Shadowgate

I loved the artwork and the old fantasy nostalgia that came with it. The puzzles could be frustrating and challenging. But what's the point of playing a video game unless it challenges you? All in all, a fantastic face-lift to a fantasy classic.

... is still a rose. Excellent revival but more notable it is a wonderful adventure game on it's own merits. Beautifully choreographed and a pleausure to traverse through.

Really enjoying the variety in gameplay with different modes and difficulties. Love that the original soundtrack is an option.

If I were to sum this game up in one word, it would be "exhausting". This game is great for people who remember the original. But for anyone new, I'd stay away. The updated visuals and music are great! The animations make you feel like you're playing in a pop up book which adds to the charm. But the game design and conveyance is extremely outdated and have no place in modern gaming. You'll spend the majority of your time getting stuck and either backtracking while trying everything or looking up solutions online and wondering how you would have figured the issue out logically. Either of which are not fun. There are also many ways to softlock your adventure, forcing you to restart from an earlier save or from the very beginning. This was fine back in the NES days since game design was still new and companies were trying to find ways to extend playtime with limited memory capacity. But in this day and age, it just doesn't work. Overall, I had a better time looking at the art book and wallpapers that came with the special edition than playing this.

I stepped into it expecting an adventure game that would get me interested in the story, and throw puzzles at me which would be relevant and intriguing to solve. I got a nonsense puzzle game with zero effort to hook me in.