The Night of the Rabbit

This was a great game. Beautiful art and fun puzzles. Granted I keep a walk-through nearby and limit my time on any one puzzle. I realize on these kinds of games that they can turn into a pixel hunt or the typical confusing puzzle such as "use band-aid on rock to make a baseball" kind of stuff, but none are perfect. This mostly avoided that. Hey $1.99 for 20 hours of entertainment beats any of this forgettable crap coming out of holywood.

To be certain, there are some puzzles that are a bit hare pulling. Bear with it, it tells a beatiful story and the time is well spent. It succeeds where many have fallen short in delivering a story in the grand old tradition that usually starts with once upon a time. Cheers.

This game is cluttered with repeated lines and clunky animations that have too much pre/post time. Voice lines that have too much pre/post time, that are usually repeated, which is what you do throughout a point and click. Constantly trying combinations or talking to people. The sense of humor in this game ends up being just another frustration. Talk to this one mouse, you will be spam clicking to skip chat for the next 15 seconds, because you've already heard his dumb dialogue several times. I'm giving up now because I'm trying to deliver to 'senor molena', and I have no idea who that is. I've searched the internet and nothing points to who it is. But I'm constantly met with revisiting characters to see if I missed something, only to get all this clunk piled on top. There's also this annoying as hell leprechaun, and when you walk into a zone he appears, says something not funny, takes a while, and prances off to another 'tile'. And then when you get to whatever tile he goes to, he does it again. Just dumbfounded how this game is so badly presented. Go with Chains of Satinav or Memoria. Those are to the point, a bit annoying puzzles sometimes, but you can follow a guide if you need to streamline the process. Anna's Quest is good too, and has a lot better story than this cheesy rubbish.

I figured that I should lead with that given that, at the time of me writing this review, the storefront does not reflect the new reality. Honestly, the way that achievements on GOG Galaxy work it is as though they were made for this game. If you want the achievements and you already have them on a save file then you only need to boot up the game while having the GOG Galaxy client running in the background. Upon loading a save the game "gives" you the achievements. This means that you can play offline and only rely on the internet to get you 100% completion in an instant. A round of applause for Minotaurus0 for making this happen. In terms of achievements, the dewdrops one is probably my favourite and the best that I've come across to date since it is optional, is not required to understand the story but gives foreshadowing for those who bother with it. It is not an afterthought and it clearly shows. My second favourite is the story collecting. It adds life and the excitement of discovery to locations. The stories themselves come in the form of audio books, with artwork that is reminiscent of German fairytales, which could provide additional value to parents of young children who might be too young to play the game themselves yet. The game never forces you to sit through these tales, though. Collecting cards is fun but the deck feels underutilized. I approached it as a tool, much like the magical coin. I approached a disguised character thinking that a game of quartets was the way to start a conversation but while the character accepts and drops the disguise the game does not acknowledge this as Jerry looks surprised when the "real form" is revealed in the story. For my final thoughts, this title could be seen as a cozy game with creepy undertones but never to the point where it is unsuitable for younger audiences. It is fun for children and it has got some jokes for adults sprinkled in which makes this a timeless classic for those who enjoy foreshadowing.

This game has beautiful artwork and music. The story is a little strange but enjoyable nonetheless, Unfortunately I ran into a bug with the mini game at the very end, but luckily you can skip.