Lair of the Clockwork God

[b] It feels like a game the developers made for themselves. [/b] What do you get when you take the interesting idea of mixing a [u] point&click[/u] with a [u] platformer?[/u] Apparently, neither a good point&click nor a good platformer. There were 3 main problems that made the game not enjoyable for me: [b] 1. The gameplay is slow. [/b] Moving the two characters around and switching between them is a drag, especially when they have to work together. There's also way too much unnecessary dialogue interrupting the gameplay. [b] 2. The story wasn't engaging. [/b] It's mostly jokes, and I think some of the humor was actually funny, but I didn't laugh even once. So I guess the jokes just weren't delivered in a way that worked for me. [b] 3. Neither part of the gameplay works particularly well. [/b] The platforming isn't as smooth or well-executed as in other platformers, while the point&click feels clunky because of the awkward controls. Both are mediocre at best. [i] * I haven't finished the game, so my experience may be incomplete. [/i]

Not sure I've been as glad that a game was finally over with as with this one. It seems so promising, an explicit point-and-click/platforming mashup, but even with relatively good and fairly often funny writing the annoying, clunky platforming drags it all negative. "I really wanted to like this" as they say in these reviews. Did not manage to.

I just didint really have fun with the game. cool idea but the platforming is too slow to be enjoyable

I really wasn't too "wow"'ed with this one. I saw what it was going for, that 90's Notalgia, but the game has a few bugs that need to be ironed out. I actually crashed out once - the point 'n' click elements are buggy but it was the platforming sections which it tries to blend together seamlessly where I experienced most issues and the crash I had for seemingly no reason. It was an effort, it was somewhat charming for a while but became an absolute chore to complete 100%. I wasn't enjoying myself at all by the end and was waiting for another crash, it never came but that first one left me thinking there could be a second.

I don't have the mental fortitude to keep playing this. It's a bit buggy and not fun at all.

Folks who gave this a negative review didn't play it for long enough to realise how incredibly clever it is. Certain elements which may appear amiss are actually intentional parts of the narrative. All in all the game is fantastic. I played using an Xbox controller and found the gameplay, controls and UI to be seamless and intuitive. I went into the game mostly blind and it turned out to be one of the best games I've ever played. A great story, loads of British humour, references to old classic 90s point n clicks, it has the lot. 10/10 - buy it!