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Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins

Albert and Otto is a story about a boy and his abducted sister's magical bunny. They embark on a journey to find her, overcoming murderous beasts and lethal puzzles by working together. Although Albert & Otto…

77 28 October 2015 ESRB E10+

Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins is an adventure developed by Nikola Kostic, released 28 October 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins is

Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins is an adventure game developed by Nikola Kostic and released in 2015. It was published by Digerati Distribution. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Albert's beloved sister, Anna, is abducted from their family home by shadows. Albert embarks on a journey to find her, encountering Otto, her beloved stuffed bunny, along the way. When he picks up Otto, Albert is imbued with special powers, and the two work together to overcome murderous beasts and lethal puzzles. But Anna appears to Albert in recurring sequences, indicating that what seems like a journey to save the damsel in distress is anything but. Clues during gameplay suggest that Albert might be hiding something from the player and himself.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz CPU (Dual Core recommended), 1 GB RAM and ATi Radeon HD 2400 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or better. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins launched on 28 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

Official trailer

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Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins — frequently asked questions

When did Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins come out?
Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins was released on 28 October 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins?
At minimum, Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins needs 2.0 GHz CPU (Dual Core recommended), 1 GB RAM, ATi Radeon HD 2400 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or better graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Albert and Otto: The Adventure Begins?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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