The quality of this game is atrocious. Why GOG decided to sell them before testing its quality is beyond me. So, far this game is the most unreliable LEGO game for PC so far. Plenty of crashes and completely failure top launch regardless how many time I was verifying the local files. Don't buy it.
Not much to add to the previous reviews except this: Story: Very interesting one and very compelling at the same time. Although it gets confusing after awhile. Gameplay: Cursor could be bigger and fixed in the middle of the screen. Sometimes it was difficult to see it if the environment was too bright. Inventory should be bigger and you should be able to see interaction points. Puzzles: Many of the optional puzzles were very frustrating, because the clues were scattered around the place and it was very difficult to keep a track of them They should have introduced a diary type of logging so that you can go back and check the clues you've discovered. What's the point of doing optional puzzles or even an optional level? Overall execution could have been better. It looks like the developers had great ideas about the game, but not enough either of time or money to execute it properly. Buy it on sale.
Although a much better story than its sequel, this game has plenty of plot holes that the developers never bothered to cover up. There are issues like the main protagonist being present on two places at the same time and so on. Game mechanics consist of pixel hunting, red herrings and illogical puzzles. There was a lot of dying involved before I managed to figure it out what the game wanted me to do. It required to save the game frequently. There were no hints available anywhere to at least give you some indication what was expected from you. Terrible voice acting, obnoxious people, wolves in England in 1981, really? It looks like an Eastern European story transplanted to England. It would be more believable if it was taking place in Poland or Roumania than in UK. Anyway, apart from those things mentioned above, I enjoyed this game enough to try playing it's sequel, and that is another story.
After 2 chapters I've got very annoyed by the main protagonist (i.e. Darren). I really wished somebody checked the script beforehand and made Darren a bit more likeable person. I can't believe that somebody with a crush on another person would be convinced of somebody's innocence without knowing her at all. And the way he was carrying on about it was very annoying. This story has Eastern Europe written all over it. Surely they could find a better motive for trying to help the wrongly accused. Again, I'm not pleased with some game mechanics, because I'm not sure if the items I'm looking at are important or not. What is this obsession with red herrings that don't contribute to the game story whatsoever? At least they got rid of pixel hunting that marred the first game and introduce the automatic save, although saving game manually is still recommended in sticky situations.
