Ceville

In the past, people did not really get a chance to choose who ruled them, since the royal family remained in power until someone else overthrew them. Thus, from time to time, a ruthless and unforgiving king takes the throne, who terrorizes the land and passes hard judgment on anyone who dares to defy his word.

In Ceville, this is exactly the case of the main character, who is named Ceville as well. Thus, his typical day involves punishing wrong doers in the most ruthless ways imaginable, all while gorging himself with expensive food and making a mockery of his staff. At some point, the people decide that enough is enough and they start a revolution to overthrow the incompetent ruler, starting with a raid on the royal palace.

Strangely, the role of Ceville is played by you in the game and you must use trickery and deceit in order to escape the punishment, starting by escaping the throne room, which is surrounded by angry rebels screaming for blood. Along the way, the king does his best to avoid being captured and ridicule his subordinates a bit more, in order to finally reach a point where the safety of the kingdom lies upon him.

At its core, the game is a classic point-and-click adventure, which means that in order to advance, you must figure out a variety of puzzles and riddles that unlock the way further into the story. Thus, by making use of the objects you find laying around the environment, Ceville must do his best to avoid being caught by the guards or fall into the hands of the rebels who are about to kick his castle doors down.

What really shines throughout the game, though, is the clever humor and the large number of references that can be found in almost every dialog, as well as when the king is on his own, talking to himself. Using humor, the horrible things he has done in the past and the ones you are doing to gain freedom do not seem that bad, but may actually appear funny.

In the end, Ceville allows you to explore the game as other characters too, including the knight by the name of Ambrosius and a little girl called Lilly. Hence, you can get quite a few hours of gameplay out of the story, as well as more than a fair share of good laugh throughout the funny events you witness.