Game Vortex writes: "There is nothing new about the wheel. We pretty much have it figured out. It has worked for a few years, so why are people constantly trying to reinvent it? We are constantly trying to add something to an existing genre to make it bigger and better. Take the point and click adventure, for example. I believe there is an elegance to their design. A trueness like the wheel that made them virtually perfect in their initial state. Sure, you might say that point and click adventure games are nothing more than visual extensions of the original text games, but I really look at text games as the rough edges that were smoothed off to make the wheel that is the point and click adventure genre. No denying the age of the genre and the fact we have passed it by as an antiquated genre, but it is games like Outcry that remind us of the simple goodness in the design of the genre. No huge frills. No genre-jumping features attempting to change how we look at point and click adventures. Just a good story attached to a good puzzler."
Jason Codd: "Then obviously we've moved into our first console products as well which, I think for an independent publisher to have their first [Xbox] 360 product 14 months after first set-up is pretty efficient. We've got our own IP being developed on [Nintendo] DS and Wii as well at the moment, so we're very very excited about where we're going."
Resolution writes: "Outcry is a gorgeously stylised, hugely atmospheric and occasionally thought-provoking game. But it's too clumsy in its design, so teeth-grindingly, wall-punchingly difficult, to properly recommend. It breaks just about every rule of adventure game design that you can think of. But there's the odd moment where you kind of understand why it's doing so. It thrives through its obscurity. It gains respect for that.
As is the case with many games from weirdest Mother Russia, it's plainly obvious why this found popularity in its homeland. Equally, as is the case with many games from weirdest Mother Russia, it's pretty hard to stomach if you're not."
Mamba games are continuing to build retail support for their catalogue within the UK gaming market by making sure all retail avenues within the UK are established. Following the recent launch of their official website, Mamba has signed up Advantage Distribution to help them sell into independent retailers and online stores within the UK.
