The Legend of Kyrandia (Book One)

Firstly of all, you NEED a walkthrough. This is completely impossible without it. For Deaf gamers, this has the option to turn subtitles on. You will need to press ESC to skip the intro, click options and turn on the subtitles then restart the game and the intro as well as the rest of the game will be fully subbed. As a kid, I played Hand of Fate (Part 2) with my brother on our 486/66. The graphics were amazing for its time but the puzzles simply stumped us. Fast forward 23 years and the entire trilogy is on GoG. Of course I had to buy them all just so I could finish them all and get some peace. The ridiculously illogical puzzles (and that damn maze) aside, this game simply oozes charm. Classic pixel art, witty banter (if a little short) and just a pure nostalgia trip. Finally, I have clocked this game. Looking forward to Hand of Fate. Well done, GoG!

The gameplay is horribly outdated, unlike many other great point and click games. Breaking your save game early into the game, without knowing it until many hours into the game is simply a waste of time and a mechanic I'm glad the industry has gotten rid off. Can only recommend it with a walkthrough by your side.

90s Western adventure game. 2/5. ...Yea, this was more charming in my childhood memory. Graphics still hold up to this day. Can't say the same for the rest. Bare plot of teen parody book humor. Weird puzzles. Death and dead ends while game design is rough. Backtrack for randomly placed items. A bloody maze, of cooooourse. Malcolm, the clown villian, is truly the highlight of the game, he is just lovely, along with graphics. The rest is.... 90s Western adventure games alert! What should I even do with these games backlog now that I've outgrown my blind nostalgia??

Whilst playing through this game, I learned it is very, very easy to screw yourself over and be forced to have to start over if you drop an item you need elsewhere in the game. The story itself is pretty lackluster; stereotypical 'chosen one' beating a super-powerful enemy. But given the time period it came out in, I'm not altogether surprised--strong storylines were not something that came out of most point and click adventure games. I've played a lot of them, including ones with extremely good storylines, I only did this one to complete the series in order--and honestly, I was not very impressed by this one.

Beatiful graphics and music, and plot somewhat nice. There are however some irritating aspects of the gameplay, common to many oldies: - many puzzles are obscure, and some completely randomized - a lot of going back and forth to get items - many maze-like areas and one actual huge maze where you could die a lot - a couple of dead-ends, if you misuse or miss items