Posted on: March 30, 2019

Sadolf

Games: 299 Reviews: 3

The best adventure game since forever

Machinarium is almost perfect. It is pretty as hell, it's got GREAT music (I even bought the LP) and it's got a wonderful world. As far as point and click games go, this one is extra honest about what they really are – puzzle games with a story. In this case there's no written dialogue, and it works so well you'd almost wish more games did away with endless dialogue and just focused on the core of the experience. Some of the puzzles are somewhat obscure, but Machinarium isn't in any way unique here (remember the monkey wrench puzzle from Monkey Island 2?), and in the end it's so well put together that I really can't say anything negative about it.

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Posted on: August 6, 2019

NomiFear

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Games: 114 Reviews: 7

Bitter-sweet Adventure

Even though the main character is an adorable humble robot surrounded by sweet and funny little creatures the world of Machinarium embraces you with an oppressive and hopeless atmosphere created by a fascinating artwork and the mute characters supporter by a well arranged soundtrack. Every screen seems to be taken from a picture book of a post apocalyptical world with childlike but somehow cruel inhabitants. Most puzzles can be solved in just one screen (surprisingly that doesn’t make it easier). There are only few puzzle chains although all your struggles lead to a main quest.

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Posted on: October 12, 2019

xarlibrau

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Games: 49 Reviews: 5

A charming adventure game

Machinarium is a mixture of point-and-click adventure and puzzle games. Although I love adventure games, I'm not a fun of puzzle ones. Yet this game really captivated me with its beautiful graphical art, animation and story. This is a truly professionally crafted game, way more mature than previous titles as samorost 1 & 2.

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Posted on: December 24, 2019

ellenphant_91

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Games: 29 Reviews: 2

So Beautiful

Loved the Sound Track, Graphics, Story. Beautiful Game Played until completion

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Posted on: May 12, 2013

xxbbcc

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Games: 656 Reviews: 31

Not an adventure game

I've been misled by the large number of 5-star reviews that talk about how this game is supposed to be like classic point-and-click adventure games - one would think of the Monkey Island series, or Beneath a Steel Sky, etc. These reviews couldn't be farther from reality. First, several 5-star reviews are spam, raising the games average rating. Second, this game has nothing whatsoever common with any of the great classic adventure games. This thing is a short, illogical, frustrating Flash puzzle game with tons of pixel hunting. It only deserves some recognition because of its visuals. The visual are is done nicely - hand-drawn backgrounds and characters in a charming style. When speaking of adventure games, one thinks of story first. There's no story in Machinarium at all, just a bunch of random scenes where you randomly have to click on things until you progress to the next screen. Some of the puzzles are, indeed, logical but many are just unrelated minigames as is so usual with Flash games. Puzzles have no purpose at all other than slowing down the progress of the player - they don't connect to the story (because there isn't any) and they all feel forced since they don't relate to the game world or the main character.

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