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The Gene Machine is a third person animated adventure of epic proportions that takes a satirical look of Great Britain during the Victorian era. The Gene Machine stars British secret agent Piers Featherstonehaugh (pronounced "fanshaw") and his loyal manservant Mossop as they try to save the British Empire from the evil plans of Dr. Dinsey (he has a device called "The Gene Machine" that allows him to mix and match animals and humans). Fortunately for British subjects everywhere, a human-cat hybrid named 73 escapes from Dinsey Island and alerts Featherstonehaugh. The Gene Machine is a satire, and it pokes fun at Victorian stories by H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
There is a map feature that shows you the areas you can travel to, just click on a location and you are transported there. The plot shared many common elements with Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. Most of the puzzles are inventory-based. But unlike other games in the third-person cartoon subgenre, puzzles are rarely frustrating and almost always logical, but they also require a fair amount of thinking. And there are a lot of puzzles. The voice acting is better cast than some movies! Featherstonehaugh is pompous and elitist; Queen Victoria is borderline schizophrenic; Mossop is dumb and obedient. Music is also of the highest caliber. You'll love The Gene Machine.

XP + Vista