Thimbleweed Park

From the look of this and probably a lot of word of mouth, you might think that this leans heavily on nostalgia, but it actually stands on its own as an excellent Point-and-Click Adventure. I don't like Maniac Mansion; I've never liked Maniac Mansion, but this really surprised me. The puzzles are mostly logical, and do a good job of making you feel like a detective; it's like Deja Vu from the MacVenture games, except that it won't screw you over, and makes a point to tell you that right at the beginning of the game. There are some stretches with little to no guidance, and the in-game hint system occasionally doesn't help at all, but in this day and age, you can always just find a walkthrough; it's a lot better with that than a lot of games in the genre. You can also play on an easier mode with fewer puzzles, if that's not your thing. The writing is great; the humor is off the wall and despite that, the actual plot isn't super wacky, but something that held my interest as it unfolded. The final stretch, in particular, was something incredible that I never saw coming, but the clues were there all along, so it wasn't just trashy shock value. The characters are all great, too, and the voice actors did a great job fleshing them out. The soundtrack was extremely stylish, and absolutely something worth listening to out of context. The visuals were great, too; you can see some of that here on the store page, but there's also some great lighting and some beautiful sunsets. I'm a big fan of the genre, and I've played quite a few of these, but this one stands out strongly among them.

Ending is a bit too meta. Still makes more sense than Return to Monkey Island.

The release of this game made me genuinely happy. Not only during the playthough but to see that my favourite game genre is not dead, and especially that the guys who made this game are BACK! It is as advertised -- as if you had found the lost floppies of a game from the LucasArts era. This is it. You'll get to play that game for the first time. It's been too long since the last time that happened. Most of the recent releases of this kind have been remastered versions of the old classics, while welcome, they aren't the same as experiencing a game for the first time. This game doesn't have the commentary tracks some of the remasters have, but they did provide us with regular podcast meetings about each weeks progress as the game was being made, which is a similar thing to be listening to if you are interested in that sort of thing. The playthough took about 14+ hours. The puzzles were logical for the most part and the dialogue is funny, so no fault there, as expected. I got stuck twice and looked up the hints for those parts. Both times I had a very good idea what to do but I used the wrong verb and other time I think I would've figured it out eventually. I hope Ron Gilbert and his Thimbleweed Park team will make more games in a similar style in the near future. They've earned a huge and well deserved break basking in sunshine sipping cold beverages. Definately a contender for Best game of 2017!

awesome game, love playing it :D

Highly recommended if you enjoy point and click adventure games, classics or otherwise. This was a wonderful treat when it first came out. Haven't decided to review it until now. Story is pretty humorous, well written, well paced, and with plenty of in-jokes from classic LucasArts adventure games. (If you have the option turned on). With a few nods to classic Sierra adventure games. Also has a lot of late 80s early 90s humor, references, and lingo among other things. If you're at all experienced with point and click adventure games, play it on Normal Mode! Casual is too much of a breeze. There's also a hint system if you really need it. I only have one gripe that has to do with an end of the game puzzle, but you can easily look it up or brute force it without much hassle at all. You might even be able to use the hint system to help you, I haven't tried it though. All in all a solid 5-10 hours of fun. Definitely worth the asking price, even without a sale going.