Posted on: October 24, 2015
Dreadjaws
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Good, but flawed adventure game
(I'm not one of the backers of the game, and I only played it once both episodes were released, so I can't speak for the release problems, I can only rely my experience playing the full game) Broken Age is a game that starts as two separate stories, that of Shay, a young kid living in routine in a spaceship, wishing his life had more excitement, and Vella, a young girl who wishes her life had less, since she's about to be given to sacrifice to a monster in order to save her town. Both great characters whose stories share a common theme, but otherwise appear to be completely unrelated, and are even ocurring in different times and places, until the point where you realize there's a connection, after which things take a completely different turn. The story is good, the characters are interesting and the visuals and sound are beautiful. Then there are the puzzles. Broken Age's gameplay is somewhat in-between old Lucasarts games and TellTale Sam & Max adventures. Is less complex than the former, but not as simple as the latter. The first act is quite straightforward, but the second one is all over the place, with puzzles ranging from the ridiculously easy to the so-freaking-bonkers-you'll-believe-the-game-is-bugged. Also, you can pick any of the two characters at the beginning and switch any time, but sometimes you'll be stuck in a puzzle not realizing that you have to switch to the other character to do so. Sure, that's the kind of thing you had to do in, say, Day of the Tentacle, but there the characters were somewhat aware of each other's actions, or there'd be hints for the player to realize what to do. That's not here at times, and there's no excuse for it, it's simply bad design. And while the story is good, and there's even an interesting twist at some point, the game absolutely cheats to make sure you don't see it coming. I won't give details, but I found it in bad form. Still, the game is fun (the parts that are not frustrating) and I recommend it.
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