Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle has been my favorite game for decades. I likely played it every year. It's one of those games I can recall almost every line, which, to me, is very rare. It's hard to describe in words what makes Day of the Tentacle (DotT) that great, because it's an experience like none other. I would wish that everyone would see a playthrough, or even better, play this game. People would understand what's possible with technology these days. TIME is a construct, it's not something nature abides by and all-though DotT is of course fiction, never underestimate the power of make believe and what confidence does to people. If you believe that words are magical, this is a must play. I know I haven't said a thing about the gameplay, but that's because there are other reviews that will tell you that. I'm here to tell you why this game changed my life and my view on life. Yes, it's that great. Like one of the developers say: "It's a lovely game!" Never underestimate the power of the .

- best adventure game never -

First: the game is still great. The humor, the cartoony feeling. It's DotT as it has to be. But, the remastered part is buggy as hell. I'd get scenes where everything was a big mess. I've seen Hoagie as a wall, purple tentacle as a bowling-alley-part etc etc. Like it just at random uses textures to fill in scene-parts. If you press F1, you'll load the old textures etc, and than it loads okay. Going back to remasterd, and the bugs remain. Sounds are great. I'd like it if they were "updated" so every action on screen has a soundeffect etc. All in all: it's DotT, so it's a good game! But absolutely NOT worth the money.

Short in play time, but long to forget such a gem.

Sadly linux native DOTT is no longer working with modern Ubuntu 24.04 LTS due to an issue with pipewire replacing ALSA audio. Would be great if this was updated. I presume the only way to get this to work will be through downloading the Windows version and running it via STEAM or Lutris.