Posted on: June 5, 2019
cbrinkmann1981
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Disappointing. Not bad, disappointing
As someone who loves adventure games, I thought this would be a slam dunk. Well acclaimed, 2 sequels, surely this would be a game I'd fall in love with. But the game stumbles right out the gate with clunky, bad dialogue (starts with that guy you share the hall with, then continues with Fiona and rarely stops with only a few of the characters having well spoken dialogue) then has the pacing of a snail race. Plus one of the puzzles involves you putting candy in a pool of toxic sludge, in front of the person you're supposed to give it to and he still eats it. Then, the very next puzzle involves you making a shadow puppet with a light source that IS NOT, I repeat, IS NOT facing towards the wall the puppet appears on, and you have to convince a person in your way that he's being held up by a police officer using a windup toy monkey. That's assuming you even have the endurance to reach this point because, again, the game has SERIOUS pacing issues. Then you get to Arcadia and the first person you meet, both right away and in a future chapter, gives so much exposition that even George RR Martin would probably say "You guys need to reign this in a little." And don't get me started on Crow's whiny dialogue. Or that damn "Why yes, what a silly question!" librarian who takes about 25 years to find a book you request, and there are many, many books he will look up for you. "Oh but you can speed up the -" so what? That just means that, in playtesting even THE DEVELOPERS realized how awful the pacing issues of the game were, and didn't bother to tighten it up. It's like if a surgeon accidentally breaks a tooth while doing surgery on you and then says, "Well just go to the dentist." Shouldn't have been an issue in the first place. The sequels, while they both have their own issues, are much better. If you feel like you must endure this game before playing the sequels, I recommend a "Let's Play" of it. Okay ending. Some heartfelt moments. But lots of muck to dig through.
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