Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition

This was the first-ever PC Game I owned in 1994, and until today, I'd never completed it. Absolutely charming game - tough puzzles and it doesn't hold your hand and lead you, Lots of trial and error and I'm not too big to admit, checks of a walkthrough. Also.. Is that Chris Barrie as the voice of Simon? because I can only picture Arnold Rimmer the entire game with that dry-wit and pompous sarcasm. Great game for relaxing and reliving the past - much better once that awful anti-aliasing effect is switched off. Pixels are way less off-putting. Games like this should come with built in CRT filters to smooth edges. Other than that - a solid 7.5 - 8/10

I loved the original game. This Anniversary Edition however is a downgrade. The game doesn't run very well, I have already encountered several bugs in the short time I have tried it. The voice acting is horrendous. This version of the game is cheap, but still not worth the money. Too bad.

Absolute neutral if I could give one. I love the aesthetic, and I love Chris Barrie - but I just didn't think his delivery suited that of a 14 year old and it just kind of felt disconnected from the game, didn't blend right. One big cause of frustration is that the exits aren't marked, even on hover - so on a number of occasions I was stuck just because I didn't know a specific area even existed. I also found the puzzles as a whole, kind of disjointed and simplistic. I spent the entire first half of the game just unsure what I should even be doing. I was just solving problems for the sake of solving problems - there was no real reason behind anything I was doing. Often solutions made no real sense, even by PNC standards. I've heard the sequel is better, so I'll give that a try - but certainly not in a rush to play this again.

Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition successfully revives one of the most recognizable point-and-click adventure games of the 1990s, offering a thoughtful blend of nostalgia and modern convenience. Developed by MojoTouch in cooperation with Adventure Soft and published by MojoTouch, this enhanced edition respects the legacy of the original release while introducing a collection of quality-of-life improvements that make it easier for contemporary players to enjoy. Rather than dramatically altering the classic formula, the developers have focused on refining the experience without losing the humor, personality, and whimsical fantasy that helped establish the game's lasting reputation. The adventure begins when Simon, an ordinary teenager with a sarcastic sense of humor, stumbles into a magical realm after discovering a mysterious portal. Suddenly surrounded by witches, goblins, trolls, dragons, and eccentric spellcasters, he finds himself tasked with rescuing the wizard Calypso from the clutches of the evil sorcerer Sordid. The story constantly balances fantasy adventure with comedy, delivering witty dialogue, clever parodies of fairy tales, and memorable interactions with a…

The developers have somehow managed to create one of the few games that cannot run properly under any version of Proton on Linux. The game will run, but anything involving the main menu system, including saving and loading, is flakey at best. Most unfortunately, Steam gamepad mouse binding just can't be made to work either. If Valve ever get this one running smoothly, nothing is impossible.

A classic point and click with a very British sense of humor.