For the most part the game is a nice throwback to games like "Sam & Max" or "Simon the Sorcerer". However, everything pretty much falls apart in the last chapter, as both puzzles and story take a turn for the worse.
Firstly, the good: The visual presentation of this game is great, especially the varied and colourful backgrounds. The characters are less detailed, but still quite expressive. As you progress through the game, there are some short-cuts taken (like not animating some character movements or not having proper scene transitions), but I loved the hand-drawn style, all in all.
However, the beginning of the game was genuinely painful. I found myself cringing away from the screen with the endless barrage of references and jokes, all of them falling flat, eliciting a groan at best. I nearly stopped playing, that's how bad it was. Thankfully, they tone it down drastically from the second town onward, and a few of the later jokes and situations actually got a chuckle out of me. Basically, though, this game lacks the kind of timeless humour that adventures like the old Monkey Island games are known for. Still, it got better as it got less obtrusive. But what didn't get better throughout the game was the overall plot and the characters' motivations; it did seem unfinished, and ends on a cliff-hanger.
As for the puzzles and inventory management: These were usually relatively simple puzzles. The inventory never grows beyond a handful of items at a time - and if worse comes to worst, just use the time-honoured tradition of combining anything with everything. And while features like asking our Kitteh-companion to do things for us, or of looking into the past with our eldritch ability, weren't used to their full potential, I did appreciate the added variety.
Overall: Fairly simple adventure game with a beautiful art style and a disjointed plot. An alright effort, but not great - assuming you can make it through the rocky beginning and jokes.
I am only 30 minutes into this game...so no spoilers.... except for: This is seriously one of the best poin-n-click adventure games ever. The Story, the animations, the voice overs, the humor. It honestly feels like I'm running an animated TV show. So rad. Also, has vibes of Kathy Rain, Darkside Detective, and Thimbweed park. Unless it goes completely wonky...I'm just going to give this five stars now...because even if eventually it does go south...the first 30 minutes were absolutely worth the admission price.