How:
Got it through GOG for my birthday!
Pros:
- Several genuinely funny moments
- Great music, colorful graphics, several cutscenes
- Great voice-overs in general, with some misplaced accents
- Solid puzzles, although a bit on the easy side
Cons:
- Inventory grows fast pretty soon, although it does not get too confusing
- Some very sad vibes
- Some graphics are a bit below the bar
- Could have been longer
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| A small cameo of the purple tentacle from Day of the Tentacle (on the table). |
How:
Read about it since Amiga times, got on GOG.
Pros:
- No explicit actions: just one click for everything, which works surprisingly well
- Great pixel art graphics and smooth animations
- Good voice-overs overall
- Fast movement, can skip dialogues
- Autosave
Cons:
- Can get into an unwinnable state without knowing
- The game structure and puzzles feel like a King's Quest 1 remake
- Basic inventory puzzles and lots of trial and error
- Too many useless mazes and random items
- Limited inventory slots
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| You transmute into a pegasus! |
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| Mixing potions time! This is completely random and I created all possible potions. |
How:
Read about it on old videogame magazines. Got on GOG during sales.
Pros:
- Graphics are a mixture of amazing pixel art and low-poly 3D renderings
- Lots of cut-scenes
- Relaxed, humorous mood throughout the entire game
Cons:
- Horrible (in some cases, completely broken) Italian translation
- Very slow movement without the possibility to skip
- Some truly obscure puzzles, the cosmic date one is possibly the toughest I have ever encountered
- Way too long
- The inventory quickly packs up with useless items
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| The Omnibrain guard looks like a Norm from Normality! |
How:
Got on GOG during a point and click sale.
Pros:
- Soothing, relaxed atmosphere
- Well-balanced puzzles
- Nice voiceovers and characterizations
- Cute graphics and animations reminding of Edna & Harvey
- Just the right length
Cons:
- Some interface glitches
Pros:
- Nice puzzles overall
- Several cut-scenes
- Cool old school 3D graphics
- Overall good, carefree mood even during the darker bits
Cons:
- Repetitive music
- Confusing controls and interface, easy to miss stuff
- Bad field of view
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| A Gigerish corridor in a very brief game section! |
How:
Got for free on GOG during a giveaway.
Pros:
- Great graphics and excellent animations
- Good puzzles overall
- Likable main character
- Nice and relaxed pace but still gives a sense of adventure
Cons:
- Very slow movement
- Unclear red herrings
- Some pixel hunting and unfairly obscure puzzles (e.g. you must use the bathroom keys to open a towel dispenser without even knowing the towel dispenser can be opened)
- I didn't care for the templar historical story line
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| A totally unexpected innuendo |
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| The only fun part was to see Death in game. |
Pros:
- Nice puzzles, some have multiple solutions
- Nice graphics
- Some ideas will later appear in Monkey Island (e.g. the cannibals in MI1, the mazes in MI2, the two-headed squirrel, the monkey wrench, ...)
Cons:
- Too many dead ends
- Too many mazes, which are also very difficult to map
- The need for money for traveling makes the game unnecessarily difficult
Pros:
- Some fun situations (e.g. the flasher, the dance)
- Some nice puzzles
- Just the right game length
Cons:
- Slow movement
- Some walking dead scenarios
- Some random encounters carry important items
- Need precise wording for solving puzzles
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| Once again, I didn't get a full score in a Sierra game. |
Note:
Finished with Razor and Bernard.
Pros:
- Great, clean graphics
- Nice puzzles, some can be solved in multiple ways
- Relaxed mood
Cons:
- Walking dead scenarios
- Many red herrings
Pros:
- Nice graphics and smooth animations
- Silly humor
Cons:
- No dialogues
- Very illogical puzzles
- Cumbersome gameplay with unclear actions, mostly trial and error
- Too many red herrings
- No item descriptions, sometimes it's difficult to understand the graphics
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| Trapped in a coffin. Actually, asking for help doesn't help. |
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| Amusing example of the game's humor: this character replaces all the R's with W's, hence you must interact with the room by using the same rule... "look at dwawing" |
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| Got all golden statues again! |
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| A cameo from Harvey! |
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| I got the golden statue in all seasons, but no outro video for me. |
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| The critter disguised as purple tentacle from Maniac Mansion. |
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| At one point in the game you get to use the blue and orange portals from Portal! |
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| Alien references are my favorite! |
