Deadfall Adventures

Deadfall Adventures goes after the pulpy treasure-hunt adventure: ruins, traps, gunfights, and a string of exotic locations. By our assessment, its main attraction is that old-fashioned mix of shooting and exploring secret spaces, which gives it a brisk, dime-novel feel. The trade-off is that this kind of adventure game often lives or dies on stiff shooting, linear pacing, and puzzle work that can feel more functional than clever. In practice it is the sort of game that moves from corridor to corridor with an occasional set piece, and the structure is easy to read from a distance. It sits among action-adventure shooters rather than open-ended exploration games, and Deadfall Adventures will matter most to players who want that specific vintage flavour more than polish.