Kaptain Brawe, from Cateia Games, features a main character that is a classically inept officer in the space police. Luckily he’s got a trusty companion to help him on his way and a robot, named Rowboat, who is made of wood which comes in handy. Well, it’s not your average space police story. Poor Kaptain Brawe gets little respect from his Ensign and superiors and pretty much everyone in general but still is tasked with saving the galaxy. He’s sort of like a G-rated version of Branigan from Futurama - mostly useless. But still, with your help you can make him a hero.

Set in a beautiful, hand drawn alternative 19th century world, Kaptain Brawe’s cartoon appearance will suit younger, as well as mature players, who enjoy games filled with humorous storyline and challenging puzzles. While that’s copy from the publisher, I have to agreee.

Kaptain Brawe Features:

• Reveal the greatest conspiracy in the Space Age
• Play with 3 different characters (Brawe, Luna and Danny)
• Travel and explore 4 planets
• Be part of an intriguing and hilarious storyline
• Meet the space pirates, Interstellar government, secret agents and more
• Two game-play modes: Hard-Core and Casual

You on the other hand are tasked with solving all the point-and-click puzzles that stand in his way. It’s a fairly standard point-and-click in that you can pull objects from the environment into your inventory, interact with certain parts of the environment, combine things in your inventory and use them to help solve the puzzles. Interaction with NPCs also plays a vital role in the game and will supply you with useful information along the way, sometimes.

Some of the puzzles are quite challenging and require a fair bit of thought and others are instantly recognizable and solved in short order. This gives you progress while still presenting a challenge. There are enough clues that you should be able to, with a keen eye for detail, find the solution.

The interface is your standard mouse-controlled PnC adventure style. The left button interacts with items, the right button opens your inventory. You can, as with many games in the genre, press a button to highlight all of the items on screen that have some form of interactivity which will help you along from time to time.