Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

Clearly made with love. Feels like a return to the golden age of point and click adventures. Great animation, voice acting, and well designed. Puzzles are intuitive and fun and not too hard. Can't wait for the next adventure from these developers!

The dialogue is funny, the artstyle is beautiful, characters are unique and interesting... and on top of that you have the whole Cthulu mythos combined with romanian culture.

A comedy adventure game about Cthulhu from a studio from Transylvania. The creators not only deliver on this exciting pitch, they really expand on this weird mix. The story follows a detective and a young librarian Buzz caught in the middle of an occult conspiracy involving Necronomicon. Helping them is Kitteh, Buzz's cat, possessed by a spell making her talk. Her agility and snide insight will be indispensible in their quest. Truly, Kitteh steals the show. Suspiciously staring at the cursor, or flawlessly shooting Buzz down every time, she is consistently THE most entertaining thing about the game - which is quite the ride in its own right. You'll travel far and wide. You'll meet a whole bunch of crazies with lots to talk about - to give you clues as well as some background lore, some flavor - or laughs. Just listen to Radio Garlic. The DJ banter goes on and and gets crazier by the minute. Similarly, Don's detective files feauture an extensive library of crazy bios - just for the heck of it. It's those little details... Speaking of: the art in Gibbous is a thing of beauty. The digitally painted locations pay homage to the otherworldly, eerie feel and the crooked geometries of 90's LucasArts games. The character animations are detailed and fluid, and the colors vibrant. The game's on the simplier side most of the time. Look around, ask around, or use the supernatural assistance at your current disposal - and you'll figure it out. Not much backtracking - and just a handful logical puzzles. Mostly, though, you'll McGyver your way out. I truly didn't expect an adventure THIS epic from a humble Kickstarter project. Adventure, twists and turns... Some really convincing horror, too. The Old Ones are not to be trifled with. Finally, there's some really touching drama, too *sniffle* If, like me, you look back fondly to grand adventure games of the 90s - full of ancient lore and magic, such as Fate of Atlantis, or Hand of Fate - here's the perfect game for you

I've supported this game on Kickstarter and I couldn't be happier when it finally came out. It's an incredible achievement for such a small team, a real throwback for everyone who grew up on Lucasarts games in the 90s. It shows that the authors poured their hearts and souls into the project and I enjoyed playing it. That being said, I would've liked the puzzles to be more challenging. It was just a matter of clicking through the story and watching it unfold. Speaking of which, the story is OK, but nothing to write home about. At times it's convoluted and hard to follow, especially if you don't play the whole game in one sitting and forget some of the finer details. On the plus side the production is top notch - the art, animation, music, sound and voices all come together to build a pretty convincing world. Overall, even though it's not perfect, I wholeheartedly recommend buying the game and supporting the team. You will get your money's worth.

After playing through many Sierra and Lucasfilm adventure games; since text parsers to point-n-click, I can safely say that this seriously rivals them all. It's definitely not on par with Grim Fandango but... well... how many light-hearted cosmic-horror adventure games have you seen? Suffice to say, your characters won't die, the puzzles aren't tough and the voice-acting isn't terrible. I ran through the game twice, first to beat it and the second time to find out what I missed. Turns out I'm all clear. I give it passing grade and will look forward to this studio's next project.