If Fusion Were That Easy

Do you like old-school point-n-click adventure games? Do you like logical solutions to problems? Do you like science fiction? Do you like Dev's that listen to player feedback? Then this game is for you

ENG: One of those cases where, behind a complete commercial failure, lies a hidden gem that I feel lucky to have discovered. In this case, it's a classic point & click retro comedy, very challenging (I had to rely on guides and videos), with beautiful graphics and short animated sequences that add 'the special touch.' Fans of The Secret of Monkey Island and games like that will love it, without a doubt. [quote] [i] Check out [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44959158-Critiques-Sans-Frontiers/] our curator page [/url] to discover more underated games like this one. [/i] [/quote] ESP: Uno de esos casos en los que, detrás de un completo fracaso comercial, se esconde un diamante en bruto que me siento afortunado de haber descubierto. En este caso, es una clásica comedia point & click de corte retro, muy difícil (tuve que apoyarme en guías y vídeos), con un apartado gráfico hermoso y cortas secuencias animadas que le dan 'el toque'. A los amantes de The Secret of Monkey Island les encantará, sin duda. No tiene precio regional en Latam, así que diría que esperen a que lo arreglen o a que lo pongan en buena oferta.

If there was ever a time when I would have liked to have a "middle rating" option, this was it. A point & click adventure game with easy puzzles, a few minigames (most of them would have been cool were it not for annoying interfaces and non-existent instructions; you had to figure out what to do, and also deal with how bad or slow or boring it was to get them going), average characters, a run-of-the-mill story, and some pretty bold (and often awful) choice for replacing voice acting (I'm betting they wanted to make it fully voiced but couldn't due to budget reasons). One "twist" in the story got me, which inclined me towards the positive, although I found the ending to be horrendous. Had there been a good and a bad ending, it would have been much better. It had some very lazy moments, some very random moments, some very lazy and random moments, and it could also be very boring at times. However, in spite of all that, it still had some cool ideas, a few characters that stood out (especially the tavern characters), and puzzles were mostly ok. It's nice to support indie endeavors, and these devs might make something way cooler in the future; I believe the talent is there, but this def…

I eventually decided the game warrants a recommendation to people searching for their next point-and-click adventure, but there are quite a few caveats. It is voiced only by grunts and utterances, with the exception of one computer terminal near the end, so reading is mandatory. English translation is serviceable, but far from perfect. The story and dialogue are simple, and the characters do not undergo any development. The ending is abrupt. Regarding the irresponsible player character, I have seen this criticism in negative reviews of other point-and-click adventures like the [i]Deponia[/i] series and [i]Lucy Dreaming[/i], so will give a fair warning to people who are sensitive to this kind of thing and do not find it even slightly amusing - the protagonist is a grade A prick, who has no qualms about ruining other people's lives for personal gain (at times quite literally by shortening them). Characters walk slowly and cannot exit locations quickly through double-clicking. However, this is somewhat mitigated by the fast travel system which is very quick to access by pulling down on the mouse-wheel twice - the first time to open the inventory and the second to open the map. The …

A fun puzzle solver to keep the mind ticking over

If Fusion Were That Easy is a fairly middling adventure game that is saved by its hilarious ending. It's packed with cozy puzzles that will all be familiar to adventure game fans - mix random items of two different colors to make a third color, combine implausible objects to make a fishing rod, etc. This might seem wacky to people outside the adventure game world, but it's pretty par for the course if you're a fan. The more annoying part of the game is it overuses that gag where you thought you had all the stuff, then you try to do the thing and it fails for a new, unexpected reason, so now you need to go all the way back and prepare everything again. That works when the game has strong comic timing, but this doesn't hit a lot of the time. I spent most of the game just going through the motions because I find the mechanics of adventure games relaxing, but not because I cared about anything that happened. It's not a bad game per se, it's just not a very good one. But then... the ending made me laugh, so hey. If you're into adventures and just want something casual and undemanding to spend a few hours on, If Fusion Were That Easy is good enough.