Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner

A fun, nostalgic game from my childhood, especially memorable for it`s Persian dub. After all these years, I finally completed it, but in my opinion, it`s only really worth playing today if you have memories of it.

The story and dialogue are fun, the protagonist Fenimore Fillmore is very likeable, which reminds me of Herman Merman in Loco Motive, but the gameplay can be frustrating if you do not follow a guide. To me, this game is a typical old school point-and-click game: no hints, no highlighted interactable items, puzzles often rely on trial and error, reminding me why my younger self avoided this genre. In this game I collected tons of items, but I had to read the Devs’ minds to figure out what to do next. That said, the story is humorous, and the protagonist is charming. NPCs are memorable too like the man with the starfish beard, the sheriff who declares his independence and then admits his salary is paid monthly by the villain, even the horse has its own personality and sits down on the ground if you do not feed him a carrot. The voice acting is also well done, dialogues entertaining. The gameplay however, can be rough. There are simply too many items to pick up. And I had to search for dollars to buy essential tools, but I had no idea what they were for. Some puzzle setups are fairly clear like the girl lending you her dog for a signed portrait, the prisoner can forge a signature an…

Its a charming old game with lots of flaws and great ideas. Like I like money system in this game where you buy certain items but its stupidly dull and easy to abuse. Its a game worth playing for its story, dialogue and humor. Its major flaw is stupid horse mechanic. You travel from area to area cost you energy on the horse and you need to grind for carrots if you dont have money or you stuck on farm or you need to search for magical spawning 1 dollar bills inside drawers. Like what developer thought its a good idea to be any sort of game from this genre? It doesn't add anything its just a stupid and annoying grind that you need to do. Gladly it takes like 5 minutes to grow bunch of carrots but still its so dumb.

best woody game.

Adquirí este juego con la esperanza de que sea una continuación de una muy buena primera parte. A diferencia del primero, la jugabilidad es horrible. Muchos items, algunos dificiles de agarrar. Cuenta con el absurdo de tener que alimentar al caballo con zanahorias cada vez que te trasladas en el mapa, una cosa que no tiene ningún sentido en una aventura gráfica, no le suma nada ni implica un desafío para el jugador. Los cambios constantes de camara resultan incómodos, hacen dificil jugar. La historia es bastante chata. Rescato quizás el homenaje a monkey island y el duelo de insultos, las referencias a algunos aspectos del primer juego como los telegramas a Toro graduado y el pianista, pero no mucho más. En resumen, para mí una decepción para los que guardabamos un muy buen recuerdo de una aventura gráfica como el 3 skulls of the toltecs, que contaba con la magia de lo artesanal, dibujos y diseños mas bellos, una jugabilidad e historia más divertida y auténtica que esta versión.

Can't believe that I finally beat this game that I used to play as kid. Obviously this is an old game now, with all its cons, but still fun and very nostalgic to me.