1954 Alcatraz

1954 Alcatraz

In this interactive point & click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment and Irresponsible Games - the team of Gene Mocsy - Joe and his wife Christine will be playable characters. Players will decide between love, betrayal, life and death: will Christine help Joe break out of prison? Will they win back the fortune together? Or will they succumb to greed? Will Christine cheat on her husband and get revenge for all the disappointments and a marriage that has brought her nothing but unhappiness? Will she simply turn her back on Joe and run off with his former accomplices? Or will Joe win it all in the end? 1954: Alcatraz has all the makings of a great adventure: challenging puzzles, a mature crime story with a dynamic plot and several possible outcomes, and a whole bunch of shady characters: brutal felons who make Joe's life on The Rock even harder, while outside, not only his accomplices but also snoopers and cops are after the money and Christine. Cinematic 1950s San Francisco, captured in a gritty comic book style, is a tough place. But it's also a place where 1954: Alcatraz also pays homage to history and the zeitgeist, in the form of beatnik culture and other contemporary themes. Main features Two playable characters: the gangster couple Joe and Christine More than 20 additional 3D animated characters More than 60 hand-drawn backdrops based on original footage of San Francisco, North Beach and Alcatraz Challenging puzzles and exciting dialogue by Gene Mocsy, co-author of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island Atmospheric beat and jazz soundtrack by Pedro Macedo Camacho (Fairytale Fights, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, A Vampyre Story, Audiosurf) In-game decisions have a great impact on the plot and lead to different endings

Story

Joe was sentenced to 40 years in prison for an armed robbery of an armored car and is now serving time in the notorious Alcatraz prison. With the loot from the heist still out there, he is desperate to escape "The Rock." Staying incarcerated is not an option. His morally flexible wife, Christine, might be able to help him escape the island. However, she has her own problems. Greedy gangsters, persistent sleuths and cruel criminals are breathing down the couple's necks. It seems the whole town is after them and the loot.