![]() Little did we realize that the young protagonist’s so-called “rescue” at the end of the first game would land her right back where she started, and more than a little worse for wear. Now a half-decade later, the French studio is… uhh… returning to the… umm… mysterious island in Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina’s Fate. But anyone considering it nothing more than a “ Myst clone with a health bar” was left eating their words – and a whole bunch of other self-prepared delectables – as the creative little adventure combined engaging real-world survivalist challenges with a clever use of inventory to make for one of the more delightful genre surprises in recent memory. Return to Familiar Island seemed more like it, and not just because it was set in the tropical locale first made famous by author Jules Verne. Flying well under the radar prior to release, the game looked to be much the same as countless others we’d already seen so many times before. ![]() Kheops Studio’s Return to Mysterious Island came as something of a revelation in 2004.
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