New Game From Anaconda Games: Overclocked

I got an email today about a press release from the German gaming company called Anaconda Games. Apparently, they are going to be putting out a new game, Overclocked, and man, does it sound like a hell of a game! Now, if you guys remember correctly, Anaconda is also going to be putting out the new Jane Jensen (writer of the Gabriel Knight series… as if you didn’t know.), Grey Matter, so these guys at Anaconda are really turning out the bad assed adventure games.

Here’s a quick overview of the game, found on Anaconda’s site:

US army combat psychiatrist David Mc Namara has been hit hard since retiring from active duty: struggling with mysterious choleric attacks and a marriage in crisis, he is now called to New York for his expertise in forensic psychiatry. At the Staten Island Forensic Hospital he is to attend to five young men and women, who were found screaming, scared, with no memory or orientation across New York City. Dave begins to cautiously explore the memories of his young patients – and makes alarming discoveries. The game’s exceptional approach: players not only take over the role of Dave McNamara, who investigates in the present, but also will take control of the five patients in flashbacks.

Now, doesn’t that sound awesome? Except for the whole choleric attack thing. At first, I thought choleric attacks were maybe bouts of diarrhea caused by cholera, but apparently I was wrong. Would that suck to be a psychiatrist with patients and you suddenly got a case of the squirts? But that’s not the case with this word. Apparently it means “easily angered”. See, you come to this blog and get to talk about diarrhea and learn words that I didn’t know the meanings to! Wow! It’s funny AND educational.

Apparently the game was featured over at the 2006 Games Convention, which is weird, because today was the first day I’ve heard of it… Maybe I need to pay more attention to my adventure game surroundings! So, here’s a trailer, which is in German (and if you can read German, please tell me that the words make the game sound awesome, because the graphics alone are pretty sweet assed):

The game is due to be out in December of 2007.