Alawar Entertainment has announced the launch of Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba, available now on PCs worldwide via digital distribution. A world full of adventure, danger and intrigue awaits, as players navigate through thirty different locations and challenge themselves in over eighty unique puzzles.
About writes: "A mixture of hidden-object, adventure, and puzzle game, Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba makes up for its lack of originality with a good heap of variety. The large number of different challenges the game throws at you is great, ensuring you're almost always doing something new."
Stop me if you've heard any of this before. Some children have gone missing. Their mother rushes off to find them. She happens to be an intrepid explorer-type. Her search takes her into the heart of a South American jungle where she must investigate an ancient temple. Although the premise of Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba is interchangeable with dozens of other hidden object/adventure games, and its gameplay is thoroughly average, it's at least easy on the eye and boasts some clever (if repetitive) puzzles.
