Posted on: September 3, 2024
mikeelarsen
Verified ownerGames: 231 Reviews: 4
Slightly below average PNC adventure
As a point-and-click (PNC) goes, it's a little below average overall. The story helps to make this worth playing, and it's the sort of game you can knock out in maybe 3-6 hours depending on how long you spend on each bit. The controls aren't that great, but also aren't terrible. There are a few real-time sequences that are fairly terrible (as per the norm in PNC games), but thankfully most of the game is not real-time. It's the first person view where you click an arrow to move to an adjacent screen, meaning there are a set number of maximum areas you can actually explore. This is both good and bad. The background scenes are actually pretty nice, but a lot of it simply ends up as dead space (for example, the entire village has quite a few screens you can walk through, but very few things you can actually interact with). There are lots and lots of "dead" items that simply serve no purpose. The real issue with them is that most of the time they won't disapear after they've fulfiled their task, so you're left with the confusion of "what do I still need to try?". There also aren't really any "inventory-combining" items, meaning you don't click on one and drop it on another to "combine" them, as is the case with most PNC's. The puzzles are all pretty good actually, though a couple stumped me and I had to look up a hint. Thankfully they are mostly intuitive. The primary mechanic of the game is you switching between your true self and impersonating your brother. This isn't a spoiler as it says it right in the game's description. Anyway, this is a pretty refreshing mechanic and leads to some interesting gameplay. However, I feel it was also underutilized. Most of the game you spend the time dresed as your brother, and there is very little to do as yourself. It is interesting that dialogue and a few scenes will change depending on which one you are currently dressed as. My final thoughts: the game ranks for me around 2.5 to 3 stars, maybe like a 2.8 or so.
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