Posted on: May 18, 2021
Handsome Stranger
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Charmingly terrible
I tried to play this first as a kid. It was difficult, and I got stuck early on because I could not figure out that you can literally “throw off” switches. So, I shelved it. Then played through the second part, and that was so cool, that I decided to go back to the first one and suffer through it. I would say it was worth it, but maybe it is not the case for everyone. The visuals are pretty. This was one of the first games that used 3D models running around in front of a prerendered scene, which was also used in many big titles (like FF games) many years later, before full 3D took over. The music and sound effects are very charming, and they fit the story. Which is not very complex. It is a typical “big evil booboo tries to destroy the world, and you are the chosen one, who has to stop him”. Still, whenever you manage to figure something out to further the plot you get that satisfactory feeling you usually had in the good old point-and-click adventure games. And the game systems… the game systems… well. Holy cow. I could not design worse, even if I would try to. There are so many things that could have been done better with a minimal effort. There are even things that would have made the game better just by not being there. The save system is a nightmare. It is like the classic console saves. I would be perfectly fine with the fact that every save puts you at the start of the given scene. But the “lives” system is ridiculous. Especially since it can be worked around with the copy option. And then there is the “running into walls” issue. I simply cannot believe that there was not a single game tester who said “guys, don’t do this, it is not fun”. And the combat. The combat is extremely difficult at the beginning, and even though it gets easier later, thanks to the knockback system you can still get locked in a bulletstorm without being able to do anything, just die, which combined with the save system is really annoying. Nice adventure though.
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