Thimbleweed Park

first the good. i really liked the characters in thimbleweed park. the personalities and dialogues were all more-or-less well developed and fun. each character had a reasonable amount of depth and story. there were a few missed opportunities, but it's hard to complain about that when holding this game up to classics. TP is as good as or better than most classic adventure games when it comes to story and dialogue. while i thoroughly enjoyed playing thimbleweed park, there are also some elements that i did not love. when i think about the best classic adventure games, there is a certain cohesive aesthetic that they had that i felt was somewhat missing from TP. i believe that this stems from 1: the fact that you are more or less in control of 4 people at the same time; having to switch back and forth between so many characters to solve puzzles made things disjointed and unfocused; 2: the environments are far less detailed than the best early 90's adventure games; if you go back and look at lechuck's revenge or the fate of atlantis, you'll notice just how much detail there is in the artwork; it was possible to spend hours just investigating a room while looking for an item and the detailed environments facilitated world-building and created a more absorbing atmosphere. additionally, the best classic games had much bigger worlds, allowing for more exploration which in turn furthered the world-building. TP is very linear and feels small relative to classic games. in my opinion, the added complexity of controlling 4 character to solve puzzles was not an adequate trade-off for a more complex and engaging world environment. i would like to see the next ron gilbert adventure game to reflect the advancements that came with the more engaging and complex games of the early 1990s. regardless of any criticism, i'm still really glad that this games exists because it was fun as hell and is the best thing to happen to adventure games for a long time!

Awesome game with beautiful graphic art and a thrilling story. Sucked me into it from the first minute to the last. One of the best games in recent history to come out, definetly worth every cent. So full of wit and a mysterious story that keeps you puzzled even after you've seen it all. Anybody should at least give it a try. Keep'em coming!

I really liked this game. The pixel art is awesome, the story good and the puzzles quite hard (at least for me) but satisfying when you figure them out. I really recommend this game to all adventure fans out there.

A very beautiful Adventure Game, that reminds on the good old days in that Genre, especially on the old Lucasfilm and Lucasarts Adventures. I hope, that Ron and the rest of the Team make anothers Adventures like this. Everybody who played the Lucasfilm / Lucasarts and Sierra Advenures must buy this! They will never regret this!

Absolutely brilliant, a new game as they used to be in the 90s - a thinking /puzzle game, rather than just finger dexterity! Hope there are more to follow.