A short and rather old classic point and click adventure game with a few difficult puzzles set in a beautiful world.

Pros
+ Fun whimsical world
+ Easy classic gameplay

Cons
- Few frustrating puzzles

The Whispered World Special Edition is actually quite an old point & click adventure game that has been reworked and re-released with better details and various fixes that plagued the original game. Taking place within a strange whimsical storybook world, you follow the tale of Sadwick the sad clown and his pet caterpillar Spot on their adventure to save the world. It is actually a rather short game though becoming far more longer to finish due to having a lot of strange and difficult to figure out puzzles at times also having a very slow pace of movement and character dialogues.

Gameplay
Due to being a pretty old point & click, it uses the classic gameplay most of us are probably familiar with so new players will have no issue learning how to play as well.
A unique feature implemented is sometimes you wouldn't need to find and use an item to progress, instead relying on and figuring out the different forms Spot can take and using him like a permanent item you always have to solve puzzles.
Some puzzles require you to root around a little to find the solution and there are some that are just downright difficult to figure out.

Story
Now the story at first doesn't come off as anything unique or special following the trope of a nobody suddenly saddled with a quest to save the world, though it has an unexpected twist ending that changes the perception of the story as a whole. There are interesting little details happening here and there that allude to this but wouldn't be too obvious just strange at first.
Interestingly there is actually an alternate ending depending on your choice, fortunately they have made the decision conveniently at the end of the game making it easy for you to experience them both.

World
What's most interesting and special about the Whispered World is really the world that they have built and the presentation surrounding the story itself. Everything happening in the Whispered World, especially things in the background simply makes you wonder more about the world.
The hand drawn art and cartoon animations are beautifully done and benefited from the rework of the Special Edition.

Achievements are not the easiest to get as some require you to perfectly solve puzzles the first time.

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Amazing game