The Whispered World: Special Edition

The game really is beautiful. Great places, good anmations, lots of details... The main story is ok, nothing extraordinary but not too bland either. Voice acting... Some will hat it. The depressive clown is, well, depressive. The puzzles are generally logical inventory based combinations. Generally, because you will regulary be stuck on a totally illogic thing, something you would NEVER think of and the game doesn't give you a clue. It's really frustrating and is not what anybody likes in P&C, I tried to avoid a wakthrough but in the end I gave up. And a ton of pixel hunting : the game has a hint system (show you hotspots) and is designed with the idea that you will use it all the time.. A lot of items are just invisible in the background, don't try to do without the hints. What really saved the game to me was the writing. Not necessarly in the main quest or dialogues, but the amount of item combination that will give you a specific answer. even if it makes no sense to use W on Y, you probably wno't get a "that doesn't work" generic answer, but some pun, or attempt to understand what you might be trying to do. This attention to details really shows the love the devs put into this game. Even when you're stuck (and you will be) you don't feel like you're wasting your time.

The graphics, voice acting, and writing are all wonderful. I will admit that some of the puzzles are a little abstract but what puzzle/point and clicks don't make you think outside the box?

the art is really good, and the sountrack is nice

playing since 2 days and like it a lot so far.

I really like this game and I don't get why some reviews complain about illogical puzzles. I played it through rather quickly without a walkthrough and without getting frustrated. Of course, there are some moments where you don't know what to do at first but in my opionion a little bit of trial and error is part of every adventure game. And since you have a limited number of locations and a fairly small inventory at all times it should never take to long to find a solution. It's a shame though, that the original German version is not available.