Jazz and Faust should not be confused with Faust (video game).
| Jazz and Faust | |
| Developer: | Saturn Plus |
| Publisher: | 1C Company |
| Platforms: | Windows |
| Released: | Russia: Sept 2001 North America: June 11, 2002 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
Jazz and Faust (Russian: Джаз и Фауст) is a detective mystery adventure game released in 2001.[1]
Players assume the role of one of two characters: the sea captain Faust or smuggler Jazz. They go on a quest to find lost treasure in the Ancient East.[2]
Gameplay is similar to Myst, in which still images represent the gaming world, which the player navigates through by clicking with a context-sensitive cursor icon. Unlike that game, the player controls a character from a third-person perspective.[3]
IGN gave the game a "Painful" rating of 2.2, describing it as "ugly, boring, terribly written, and acted out even worse".[2] [4] GameSpot said the game had "dull, clumsy gameplay and bad writing".[3] Adventure Gamers described it as "mediocre at best".[5] GameZone liked the unique use of duel perspective: "The way the story is handled from each characters perspective is a new and probably influential addition to the adventure genre".[6]