The Whispered World: Special Edition

Another horrible Monkey 3 clone from Daedalic. Like Deponia, all the elments are there, beautiful cartoon graphics, bad dialogue that should suppsedly make you laugh, nonsensical and super-contrived puzzles. Unplayable without a walkthrugh.

Quick summary -This game is an enjoyable old school style point and click with a detailed but not overly impressive fairy tale plot. The gameplay is mostly based around inventory and conversation based puzzles. I think it is worth its price but it's not one to write home about. It feels like it should be a game aimed at the (very probably) few children that play point and click adventures. The good - This game is excellently produced. It has great graphics, a nice soundtrack and a well designed simple and intuitive interface. I think the voice acting was fairly good although I understand why some of the other reviewers found the main character's voice a bit whiny. If you don't hate the voice you can enjoy a good 8-10 hours gameplay of a beautifully rendered story. The bad - The puzzle quality is very mixed. Most are logical but there is a scattering of the thoroughly mad. You will almost certainly need to look at a walkthrough three or four times. The plot itself is also bland and childish. I disliked the ending even though i saw it coming. It's just a bit too childish and predictable. Overall I felt that Whispered World is a game I enjoyed playing to wind down for a few hours. I would most recommend it to someone who's looking for a family friendly game. I'm glad I bought it but there are better games to try first.

Even as a die hard P&C adventure gamer from the days of DOS onward, I rate this as a complete flop and totally non-immersive, 'look at me, I'm such a cute adventure game' FLOP. In fact, I finally realized the advemtire games I found myself repeatedly reacting to in a similar way have all been developed by Daedalic Entertainment and though I will still entertain the potential that they MAY develop something worth my time and money, they haven't yet. Even on sale (and sadly I have an old hard copy of this dog that I should just toss) it isn't worth the price of admission.

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Games typically get a bit frustrating after a while for me and I leave for a week to "cool off".....but this game had me coming back for more until I finished it......love the graphics, story and the puzzles!!!!