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Genre and what to do:
Adventure. Colonial England. Under a certain amount of. duress. Jack takes on a job which will not only cause him a great deal of trouble, but also bring to light the answer to a mystery out of his distant past. A lack of money leads Jack to accept a charter to take a British secret agent to mysterious .Tooth Island.. When Jack.s ship shatters on the mysterious island.s cliffs on arrival and the secret agent quickly becomes a meal for a monster in the jungle, Jack is soon left to cope with the situation on his own. .Tooth Island. is ruled by the strange Doctor T, who is cultivating man-eating plants and has his own dastardly plans for the British Empire. And why does he seem to know Jack, who can.t remember ever having been on Tooth Island? What are Doctor T's plans? And what does he know about Jack.s past? And then there.s the young and naive Amanda, who is filled by an almost fanatical drive to prove her worth. In the beginning the young lady is employed by Doctor T, and part of her task is to track Jack down and take him prisoner. It doesn.t take long before she begins to wonder if she is really on the right side, or if she shouldn.t join her opponent, the charming Captain Jack, instead. A hair-raising hunt across the length and breadth of the dangerous island finally airs the mystery surrounding Jack.s past and leads to a spectacular showdown with a dark and deadly enemy and his nefarious henchmen.
Style and atmosphere inside the game:
Jack Keane is the amusing adventure game that features plenty of colourful characters. Here are a crafty coquette, a navigator gay, a stupid secret agent, aborigines and more. As for locations, they are scanty a bit, though it passes the atmosphere of the colonial simplicity. There are 12 locations in total that stretches from the roof of Big Ben and narrow streets of Capetown to jungles and the lab of crazy doctor. All in all, Jack Keane is the captivating adventure that appeals to wide range of players thanks to variety of original characters, engaging game play and numerous rich locations.
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Offline gameplay: 1 player |
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Multiplayer: No |
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Publisher:
Strategy First |
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ESRB Ratio: Teen |
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| Extras and features: |
· Fantastic Story
· 40 Unique Characters
· Multiple Difficulty Settings
· Two Playable Characters
· 12 Locations including London, the High Seas, Capetown, Tooth Island and More |
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| Drawbacks: |
| · Expressionless voice acting |
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Requirements:
Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/Vista,Processor: PIII 800 MHz,DirectX 8.1,128 MB RAM,Free hard drive space: 80 MB,SVGA 16MB DirectX 8.1,DirectX-compliant Sound Card |
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Alternative names:
JackKeane, Jack Kaene, Jcak Keane, Jack Kenae |
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