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Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, now for the first time on iOS!
JULY, 1914. With Europe on the brink of war, the luxurious Orient Express departs Paris for Constantinople, plunging American doctor Robert Cath into a maelstrom of treachery, romance, and international intrigue.
The Last Express is a complete, faithful iOS version of the internationally-acclaimed 1997 PC classic.
GAME FEATURES:
- 20+ hours of game play
- Interact with 30+ characters who behave like actual people on a train -- moving about in real-time and conversing in their native languages
- Eavesdrop on conversations, sneak into compartments, and uncover clues
- Explore a richly detailed, historically accurate 3D recreation of the 1914 Orient Express
- Your actions affect other characters’ behavior, making every play-through different
- Rewind feature allows you to back up to any point in the story and choose a different course of action
- Playable in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
EXCLUSIVE ADDITIONAL FEATURES ONLY FOR iOS:
- Unlock challenging achievements that test your sleuthing skills
- Dynamic, 3-tiered hint system created specifically for iOS
- 20 unlockable character biographies
- Unlock cinematics to replay at any time
* Reviews ! 90% on Metacritic
"The Last Express is just one of those games that adventure fans, or just fans of a good story, need to play." 4/4 - Slide To Play
"A shining example of how deeply gameplay and storytelling can be intertwined" 5/5 - AppSpy
"It's a piece of videogame history and a shining example of what can be done to create an experience so much more immersive than the Heavy Rains of today." - 8/10, Destructoid
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“Exquisite design and a literary story. A thrilling ride.” – Newsweek
“The top adventure game… thumbs up by all ages and both genders.” – Family PC
“A masterpiece.” – Computer Games Strategy Plus
“Gripping… amazing… totally unique. The best adventure game I have ever played. Beautiful, skillfully crafted, and worth every penny and hour of your time.” – Games Domain Review
FOR MORE ABOUT THE LAST EXPRESS, VISIT:
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http://jordanmechner.com/

Platforms

iOS, PC, Android

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Genre

Adventure, Family

Release date

Mar 29, 1997

Developer

DotEmu,

Smoking Car Productions

Publisher

DotEmu, Phoenix Licensing

Age rating

13+ Teen

System requirements for iOS

iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad Air Cellular, iPad Mini Retina, iPad Mini Retina Cellular, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Cellular, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 3 Cellular, iPod Touch Sixth Gen, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Mini 4, iPad Mini 4 Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro Cellular, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Pro 9.7 Cellular, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPad 6 1 1, iPad 6 1 2, iPad 7 1, iPad 7 2, iPad 7 3, iPad 7 4, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 7 5, iPad 7 6, iPhone X S, iPhone X S Max, iPhone X R, iPad 8 1 2, iPad 8 3 4, iPad 8 5 6, iPad 8 7 8, iPad Mini 5, iPad Mini 5 Cellular, iPad Air 3, iPad Air 3 Cellular, iPod Touch Seventh Gen

System requirements for PC

Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512 recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard.

System requirements for Android

2.3.3 and up

Where to buy

GOG

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The Last Express reviews and comments

Hardly an enjoyable game on any level. The game is lacking, often crashing, and it's hard to find even remotely entertaining. The controls are difficult, finding your way about the screen is confusing and the interaction is limited to the point where I just feel like I'm walking aimlessly around waiting for the game to show me what to do and move the story along. Now, I don't know what I could expect from a game run on an iPod touch, and I did expect something more along the lines of a Agatha Cristie murder mystery, so maybe it's not just the game that is wrong here. Even so, while they do get a few things right, and excluding the griefs already mentioned, this game is still boring as hell.

A classic from 1997, but the game could just as well be released yesterday. It is not a traditional adventure game, or a traditional game in general, but if you are open to the specific style and design of the game (everything takes place in real time, and freedom is total) you will be rewarded with one of the best gaming experiences Ever. The Story unfolds regardless of whether you are active or not and at each playthrough you can experience new facets. There are therefore several inferences, but of course only a "real". It works really fine on the iPhone, and you even get more help along the way than in the original. For The best experience, you should use headphones-you can, for example, Choose to listen to an entire classical concert (45 min.!!!) along the way on the trip if you like. It requires a little more patience than Angry Birds, but it's the whole trip worth it! Great game without any straight

Last Express is a unique game of its kind, and for once the unique adjective is entirely appropriate. The game interface based on real time is original, just think that the characters interact with each other regardless of the presence of our on the scene. The clock that allows you to go back when you run into a premature end can be frustrating at times, but once you have taken your hand, repeating or changing scenarios, you can grasp every nuance of the complex storyline of the adventure. The game was developed by an unusually full-bodied team coordinated by the ingenious Mechner, is well-cared for in every detail and, unfortunately, its engine was no longer exploited to give life to other similar titles. For me it should be placed in the top ten of the best graphic adventures of all time, this porting does not add anything to the original game of ' 97 but has the immense merit of making it available again to all lovers of the genre. And Despite the age does not disfigure, indeed, it confirms a masterpiece.

I first played and completed this in 2017, almost 20 years after it had been released, when I was looking through well rated games on GOG, immediately falling in love with the story of this exceptional, maybe one-of-a-kind adventure.

It is a first person adventure playing on a train on the historic Orient Express route from Paris to Constantinople. You are traveling on the train where a murder takes place to start the story. While the game runs, real time is running also and events take place at different places on the train at any given time. You have to solve the nature of the murder.

My time nowadays for games being very limited, I wasn't able to explore this game fully as you cannot possibly see what takes place on the train in one playthrough since you can only be in one place at a time. I saw a new Gold Edition was released which might be incentive enough to play it once again.

Engaging story. Recommend it to anyone who likes the charm of these long gone times.

«Can’t stop playing»

«That ending!»

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