Heart of China

Kate, the daughter of wealthy businessman E.A. Lomax, is kidnapped by a Chinese warlord named Li Deng near Chengdu, where she has been working as a volunteer nurse. Lomax recruits former World War I fighter pilot Jake "Lucky" Masters for a dangerous mission: to travel to Hong Kong, track down a mysterious ninja and find a way to infiltrate Li Deng's fortress and rescue Kate. Heart of China is an adventure game with a romantic theme, somewhat reminiscent of films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark. The game is set in the 1930s in China and several other locations. It uses a simple point-and-click system for interaction and object manipulation and is visually and gameplay-wise very similar to Rise of the Dragon. There are multiple solutions to some of the tasks in the game, allowing the player to follow different methods and choose different answers in branching dialogs. However, some decisions can lead to the death of the protagonist or bring the investigation to a dead end. There are also some arcade sequences that can be skipped if the player is unable to complete them after several attempts. The game uses digitized photos of live actors overlaid with hand-painted graphics.