It's tragic I have to do this, but I can't recommend this game for one simple reason: the ending is not only terrible, but it is abrupt and nonsensical.

Before the end, the game is slow to start (the intro really turned me off), but it gets progressively better and better, leading to some really brilliant Monkey Island moments.

There's bags of nostalgia, brilliant puzzles, fantastic dialogue and plenty of varied items and locations.

The art style wasn't really my thing at first, but it really grows on you, the animation however leaves a lot to be desired and in a lot of places feels cheap and lazy (I'm sure it wasn't, but it comes across that way).

Along the way you start to get the impression that the game was never finished. There are huge areas with nothing in them, and things that seem completely unfinished. There's glyphs on walls that you notice and comment on, but never come into the game (unless I just missed it?), items that seem like they should come in to play at a later time and never do, areas that seem like they should have a meaning later, but never do. It doesn't really take away from what IS there, but it starts to paint a picture of a game that was never properly finished.

All-in-all, I was a solid 8/10 before the last 10 minutes. But then - it's just... Awful.

I get what they were going for, and there's even a little easter-egg in the menu at the end that tries to explain their thinking behind the direction, but it didn't work on any level.

There are multiple endings, but they are basically all derived from the same abrupt, ridiculous scene at the end, and can all be played through by re-loading the very end and making slightly different choices. They are all very brief, boring, and in no way satisfying or fulfilling. I was couch-playing this with 3 other people, and all of us were completely shocked and in disbelief by how terribly shoehorned the ending was.

It's tragic. It shouldn't have happened. This game was going to be a strong recommendation, but I just can't.

I just can't.

It's tragic I have to do this, but I can't recommend this game for one simple reason: the ending is not only terrible, but it is abrupt and nonsensical. Before the end, the game is slow to start (the intro really turned me off), but it gets progressively better and better, leading to some really brilliant Monkey Island moments. There's bags of nostalgia, brilliant puzzles, fantastic dialogue and plenty of varied items and locations. The art style wasn't really my thing at first, but it really grows on you, the animation however leaves a lot to be desired and in a lot of places feels cheap and lazy (I'm sure it wasn't, but it comes across that way). Along the way you start to get the impression that the game was never finished. There are huge areas with nothing in them, and things that seem completely unfinished. There's glyphs on walls that you notice and comment on, but never come into the game (unless I just missed it?), items that seem like they should come in to play at a later time and never do, areas that seem like they should have a meaning later, but never do. It doesn't really take away from what IS there, but it starts to paint a picture of a game that was never properly finished. All-in-all, I was a solid 8/10 before the last 10 minutes. But then - it's just... Awful. I get what they were going for, and there's even a little easter-egg in the menu at the end that tries to explain their thinking behind the direction, but it didn't work on any level. There are multiple endings, but they are basically all derived from the same abrupt, ridiculous scene at the end, and can all be played through by re-loading the very end and making slightly different choices. They are all very brief, boring, and in no way satisfying or fulfilling. I was couch-playing this with 3 other people, and all of us were completely shocked and in disbelief by how terribly shoehorned the ending was. It's tragic. It shouldn't have happened. This game was going to be a strong recommendation, but I just can't. I just can't.