The Whispered World Special Edition

[h1] A point and Click Adventure with a very lackluster adventure [/h1] There are two parts that make a GREAT p&c adventure game: Good gameplay, aka as little moon logic puzzles as possible(on top of item puzzles being fun to figure out), and a great story(arguably best part of most p&c adventures, either having a funny story, or very tragic one etc). But Whispered World kinda didn't have either [h3] Item puzzles arent too bad, just dull and forgettable [/h3] While the game unfortunately did have some moon logic puzzles, forcing me to look up 2-3 solutions(especially the gongs switching locations puzzle in chapter 3, you should just straigh up look it up to save time), my biggest issue with the gameplay is that its just forgettable. Probably the only highlight of the game are the segment where you play as Spot(Sadwick's pet), and whole segment of cooking up a meal for someone. Everything else is just "Oh, yeah, use something sharp to cut bush" or "yeah, this character is dumb, so you can talk down the price of entry", or "yeah, Spot, my pet. has fire form, so Ill use him to burn something". [h3] The Story is generic, while the characters are forgettable [/h3] Honest…

Read the full review here: https://gemsimov.com/the-whispered-world-a-review/ -- The Whispered World is a point-and-click adventure game with gorgeous graphics that features almost all the usual quirks associated with games of that calibre, those being some illogical puzzle solutions and moon logic, but manages to keep itself almost free from those faults. Its greatest strength is, without a doubt, the art that it presents, mainly the still images that make up the various locaitons that the Player's Character explores. The mobile elements starkly clash with the magnificent paintings, but the degree to which that is the case varies from sprite to sprite. The game does, however, feature the classic Daedalic approach to stories and characters, making almost all of them unlikable and presenting them through a satirical, steeped in unpleasantly high quantities irony manner. The story, thus, suffers from that, but, at the same time, suffers from the way it is executed. There's a revelation at the end that did not appeal to yours truly at all, due to the fact that it felt as though it undermined almost everything the story itself was about, and, in particular, the character of Sadwick…

Gorgeous game with great humor. Daedalic just knows how to make charming P&C Adventures

amazing

This one took me by surprise with how funny and heartfelt this was at its core. Many moments had me laughing out loud, but there were also times where I choked up. Don't let the voice acting deter you; it's all intentional. I found myself annoyed at first, but the characters grew on me almost immediately. Biggest criticism is that there are some puzzle that seem non-sensical. There was one that had me stuck for over an hour. I'm probably just bad at these kinds of point and click puzzle games, but I still had fun for the most part. It was mostly the dialogue and quirky humor that kept me chugging along. Art within the game is beautiful. The commentary confirms that they were inspired by Studio Ghibli and 80s fantasy. It definitely shows and every scene pulled me in. Music also enhances the world, I never found myself getting annoyed by the looping. This one is far from perfect and it does feel slightly outdated, but I felt satisfied by the time the revelation is unfolded and the credits roll. I'll be thinking about this one for quite a while.

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