Bone: Out From Boneville

As this game is delisted, I feel as though recommending it is a bit futile. If you can get your hands on a copy, however, it's absolutely worth a play for fans of the book. It's a rather easy adventure game, for sure, but the way it replicates the style and charm of the book is fantatic. Little stylistic flourishes like the cartoon hearts that pop up around fone bone's head or the way they do the eyebrows are so good. In general, despite the dated graphics, the art design is fantastic. Almost all of the game's textures look as though they were illustrated with a pencil and watercolors. The iconic scene of Fone Bone looking down at the valley (used as the game's steam icon) is an absolute standout. The writing of course, is 90% the same as the book, which if you're aiming to adapt a specific story to a game is a wonderful decision. The original writing that's there though is also very good, very in character for everyone, and fits it's way into the story efforlessly. If you're in any way a fan of Bone, you should find a way to try this. I'll be playing it's followup next.

The best game of all time.

Bone: Out From Boneville is the first point n click adventure game from TellTale Games. While it is far from what TellTale would become during their golden age, this game did plant that seed. I also want to state that I am not familiar at all with the source material, other than knowing it is a comic from the 90s. The story is that you play (mainly) as Fone Bone, who together with your cousins Smiley and Phoney have been kicked out of Boneville for, a to the player, unknown reason. However you get separated as you're chased by locusts and end up in a valley. The rest of the game is essentially you trying to reunite the cousins, meeting various characters along the way! The gameplay is very simple point n click, reminding me a lot of Sam & Max Hit the Road where you interact with the environment with the pointer and use only dialogue when speaking to other characters. The puzzles are quite easy and the few "mini-game" sequences aren't too hard either (although if you are having issues with the chase sequences, you can skip those). It has a really good soundtrack, although the graphics might not fully hold up - it reminds me very much of Escape from Monkey Island - although a bit smoother! While I might not recommend this to just anyone, it's still an interesting title from a historical perspective and probably a must play for any Bone fans out there. Because honestly? It's not a bad game and I had a good time with it.

How this was made, I'll never understand. How I own it, I'll never understand. How I've played through it, I'll never understand. How I enjoyed it, I'll never understand. How the voices are what they are, I'll never understand. Now why I would have bought it at some point in the past? That I understand.

very good, I like.

Puzzles are too easy, story is boring.

Silly point and click game from 2005 and you can defiantly tell it is old. It has a couple of pretty tedious puzzles in the hour it takes to beat it. I didn't hate it, but it is also not great either. Works without any issues with Proton (7.0-4).