Posted on: February 13, 2023
Piados
Verified ownerGames: 349 Reviews: 3
Short but worth it.
I loved the time I spend with this game. And by the end I wished I had paid the full price. Very heartwarming. Fully recommended.
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TSIOQUE
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TSIOQUE (pronounced /tsɪɒk/) is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
We take the role of princess Tsioque, imprisoned in a castle overtaken by the Evil Wizard. When darkness falls on your ancestral home, places formerly familiar suddenly turn unfriendly and dangerous.
The castle walls have become a deadly trap - we must escape and thwart the Evil Wizard's plans before the spell he has cast on the castle escalates, triggering events beyond anyone's control...
The world of TSIOQUE is inhabited by creatures of all sorts - humans, animals, monsters, you name it. Don't let appearances deceive you, some seemingly nice people may not necessarily have the best intentions, and a seemingly terrifying monster may not be all that evil. Fortunately, even when events turn for the worst, Tsioque can always count on help from her friends, which she will find in least expected places.
The main inspiration is inarguably LIFE, which always writes the best scritps. But of course we're not living in cultural vaccuum. While creating TSIOQUE, we couldn't help but be inspired by things that thrilled, shocked and amazed us in the past, that burned forever into our memory in the childhood days spent in front of the pale light of CRT monitors.
Among many other inspirations, we could certainly count: a smart, humorous story backed by beautiful art style of DAY OF THE TENTACLE, simplicity of the gameplay and a serious approach to a younger player in games by Ron Gilbert like PAJAMA SAM, a vivid, dangerous world seen through the eyes of a boy in HEART OF DARKNESS, wonderfully animated epic fantasy and its gruesome punishments for failures in DRAGON'S LAIR, or INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF ATLANTIS, an old Lucasarts classic with a perfect blend of adventure, humor and action, where carelessness could cost you dearly.
We take the role of princess Tsioque, imprisoned in a castle overtaken by the Evil Wizard. When darkness falls on your ancestral home, places formerly familiar suddenly turn unfriendly and dangerous.
The castle walls have become a deadly trap - we must escape and thwart the Evil Wizard's plans before the spell he has cast on the castle escalates, triggering events beyond anyone's control...
- A 100% hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animated 2d adventure game with a unique atmosphere.
- Humor? Check. Darkness? Check. Suspense? Check! What more could you ask for?
- Story with a twist - a clever story that may surprise you.
- Fully voiced dialogue tracks.
- LOTS of 2D animation – all characters and items are hand-animated, frame-by-frame, old-school-style.
- Beautiful, hand-drawn backgrounds.
- Exceptional soundtrack by Edward Harrison (NEOTOKYO, LUCKY DAY FOREVER) and Elle Kharitou, dynamically illustrating the gameplay and adjusted to your every action.
- The protagonist - a little girl with a talent for bringing chaos and destruction wherever she goes. Those who dare stand in her way are in for a lot of trouble...
- A changing, mysterious and dangerous world - even before the Wizard's attack, the castle held many secrets. Now, bound by a powerful spell, the castle not only became home to demons and magical creatures, but has also been affected itself by the evil power... It bends and shapeshifts, forming layers upon layers of transformation and illusion... It is an essential part of the plot, and - especially later in the game - an element tightly integrated into the gameplay.
- You can "die" in this game! - It's an adventure game, so explore, solve puzzles... but beware. There won't always have the comfort of infinite time to solve a problem, sometimes you may have to think fast! Other times you may want to think twice before choosing a new course of action, as a wrong decision may cost you your freedom... or worse!
The world of TSIOQUE is inhabited by creatures of all sorts - humans, animals, monsters, you name it. Don't let appearances deceive you, some seemingly nice people may not necessarily have the best intentions, and a seemingly terrifying monster may not be all that evil. Fortunately, even when events turn for the worst, Tsioque can always count on help from her friends, which she will find in least expected places.
The main inspiration is inarguably LIFE, which always writes the best scritps. But of course we're not living in cultural vaccuum. While creating TSIOQUE, we couldn't help but be inspired by things that thrilled, shocked and amazed us in the past, that burned forever into our memory in the childhood days spent in front of the pale light of CRT monitors.
Among many other inspirations, we could certainly count: a smart, humorous story backed by beautiful art style of DAY OF THE TENTACLE, simplicity of the gameplay and a serious approach to a younger player in games by Ron Gilbert like PAJAMA SAM, a vivid, dangerous world seen through the eyes of a boy in HEART OF DARKNESS, wonderfully animated epic fantasy and its gruesome punishments for failures in DRAGON'S LAIR, or INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF ATLANTIS, an old Lucasarts classic with a perfect blend of adventure, humor and action, where carelessness could cost you dearly.
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Posted on: July 6, 2019
masterstarfire
Verified ownerGames: 539 Reviews: 2
Best adventure I've played in a while
I am a veteran of the adventure game genre going back to Zork, the Sierra games, and Lucas Arts games. This game hits me in all the right places. Simple interface, beautiful graphics, and a heartfelt story. I cannot reccomend this game highly enough. Sure, it only has about 1-2 hours of play time, but it's fun to play again after you have beaten it. When you fail a task, it is seconds before you get to retry the same task and as such there is no need to save scum your way through the game.
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Posted on: February 11, 2021
PSWriter
Games: 235 Reviews: 23
Cute point and click.
Its not very long and at the same time, the gameplay is rather slow and a bit cumbersome at times, but its not a bad game at all. But, I'd only recommend it if you're very fond of point and click games.
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Posted on: May 18, 2019
atrus80
Verified ownerGames: 1922 Reviews: 17
Nice little point n click adventure game
Animation is the best thing in this game, really great job by the devs. The puzzles are generally easy, but clever and fit in the game well. Some of them are timed based and there are some action scenes also, which are skippable thankfuly. Didn't like the fact that you cannot have more than one saves. Really enjoyed it playing it through with my 5yo daughter, she loved it. Not too long, not too short also, finished it in less than 4h. The ending is ok, not too excited abt it. Recommended game.
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Posted on: July 6, 2019
toomex
Verified ownerGames: 411 Reviews: 4
Short but sweet
The game has a beautiful hnd-drawn style and it is what has drawn me to it. I have to admit, I love the feel of cartoony, comedic adventure games like Deponia, but sadly this game isn't like that. Although not as big and dialogue-rich as I would like it to be, Tsioque is good for what it is - a short, beautiful story, set in fairytaleish realm. My playthrough took me about three hours, the puzzles are quite easy, and the game is quite relaxing for the most part. The premise of the story is quite simple, in my opinion it is quite obvious that it is to simple to be just that. The biggest flaw for me is what I mentioned before - I wish it would be bigger, and I hope they creators will one day manage to make a game like Deponia.
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