[PC] Egress - The test of STS-417 (2011)

Pros:
- Very nice graphics and music
- Very smart final revelation, putting the player under judgement
- Compelling from start till end
Cons:
- Very short
- A little mistake in the final dialogue tree will lead you to restart
- Just a few puzzles, which are also a bit annoying
- Events (such as walking) are too slow

[PC] .heartbeats (2012)

Pros:
- Smart idea of having four heartbeats corresponding to four characters and the beat reflecting player choices
Cons:
- Tries to be sad and so on
- Could have worked better with better music and better graphics in general (although minimal, graphics such as fonts could be made better)

[Browser] Exposed (2012)

Pros:
- Fun trial & error short puzzler

[Browser] Memento XII (2012)

Pros:
- Nice pixel graphics
Cons:
- Cannot directly use inventory items, action system a bit illogical
- Forcibly sad

[PC] UNGA needs MUMBA (2012)

Pros:
- A brilliantly humorous and smart prehistoric adventure
- Great, fitting music
- Consistent and colorful graphics
- Fun voiceovers
- Fun puzzles

[PC] He Watches (Demo) (2011)

Pros:
- Very nice retro graphics
- Nice atmosphere, and also the story is promising
- Nice objectives and data gathering system
Cons:
- Very few puzzles
- Descriptions are definitely lacking
- Cannot skip text
- Underwhelming music
- The main character doesn't seem to feel any tension or whatever

[PC] City (Demo) (2011)

Pros:
- Great graphics as always
- Nice background music
- Nice premise and simple yet enjoyable puzzles
Cons:
- Some script and dialogue bugs
- The mood is a bit monotonous, it might help to add more people, sounds, items here and there

[PC] The Old Tree (2012)

Pros:
- Nice atmosphere
Cons:
- Reminiscent of Machinarium
- Too easy and poetic

[PC] King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones (AGDI remake) (2010)

Pros:
- Beautiful drawings and scenery
- Very good puzzles, with different solutions (changing the final score of course)
- Nice story full of humorous takes on fantasy clichés with an original twist
- A great attention to detail all throughout
- Full voice-over with a great narrator
Cons:
- Need to pixel-hunt to exit screens
- Bad speech-music volume ratio, music turns out to be really disadvantaged
- Quality of the voice acting (both the recording quality and the actors themselves) has highs and lows
- The final song is a bit embarrassing

[PC] Submerged - LaSol (2011)

Pros:
- A short and urgent escape-the-room game with enjoyable puzzles
- Some realistic red herrings
Cons:
- Items cannot be deselected quickly and it soon gets annoying since there is so little time
- The game flow is broken by unnerving item descriptions and slow text

[PC] ~airwave~ - I Fought the Law, and the Law One (2011)

Pros:
- Great graphics and smooth animations
Cons:
- Background music gets distracting
- Mediocre voice acting
- A bit dull and boring

[PC] The Unfolding Spider (2011)

Pros:
- A short and dark interactive story with coherent pixel graphics and nice color contrasts
Cons:
- Confusing and unclear in a "spur of the moment" kind of way

[PC] Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst (2006)

Cons:
- Pure HOG with a letdown story and few motivations
- Hidden object scenes are always the same, often need to find the same objects over again
- Cannot detect objects quickly, have to wait some seconds after each detection
- The diary puzzle sections are silly
- Overly lengthy and repetitive
- Repetitive sounds and spare music

[PC] The Book of Unwritten Tales (2009)

Pros:
- Humorous, fun and packed with references and self-irony
- Beautiful graphics and animations
- Great music
- Intelligent, never obvious
- Cool story and setting
- Nice puzzles with average difficulty and some genius script
- Rather lengthy
Cons:
- Graphic and sound glitches keep the game from being perfect
- Actual dialogues differ quite a lot from dialogue choices and sometimes from spoken audio
- Abrupt ending with no final confrontation
- Inventory looks cool but feels a bit uncomfortable at times