The Secret Files: Tunguska

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• Based on the real Tunguska phenomenon that fascinated the world
• Widescreen perspective, cinematic storytelling, and charismatic leading characters produce a game that plays like a mystery movie
• Premium quality product incorporating outstanding graphics, sophisticated story and puzzle design, and an innovative interface

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000G7WGP4
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 31, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,413 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Nina is torn from her day-to-day routine when she discovers that her father has disappeared without a trace. As the police seem reluctant to help her, Nina sets off to look for clues relating to her father's whereabouts. She joins efforts with Max Gruber, a young colleague of her father who impulsively offers to help the attractive young lady. Together, they quickly determine that Nina's father was involved with a research expedition to Siberia in an attempt to reveal the causes of the mysterious Tunguska catastrophe of 1908. In that mysterious event, a mighty explosion triggered an inferno that decimated the land of Tunguska. Nina and Max soon realize that her father's disappearance is related to the Tunguska event and the search for answers leads Nina and Max to the most remote corners of the world – Berlin, Moscow, Cuba, China, and the Antarctic. Powerful adversaries are also interested in Nina's father's secret. In the end, much more is at stake than just the disappearance of an old man.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could've Been Better, November 25, 2006

By 

K. Harlan (Los Angeles, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Secret Files: Tunguska (CD-ROM)

It was a GREAT story with well-done graphics and scenery BUT (and these are big buts for me) there were two things about this game that annoyed me.

The dialogue was bad and the voice acting worse. If I understand it right, English wasn't this game's first language but it should've been the responsibility of the English speakers to get the tone right. The voice actors? Well, I don't know whether to blame them or again the script writers.

And for the puzzles, some of them just made no logical sense and I had to go to a hints site.

I did like this game a lot and I look forward to the sequel. Hopefully, they will work on improving the script and the actors.

If you can tolerate weak dialogue and bad acting...I recommend this game. The story and graphics are GREAT!!

39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Journey - Great Humour, November 16, 2006

By 

Michael A. Kelly "Mikekelly" (Fort Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Secret Files: Tunguska (CD-ROM)

In "Tunguska" You and a Professor work together to solve a mystery surrounding the mysterious explosion that happened in 1908 in Russia & the possible relation between this and the top-secret scientific work being done today.

Some locals believe that a UFO exploded there while others believe a comet collided with the Earth.

This game has several interesting features compared to other adventure games. First you can have the computer high light for you all active objects in a given area to eliminate pixel huunting. Second the game has a auto save feature that makes saving the game a snap.

Although I thought the graphics were excellent, there was some very slight clipping noticed once or twice in the game.

Overall, I really liked playing "Tunguska" - the game has great voice acting and the humour made me laugh more than once.

Highly recommended game for those Syberia fans out there.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Cyberbabe Prevails in "Tunguska", January 15, 2007

By 

Andrew Blake "Drew" (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Secret Files: Tunguska (CD-ROM)

First of all, let me say that Tunguska was similar to The Longest Journey in that you play the role of a cute and curvaceous spunky female by the name of Nina. While paying a visit to her scientist father in Germany, Nina discovers that his apartment has been ransacked, and he's nowhere to be found! She soon meets one of her father's co-workers and asks for his assistance as they set out on a world-wide mission in search of the girl's father. There are plenty of colorful characters to chat with along the way and more than enough puzzles to occupy your time. Who doesn't love a good mind boggler? There's plenty of them in this game...trust me.

Nina's travels will take her to Germany, Russia, China, Ireland, and even the Antarctic. The graphics of each location were superbly rendered, and the music and sound effects were certainly sufficient to add to the realism of the game. If you have a high-end graphics card, I would recommend taking advantage of the "4x anti-aliasing" option under the "Options" heading in order to guarantee the sweetest graphics you can display on your monitor.

Overall, this was a very entertaining game with a great storyline. You'll have to do some wild and unthinkable things with the items in your inventory to solve most of the puzzles, but you'll certainly be patting yourself on the back after solving a few of the more trickier puzzles. If you can get over some of the less than stellar acting performances by American "actors" translating German word-for-word into spoken English (and subtitled in English), I think you'll really enjoy the fast paced and intriquing storyline. I can hardly wait for this game's sequel which is being designed as we speak (or so I've read).