Undercover: Operation Wintersun (Computer)
User Review
Product Information:
- Release Date (NA): September 4, 2007
- Release Date (EU): September 1, 2006
- Publisher: Lighthouse Interactive / dtp entertainment
- Developer: Sproing Interactive Media
- Genres: Point and Click Adventure
Game Features:
Single player
Local Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Co-operative
Review Approach:
After Years I have played it again and was immediately captivated by the Plot.
Classic Point and Click Adventure with very nice Graphics,very good Soundtrack and great Voice Actors.
The Story is set in the middle of World War II.
The Player Character, Dr. John Russell, a Nuclear Physicist,
is tasked by MI-6 to uncover the progress of German Atomic bomb-making Capabilities
and to destroy one of the first German nuclear Weapon Prototypes to be detonated in Stalingrad by the SS.
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During the Story you travel from England to different German Locations like Haigerloch,a real Town.
And the real Place of the World War II German Nuclear Weapon Program.
The Quest and Riddles in this Adventure are challenging and sometimes really difficult (making Chloric Acid for Example).
The Graphics are really good and detailed.Made with "Attention to Detail".
The Locations where drawn with Love and Passion and many Details and Animations.
(It is snowing,Clouds/the Sky is really awesome animated...)
Sometimes there are really many Objects in a Scene....
The Control is very easy (with the Mouse) Left Button for Action and Right Button for Details and Characteristics of the Objects.
Strangely enough,this Control is reversed by Standard.
You can "Shortwalk" from one Location to the next by Double clicking the Exit.
The Atmosphere is very good and authentic,"underlaid" with a very good Music/Soundtrack.
The Inventory is on the lower Part of the Picture (classic).
The Conversationthemes are often very "detailed" and needs many talking/listening.But thanks to the awesome Voice Actors,never boring.
The Voice Actors (I have played the German Version only,more a little later) are really awesome and authentic and fits absolute into the Story.
You can nearly save at any Time except on "Action Scenes",a very "sensitive" Subject.
For Example:
There is a Scene,where you have to remain undetected and / or should only move in the Shades
There are few Spots,if you react too slow,you can begin the Scene from the Start...sometimes you did it in the first Try,sometimes.....
This is honestly a little frustrating,but thank God not common during the Game.
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A little Background (as in my last Review "Ni Bi Ru"):
Since the Game is located in Germany/World War II,the NS Symbols are "censored/removed" in this Game.
A Sidenote for the Game Configuration:
The Game was originally Designed for Windows (XP).
There is an Patch v.1.1 (which is also needed to install the Uncut Patch).
There are known Video Issue(s) with Windows Vista/8/10.
The main Issue is,you have a Black Screen on the Videos/Cutscenes,the Sound is ok.
The second well known Issue is the "Video could not initialized" - Error Message on the Startup.This is mostly to fix,if you set the Desktop Resolution to 1024 x 768 (if possible).
So maybe a Windows 7 (32bit) or better Windows XP PC is recommended to run this Game without Issues.
An other Thing is the "Copy Protection" from the Disc.You are maybe unable to start,because the Disc is not found.
If you are lucky,after 2-3 Tries it works,otherwise...you are out of luck.
There is only a No CD Fix for the Version 1.0 and that is not working because
It seems the Game starts and everything is fine,but then comes a Scene where you have to jump out of a Window and..
..after you landed safely in an Alley,some vital Object in your Inventory is missing.You are not able to proceed the Game....NO JOKE.
The Player Character, Dr. John Russell, a Nuclear Physicist,
is tasked by MI-6 to uncover the progress of German Atomic bomb-making Capabilities
and to destroy one of the first German nuclear Weapon Prototypes to be detonated in Stalingrad by the SS.
###########################################################################################
During the Story you travel from England to different German Locations like Haigerloch,a real Town.
And the real Place of the World War II German Nuclear Weapon Program.
The Quest and Riddles in this Adventure are challenging and sometimes really difficult (making Chloric Acid for Example).
The Graphics are really good and detailed.Made with "Attention to Detail".
The Locations where drawn with Love and Passion and many Details and Animations.
(It is snowing,Clouds/the Sky is really awesome animated...)
Sometimes there are really many Objects in a Scene....
The Control is very easy (with the Mouse) Left Button for Action and Right Button for Details and Characteristics of the Objects.
Strangely enough,this Control is reversed by Standard.
You can "Shortwalk" from one Location to the next by Double clicking the Exit.
The Atmosphere is very good and authentic,"underlaid" with a very good Music/Soundtrack.
The Inventory is on the lower Part of the Picture (classic).
The Conversationthemes are often very "detailed" and needs many talking/listening.But thanks to the awesome Voice Actors,never boring.
The Voice Actors (I have played the German Version only,more a little later) are really awesome and authentic and fits absolute into the Story.
You can nearly save at any Time except on "Action Scenes",a very "sensitive" Subject.
For Example:
There is a Scene,where you have to remain undetected and / or should only move in the Shades
There are few Spots,if you react too slow,you can begin the Scene from the Start...sometimes you did it in the first Try,sometimes.....
This is honestly a little frustrating,but thank God not common during the Game.
###########################################################################################################
A little Background (as in my last Review "Ni Bi Ru"):
Since the Game is located in Germany/World War II,the NS Symbols are "censored/removed" in this Game.
A Sidenote for the Game Configuration:
The Game was originally Designed for Windows (XP).
There is an Patch v.1.1 (which is also needed to install the Uncut Patch).
There are known Video Issue(s) with Windows Vista/8/10.
The main Issue is,you have a Black Screen on the Videos/Cutscenes,the Sound is ok.
The second well known Issue is the "Video could not initialized" - Error Message on the Startup.This is mostly to fix,if you set the Desktop Resolution to 1024 x 768 (if possible).
So maybe a Windows 7 (32bit) or better Windows XP PC is recommended to run this Game without Issues.
An other Thing is the "Copy Protection" from the Disc.You are maybe unable to start,because the Disc is not found.
If you are lucky,after 2-3 Tries it works,otherwise...you are out of luck.
There is only a No CD Fix for the Version 1.0 and that is not working because
It seems the Game starts and everything is fine,but then comes a Scene where you have to jump out of a Window and..
..after you landed safely in an Alley,some vital Object in your Inventory is missing.You are not able to proceed the Game....NO JOKE.
Verdict
What I Liked ...
- Classic Point and Click Adventure
- Very good Story
- Charismatic Characters
- Very nice Locations and Graphics
- Very good Soundtrack,Sound Effects and Voicetalents
- Easy Controls
What I Didn't Like ...
- Works not with Windows Vista/8/10 without Issues
- Copy Protection prevents maybe from playing
- Quest sometimes difficult
- German Version censored
- A little short
8
out of 10