Recent reviews by Flap Jackson

This delirious operetta-farce is an eerily detailed and very funny work from the savant virtuoso of American indie video games; Wes Anderson. It is set in the fading grandeur of a preposterous luxury hotel in an equally preposterous pre-war central European country, the fictional Zubrowka. This kind of milieu – the hotel spa or sanatorium occupied by mysterious invalids, chancers or impoverished White Russians – was loved by Thomas Mann and Vladimir Nabokov, but the acknowledgements reveal that the developer has been specifically inspired by Stefan Zweig, developer of Beware of Pity and The Post Office Girl. In fact, the game's moustachioed star Ralph Fiennes does rather resemble Zweig.

This game is ultimately, for me at least, very dissapointing. It is stuffed full of DRM and the main story is not very compelling at all. While the ideas put down in the adverts are very inventive, the graphics are very badly optimized and the missions are equally as bland. In the end this game was extremely over-hyped... You can be your own judge on if you want it or not.

Personally, I love this game. The art style and narative come together with what is fundamentally very simple game play to create an immersive and highly enjoyable game. It may not be everyones cup of tea, but for £11 or so, it is worth getting, even if you find you don't like it.