Broken Age

Now this is what I call a point and click game!

Broken Age is a point & click puzzle game that starts with an interesting premise. Two completely different characters living in their unique world and facing their own problems, which the player has the opportunity to experience by switching between both characters at any time. Although this is not necessary for a while and their stories can be played independently, some puzzles later on require some switching to find the solution. Needless to say, the graphics are amazing. The hand-drawn artwork is gorgeous, with vibrant colours that immediately caught my eye. The voice acting is simply superb; it really brings the characters to life thanks to the performance of some well-known actors. The soundtrack really complements all this very well, creating a wonderful atmosphere all throughout the game. Obviously, all the above created some expectations in me, which Act 1 and some parts of Act 2 lived up to. The stories and puzzles are engaging enough to push you to go further and discover what is actually going on. Unfortunately, past a certain point, Act 2 becomes a bit of a slog and starts to feel a bit heavy. Lots of backtracking to collect items, very obtuse puzzles… I felt complet…

This is a real weird one. Artisically this game is amazing. The art, music, and voice acting are all top notch. And the gameplay starts off really good with well designed puzzles that don't feel too obtuse. But the puzzles become worse over time until the game ends extremely anti-climatically Broken Age is seperated into 3 acts with 2 sides each. Act 1 is really well done. The puzzles are well thought out and all make logical sense. Act 2 is a little worse, with a couple puzzles being a bit moon logicy and requiring knowledge that the characters have no way of knowing. Then act 3 is very short, makes very little sense and the game suddenly ends out of nowhere. The story and world were super interesting, but it really feels like it ends in the middle of the game. There is so much left to do, but it never happens. It is really a shame because I wanted more, and the game needed more, But you can tell that Double Fine ran out of budget despite raising significantly more money than they initally asked for. I think this game is still worth it for act 1 alone, especially considering it is quite cheap. Just be aware that the game feels very unfinished.

A very charming pont and click. Sometimes convoluted, mostly pretty laid-back. Very amusing story-telling =)

fun. i played this game multiple times. very funny

(Finished on PS4) Competent point & click adventure game with great comedic writing, hence the positive review, but let's be honest - it's still nowhere near as good a game as Tim Schafer's true classics. So do yourself a favour and go play Grim Fandango instead.