Lotsa inspiration and creativity has gone into the design of each of the five tables. 800x600 resolution is quite nice for a 2D pinball game. The window can be resized or you can go fullscreen with Ctrl-F. But the music lacks the required tempo to really give that arcade experience. This must have been an deliberate design decision. I was unable to quit, so I had to force-close. (Playing on Windows 8)
Broken Age was fun, and had me laugh out loud at times. I enjoyed throwing random objects at characters to see their reaction. The artwork is nice to look at and there's lots of amazing details. But the game is short, and it is casual - almost offendingly so! There's no text at all, and you cannot make mistakes. While I liked the wax crayon inspired artwork, the "picture book" art style combined with an extremely casual gameplay takes a while to get into. This is a problem when considering how short this first act is - once you're into the game, it is almost finished. I'll recommend starting with the Shay part to get into the game, then save the superior Vella part for later. Broken Age has a few quirks, like when a characters mood changes completely because you start a dialog that wasn't expected. No biggie, but there goes a star. The game is designed to be tablet compatible. As a PC player, I'm a bit feed up with having to pay money for games developed for other platforms. That said, I don't think the tablet friendliness had have any negative impact on the game and it looks good both in 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio. The ability to switch between the two characters are a good idea. The two stories in the game deals with some dark themes, which has been used in horror film to great effect. However, everything is kept bright and playful, so don't expect anything horror-like.