Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

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Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
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Developer(s) White Birds Productions
Publisher(s) Got Game Entertainment
Platform(s) Cloud (OnLive)
Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: September 20, 2008
  • EU: November 14, 2008
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point and click adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and based on the graphic novels of Enki Bilal's The Nikopol Trilogy .

Contents

Plot

The year is 2023 and Paris is governed by a power-hungry dictator. Alcide Nikopol must find a way of joining the underground rebellion and help stop the dictator's iron fist rule. The history takes a turn towards the weird, as Nikopol finds out that his father - an astronaut sent into orbital exile in cryopreservation - may be alive and well in the city. At the same time, a strange pyramid hovers over Paris, and a rumour of Egyptian gods residing in it spreads like wildfire.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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