The Watchmaker (video game)

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The Watchmaker
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Developer(s) Trecision
Publisher(s) Got Game Entertainment
Platform(s) Windows
Release2001 (Europe)
June 1, 2002 (US)
Genre(s) Adventure

The Watchmaker is a Windows adventure video game developed by Trecision and published by Got Game Entertainment in Europe in 2001 and in North America on June 1, 2002.

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Gameplay

Plot

Darrel Boone gets a call from Scotland Yard at 4am. They have an offer to him. He has to investigate the dangerous people that can potentially destroy the whole world and are connected with Internationals company. One of the higher-ups of Internationals resides in an Austrian castle. Darrel normally works alone, but this time he will need help of Victoria Conroy. They both fly to Austria immediately. They get familiar with the gardener Raul, cook, Internationals manager, his wife Julia Roberts, maid Carla and others. They investigate the various rooms, towers, the church, gardens, kitchen etc. [1]

Development

The game was announced in August 2000. [2] According to Trecision, The Watchmaker was in production for over 3 years. [3] It was originally developed under the working title WM. [4] The game struggled to find a North American distributor, [3] but was ultimately signed by Got Game Entertainment in early 2002, [5] which released it that June. [6]

Reception

The Watchmaker received "mixed or average reviews" from critics, according to Metacritic. [12]

Charles Herold of The New York Times presented The Watchmaker with a negative review. He wrote, "The graphics are poor, the interface is unwieldy, the puzzles are tedious and the characters' voices are so inferior that one suspects they were recorded by the company's programmers and secretaries." [13] John Brandon of Computer Games Magazine concurred, writing that "The Watchmaker is stuck in the dark ages of computer gaming". [8]

The Watchmaker was a nominee for The Electric Playground 's 2002 "Best Adventure Game for PC" award, but lost to Syberia and Silent Hill 2 (tie). [14]

References

  1. ↑ Comandon, Mathieu. "The Watchmaker - Trecision". Lutris. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Trecision Net-ertainment announces "The Watchmaker"". trecision.com. August 29, 2000. Archived from the original on March 6, 2002. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Sluganski, Randy (June 2002). "Around the Clock with The Watchmaker". Just Adventure . Archived from the original on August 1, 2003.
  4. ↑ Bronstring, Marek (August 21, 2000). "WM now known as The Watchmaker". Adventure Gamers . Archived from the original on April 11, 2001.
  5. ↑ Walker, Trey (February 1, 2002). "Got Game picks up The Watchmaker". GameSpot . Archived from the original on August 15, 2004.
  6. ↑ Walker, Trey (June 7, 2002). "The Watchmaker ships". GameSpot . Archived from the original on August 15, 2004.
  7. ↑ Fournier, Heidi (May 8, 2002). "The Watchmaker Review". Adventure Gamers . Archived from the original on June 12, 2004.
  8. 1 2 Brandon, John (October 2002). "Reviews; The Watchmaker". Computer Games Magazine (143): 79.
  9. ↑ Dulin, Ron (June 18, 2002). "The Watchmaker". GameSpot . Archived from the original on October 12, 2004.
  10. ↑ Smith, Steve (July 3, 2002). "The Watchmaker". The Electric Playground . Archived from the original on February 28, 2003.
  11. ↑ Sluganski, Randy (January 2002). "Review; Watchmaker". Just Adventure . Archived from the original on March 12, 2007.
  12. ↑ "Watchmaker, The (pc: 2002): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 26, 2007.
  13. ↑ Herold, Charles (September 5, 2002). "GAME THEORY; A Streak of Glamour But a Lack of Lifeblood". The New York Times . Archived from the original on February 14, 2011.
  14. ↑ Staff (2003). "Blister Awards 2002". The Electric Playground . Archived from the original on July 18, 2003.
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