A New Beginning – Final Cut is a Adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment with a 64% positive Steam review signal. Indie Lantern indexes it for players browsing by weird, single-player.
Game snapshot
- Developer
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Release year
- 2012
- Playtime
- Varies by player
- Price
- $9.99
- Review signal
- 64% positive
Screenshots
System requirements
PC
- Minimum
- OS *: Windows Vista/7/8
Processor: 2 GHz (Single Core) or 1.8 GHz (Dual Core)
Memory: 1500 MB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 256 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended)
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 5 GB HD space
Sound: DirectX compatible - Recommended
- OS *: Windows Vista/7/8
Processor: 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or 2 GHz (Dual Core)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended)
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 5 GB HD space
Sound: DirectX compatible
macOS
- Minimum
- OS: Lion (10.7)
Processor: 2 GHz (Dual Core) Intel
Memory: 2 GB RAM - Recommended
- OS: Lion (10.7)
Processor: 2 GHz (Dual Core) Intel
Memory: 2 GB RAM
From Steam reviews
Review notes
A New Beginning – Final Cut is worth a closer look if you want time loop, strong atmosphere, hand-drawn, and emotional story.
Best for players who want strong atmosphere, hand-drawn, emotional story, and time loop.
Check more carefully if you dislike technical roughness and unclear onboarding.
buggy
FrictionTechnical roughness or instability comes up often enough to check.
time-loop
Play styleTime resets, loops, or rewinds are part of the structure.
strong-atmosphere
ToneThe mood, place, and presentation carry a lot of the experience.
hand-drawn
SettingThe look is closer to illustration than generic 3D assets.
confusing-onboarding
FrictionThe first hours can be unclear without patience or outside help.
emotional-story
ToneThe story is framed as affecting rather than just plot-heavy.
post-apocalyptic
SettingThe world reads as ruined, hostile, or shaped by collapse.
narrative-mystery
Play styleA useful part of the game is piecing together mystery and story threads.
Steam review snapshots
It is a thrilling point and click adventure where you play an old scientist and a young time traveller who fight climate…Most notable are crashes at the end of cut-sequences (solved by switching to windowed mode), bugs (Nigel has to die twice sometimes)…[b] ✔️The game touches on quite an important topic ✔️The plot outline is really good ✔️Music in the game is atmospheric, emotional…[b] ✔️The game touches on quite an important topic ✔️The plot outline is really good ✔️Music in the game is atmospheric, emotional…Why it fits
Check it if you want adventure filtered by weird, single-player.
Who might skip it
Research further on Steam if you need verified accessibility details, exact playtime, or current system requirements.