Posted on: April 30, 2015
Hanglyman
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Play the remake second... if at all.
I had never played either before, so I started with the original, then the remake. The original is a nice blend of Sierra and Lucasarts styles- you can die like in Sierra games and the puzzles are typically on the more difficult side (though not as bad as the infamous reverse Rumplestiltskin puzzle), but you can't get permanently stuck by not picking up the right item, and the humor is very reminiscent of Lucasarts. The graphics hold up quite well, and the animated style of the characters is pleasant, if sometimes at odds with the more violent parts of the story. The attention to detail in the dialogue is far beyond what you'll find in other adventure games- show an item to a different character and you'll almost certainly get a unique (and often quite amusing) response, rather than the usual bland "nope" response from your protagonist. The characters themselves have loads of personality, and are very well voice-acted, making it a delight to chat with them, though they almost overshadow your main character, George, who is fairly bland, but enough of a likeable jerk that you want to see him succeed in his quest. The remake is disappointing on every level. The graphics are blurry and the colors seem dark and muddy compared to the original, the added journal system is boring and unnecessary, the character portraits are dead-eyed and ugly, and large optional chunks of the game have simply been removed, giving you less to explore and interact with- inexplicably, talking to characters about objects sometimes results in a "nope" from George instead of unique dialogue ALREADY PRESENT in the original game, and many clickable spots have been removed if they're not directly used in a puzzle. The game has been dumbed down severely, making the puzzles simpler, making clickable spots glow blue, and making it impossible to die. The puzzles that have been added are mostly busywork, though the door puzzle and the substitution ciphers in Nico's sections were fairly enjoyable.
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