Deck 13 had just released a well-received game entitled Ankh. Along the way, besides changing publishers a couple of times, the title got shortened. Whatever the reason(s), after about three years of ballyhoo, it looks like the game is -finally- going to make its debut.
On the surface, the game looks like it taps in to most of the fun aspects that were to be found in Monkey Island. Does mentioning that game give you a clear idea of what to expect? The image that conjures up for me includes 'cartoonish' artwork (check), pervasive tongue-in-cheek humor (check), point-and-click interface (check), cursor rollovers that indicate how on-screen objects are to be used (check), pick-your-choice-of-clever-lines dialogue trees (check). Yeah, the game has all that, so I guess my work is done here! What's that? You want details? Oh, alright then…"
