Encodya vs J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
Encodya
Encodya is a gorgeous point-and-click adventure game featuring a young orphan, a 9-year-old girl named Tina, and her robot nanny, S.A.M. 53. Set in a dystopian cyberpunk world where many people have fallen deeply addicted to VR, an incident sparked off a journey where she tries to carry out the mission her late father has left her and possibly change the world for the better in the process. There are plenty of obstacles and puzzles along the way, but by switching between the robot and the girl, you’ll be able to solve them and figure out where to go or what to do next.J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is truly a game that's very unique. Despite its apparent appearance - it does look like "just another space sim", doesn't it? - the game is a fun and innovative, story-driven adventure game with a heavy dose of mystery added for good measure. In this game, you'll get to step into the spacesuit of Rachel Manners, a 35-year-old astrobiologist who initially embarked on a critical mission to explore and collect data on potentially habitable planets with a crew of of other elite and hand-picked scientists, but somehow, things went awry, and she found herself alone with J.U.L.I.A., the space probe's rather tempermental AI and Mobot, the reconnaissance robot.Driven by a need to know, you'll need to help Rachel search for clues which might potentially explain the mission's failure and the missing crew. You'll also get to travel to six widely varied planets where you can then get to work trying to reveal their secrets. There will be plenty of puzzles and mini-games in your journey as well just to give your brain some intense workout from time to time.
That said, the puzzles in the game can be a tad bit frustrating to solve, mainly because it's the sort of "trial and error" puzzle-type. So, unless you have a thing or two against this specific game mechanism, J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is a really nice puzzle-adventure game to buy and play.