{{Short description|2009 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title=Ceville |image = Ceville Logo.jpg |caption = German boxart |developer = Realmforge Studios |publisher = Kalypso Media |series = |designer = Benjamin Rauscher<br/>Christian Wolfertstetter |writer = |programmer = Korbinian Abenthum |composer = Andreas Veith |artist = Joachim Segler |engine = SOMA engine |released={{collapsible list|title=February 19, 2009|'''Windows:'''<br/>{{vgrelease|GER|February 19, 2009|WW|February 27, 2009}} }} |genre = Graphic adventure |modes = Single-player |platforms = Microsoft Windows<br>Cloud (OnLive) }}
'''Ceville''' is a humorous graphic adventure video game developed by the German game studio Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media. Despite the game's use of 3D environments and models, the gameplay is very true to the graphical point-and-click adventure tradition of gameplay, immortalized by game series like ''Monkey Island'' from LucasArts and the ''King's Quest'' series from Sierra Online.
==Plot== The evil and sarcastic tyrant King Ceville is thrown from power by an angry mob and must find a way to reclaim the crown of the fantasy realm ''Faeryanis''. Together with his sidekick Lilly he travels all over the land and encounters a variety of odd and lovable characters including a Dark Knight who smokes too much and The Good Fairy (character from the classic folk tale Cinderella) who runs a rehabilitation clinic for former archvillains.
==Reception== ''NowGamer'' praised the game as resembling ''Monkey Island'' and for being a step in the revival of adventure games.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ashley Day |date=March 2, 2009 |title=Ceville Review |url=http://www.nowgamer.com/reviews/pc-mmo/7924/ceville |accessdate=March 4, 2009 |website=nowgamer.com}}</ref> The game was criticized for having a few technical issues, most notably a habit of crashing for no obvious reason.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} The Norwegian radio program ''Hardcore'' praised the game in its review for its elegance and charm.{{citation needed|date=March 2009}} German ''GameStar'' magazine gave 86% and two awards, ''PCGames'' 80% and ''PC Action'' 81%. ''Gamestar Hungary''<nowiki/>'s rating is 83%. ''IGN'' gave the game a 9.0 grade.{{Citationneeded|date=June 2025}} ''IT Reviews'' hailed it as "a welcome return to the Golden Age of animated adventure gaming".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itreviews.co.uk/games/g548.htm |author=Martyn Clayden |title=IT Reviews |date=March 24, 2009 |accessdate=June 9, 2009 |archivedate=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611131523/http://www.itreviews.co.uk/games/g548.htm }}</ref>
==See also== *''Monkey Island'' series *''Runaway: A Twist of Fate''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052253/http://www.ceville-game.com/ Official website] at Kalypso Media *{{MobyGames|id=/ceville}}
Category:2009 video games Category:Adventure games Category:Fantasy video games Category:Focus Entertainment games Category:Kalypso Media games Category:Point-and-click adventure games Category:Realmforge Studios games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games developed in Germany Category:Windows games