The first 3 hours were rather enjoyable. I don't even mind that the models look like they are from a decade ago. Then the first crash happened. They always happens during combat. Graphics just abruptly get stuck with a small jerk and the game crashes. And honestly, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, if it hadn't started happening reliably a few hours later. I cannot even finish the Clown Museum mission. I have tried quicksaving and loading to no avail. There are also other game-breaking bugs like discovering a mound to dig up containing a quest item, but it ends up bugging out and cannot be dug up (animation runs, but nothing happens). I have waited quite a while for them to fix the majority of bugs before picking this up because I really enjoyed the Wasteland series, but this is a great joke (clown pun intended). I am a developer myself and I'd be ashamed to release a product like this (at such a price point nontheless). And them releasing more DLC instead of fixing the issues just adds insult to injury. Online you will find opinions that the game is well worth it despite the crashes. And that would be true if the game didn't randomly decide that a particular encounter is where it'll crash 100% of the time.
The technical implementation is a bit lackluster; the game is so incredibly resource hungry, that, on lower specs (yet above minimum), when rain sets in on a complex scene, the mouse cursor starts developing up to 3 seconds of lag. Pathfinding has issues where characters get stuck in a shuffle for 20+ seconds until it gets resolved (luckily automatically, since most of the time the cursor is disabled and you cannot abort your action). Clicking on an exit arrow by accident cannot be cancelled. A bunch of functions aren't accessible with just a mouse; you cannot access the menu or save without a keyboard. And there are rare loading time spikes (>1minute on SSD). The majority of puzzles are very easy, with five exceptions: - Using items players have to assume are for an entirely different purpose to open up an inaccessible area with the only clue to do so being your own desperation. - Tedious manual jumping puzzles (great with a laggy mouse cursor) because the pathfinding does not cover the level layout. - Requiring a basic grasp of latin to not have to brute force your way through a collection of books where it's not obvious you can even select words. - Puzzles that become near impossible if you start from the wrong panel (there's no hint nudging you into the right direction if you're stuck at the "wrong" beginning). Just because this is a point&click adventure game this doesn't mean one has to flood it with in-your-face references to games from other studios. If all references would be as tastefully integrated as the Rap Battle, this would not be an issue - but there are items solely for the purpose of being a reference. This is really sad and takes from the experience. While the game has its flaws, it is a nice story that gave me 10 hours of fun (and 2 hours of frustration). I'm sure a couple of the issues might get fixed with a patch. This is one of the few games I played to completion, which means a lot these days. If you like point&clicks, pick this one up.
