The Low Road

The game was okay, but I cannot recommend a game that has no game options at all. The music was SO LOUD. The game came out in 2017! Are you serious?! There is no excuse, and I will make sure to avoid every game this developper makes.

This is a rather tedious little point and click adventure, although with slightly more graphical sophistication than your average point and click game, and almost no galaxy brain puzzles and a decent enough play time (not too short, not too long)......unfortunately those are about the best things I can say about the game. Note that almost every complaint I have is purely subjective, so you may love the (for example) art style, and that's okay; feel free to disregard the review. IMHO though, this is a thoroughly un-enjoyable example of the genre. [b][u]Positives:[/u][/b] -Time Investment- The game largely respects your time, although the glacial walking speed results in even the minimal amount of back-tracking feel sooooooooooooo much longer than it actually is. -Puzzles- Definitely doable and you probably won't need a walkthrough as they are mostly common sense and/or fairly deducible. Note that some of the mini-games require something that almost approximates hand-eye coordination. -Music- It's pretty darned good! Unfortunately, you can't adjust the bloody volume........... [b][u]Meh:[/u][/b] -Failure States- I think it's interesting to have dialogue …

Fun and easy, but incredibly short. Buy it on sale.

A deeply miserable and badly crafted game.

Lohnt einfach nicht

A modern day point-and-click game with an emphasis on a distinctive art style paired to a retro-style 90s buddy-cop dynamic. This made me strangely nostalgic for the old point-and-click games, like Monkey Island. The art style is eye-catching and a pleasure to behold, which made me more patient with the slow walking and climbing (again with the stairs!) animations. I really enjoyed the mini-games when you’re trying to accomplish some of the tasks. It made the game more interactive compared to regular P&C games - the bonus is that it’s not the same type of puzzle so there’s not a lot of repetition. There are 6 chapters for you to go through, with their own music and starting cards, and seeing the story progress is a treat. It did end up more complex than I originally perceived but I’m starting to see that <spoiler>cults are almost a staple in American stories</spoilers>. Although I did enjoy the story and the art, some of the gameplay mechanics took me out of the experience. For some mini-games, there’s no explanation or return button so you need a walkthrough or you need to be more intuitive to what the puzzle is asking you to do. Or perhaps it’s a skill issue because …