If you've ever bemoaned the fact that they just don't make adventure games like they used to, with flexible, open-ended gameplay and a heavy emphasis on exploring new worlds, you're in for a treat. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, the game borrows liberally from two novels by Jules Verne (From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon), but the bulk of its creativity comes directly from the minds of the developers. It uses the same first-person perspective and node-based, 360-degree panning from previous games, but the setting is entirely different than anything we've seen out of Kheops so far. Although not a sequel to Return to Mysterious Island, VOYAGE employs a similar interface and method of gameplay. RtMI fans are going to be thrilled to find more of the same. And those who never played RtMI get to experience for the first time what makes this style of game so good.