Broken Age

I picked this game up after suddenly remembering StampyLongHead/StampyLongNose playing it foreverrrrr ago. It's still a beautiful point n click adventure game with a fun story. Some of the puzzles can be confusing but I overall think it's worth a playthrough!

Let’s get the negatives, shall we? - The second half of the game is noticeably weaker than the first. Act 1 flows naturally with intuitive puzzles and strong pacing, but Act 2 suddenly becomes far more convoluted and occasionally frustrating. One particular puzzle took me way too long than necessary. - The pacing can drag whenever you get stuck. Since the game relies heavily on puzzle progression, one frustrating solution can completely stall the emotional momentum of the story. - The speedrun achievement. The meh: - Reusing environments in the second act hurts the sense of discovery a bit. Despite so, I think the game justifies and utilize the use of the reused environment. Since the second act's puzzle has some required knowledge for map navigation and we have been basically familiarized ourselves with them already. - While the initial side cast characters are strong, but there's a lack of SEEN resolution to them in. Now for the positives: - The presentation is absolutely gorgeous. The art style is handpainted and I couldn't ask for more. I like it. - The writing is neat, with a bit of stumble here and there but nothing too crazy. - Both protagonists Vella and Shay has their own pro and cons in term of characterization. But I like them enough as two unmet duos. - The voice acting is fantastic across the board. I guess that's to be expected cause I recognize some of the voices and they are from talented people but oh well, I was going in the game quite blind. - The soundtrack is beautiful and does a lot to sell both the whimsical and emotional sides of the story. The frustrating thing is that Act 1 is so strong that the flaws in Act 2 stand out even more. The first half feels effortless and magical, while the second half leans harder into puzzle adventure game frustration than it probably should have. If you enjoy narrative-driven adventure games and can tolerate a few obtuse puzzles, there’s a lot to love here. If I had to score it, I’d probably give it a solid 7.5 out of 10. It's not a complete package that I absolutely adored, and in comparison to some adventure games I already have played, I would have liked to see more. But overall, it's still a decent game for some decent playtime sunken in!

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Like watching a generic Disney cartoon except you're in charge of making the protagonist move. Probably a great time if you like that sort of thing. I don't like that sort of thing.

While this game was fun and quaint, I unfortunately can not recommend it due to Double Fine being part of Xbox Game Studios Mircosoft (the owners of Xbox) is currently giving aid and technology to murder Palestinians and apartheid Because of that, I can not recommend buying this game or anything other Double Fine game

For a Tim Schafer point-and-click adventure, this is just... fine. When you think of what defines Double Fine, Psychonauts comes to mind first and foremost, with its brilliant eccentricity and depth, followed to a lesser extent by the whimsical spirit of Broken Age. Tim Schafer's trademark flamboyant, effortlessly charming humor is there, but both the narrative structure and gameplay grow increasingly flimsy. It begins as a delightful experience, carried by its lovely visuals and sense of the bizarre, but ultimately becomes downright boring, leaving behind little more than an impression of shallowness.

Very Good Game! Characters and world are fun to explore. Puzzles can be difficult at times but overall really fun.

Очень интересная игра, я её избегал достаточно долгое время, но решил все таки пройти и игра меня поразила. Лёгкость и непредсказуемость сюжета вот что мне понравилось, ставлю класс и рекомендую её к прохождению.

It's a very cute game - similar like me(¬‿¬ ) Seriously Double Fine has made very unique games ever since. I like the art style here a lot. You can get a good game for a low price here, why not give it a try.

A point'n click where you play as both Shay and Vella. At first they seem to be living out their own story, but things come together later on. Graphics style is nice with hand drawn animation. The whole setting looks a bit childish at first but the story itself has a much darker tone. I liked the puzzles up to a certain point. As usual with these games, the further you go, the weirder it gets. But the real issue for me was that, at the end, there's a lot of going back and forth between screens and between the two characters, plus the need to redo certain multi-screen actions if you don't get it right. And if you can't connect the dots in your head for one of these later puzzles, it becomes trail and error with a lot of downtime. That said, I did like the game. Good story and interesting puzzles. Some good humor too. Just a bit annoying at the end.