Posted on: September 9, 2023

Karl_the_Pain

Games: 1512 Reviews: 7

Only play this in hourly sessions

It's not like I didn't have any fun with this game, but that feeling was mostly in the first 30 minutes of the game. Then the repetitious gameplay get's stale very quickly. It wasn't even the quests I had the biggest problem with, but the enemies, who, no matter which of the three races they represent, are exactly the same, just reskins. Ranged or Melee enemies are pretty much the same enemy. The only "special" enemies are the Mages and Healers, as the latter can't fight and only heals, the former can fight you or strengthen his teammates. The only enemy (not counting bosses) who has more than one action to choose. This game would have needed an actually good battling system with more varied enemies and I would have liked it, but for what it is, I can't recommend it. Regarding the DLC: Exactly the same as the main game, but shorter, alas only one race to fight against now, which are just a reskin of the same enemies from the main game. Played it right after completing the main game, which wasn't the greatest idea, as it's, as I've mentioned, exactly the same.

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Posted on: November 8, 2019

Snolus

Verified owner

Games: 426 Reviews: 16

Double Fine at their Double-Finest

Costume Quest is an explorative collectathon-ish game with turn-based QTE combat, charming visuals and characters, and a lovely imaginative story. It's typical Double Fine in the sense that the gameplay isn't particularly interesting or varied, even though there are a few different things to do - apple bobbing, trick-or-treating, fighting and so on - but the overall creativity is very engaging. Unfortunately gameplay gets a bit stale after the first hour, especially the main part of the game: combat. You collect different costumes for your party of (eventually) three and each of them has its own unique ability, some of which have their use during exploration as well. The combat, however, no matter which costumes you use, always consists of "Press Button - do QTE - Watch Carnage - do QTE 1-3 times - Repeat". Visually it's great, and when I say imaginative I mean that it's quite a throwback to playing pretend as a kid, but it does get repetitive pretty quickly. The costumes are what keeps it from becoming entirely boring, at least, since the designs and individual attack animations can change things up a bit, and seeing each for the first time is fun and almost wondrous. The dialogue is fun, the non-reused (enemy) characters are memorable and interesting, the environments are varied enough (though sometimes slightly confusing to navigate). There are two campaigns, the main Costume Quest and a follow-up called Grubbins on Ice; I started the latter but will admit I have not finished it because I was a bit worn out by the main campaign's gameplay, something that doesn't change much in this DLC. It's a fine game, and I recommend it for its whimsical nature and the sheer fun to be found in it, but its gameplay does leave a lot to be desired.

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Posted on: June 22, 2021

limitlessbritt

Games: 1005 Reviews: 40

Great game

Its my first turn based rpg. Super cute graphics, nice story. a fun game overall!

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Posted on: May 8, 2022

galdom

Games: 499 Reviews: 38

Short, cute despite bad boss fight.

All is in the title, i definitly recommend this game.

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Posted on: December 31, 2024

Jhammel9

Verified owner

Games: 159 Reviews: 2

Great Turn-Based RPG

Leave it to the folks at Double Fine to make such a fun and exciting, albeit very short, game. Lots of personality to the characters and setting. Quick-time prompts make combat fun without hampering the experience (mastering the button presses definitely gives you an advantage in combat). Highly recommended.

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