Feria d'Arles

"Oh, hey, this is kinda ni- WHOA THAT'S IT?!" This game wanted itself to be longer. Witty writing, adorable animation, great music and a premise that could yield more than what the creators ended up constraining themselves to. I choose to see this not as a point and click adventure that is missing everything but the very first act, but as one of the most competent Flash games ever created.

Feria d'Arles is a delight. It's a super oldskool point-and-click adventure game for adventure game fans. You are thrown straight into the puzzling without much setup. The game is very short and very small - only about 5 locations - but that helps to ease the pain of what could be some typically absurd solutions. There's only so much stuff to try to use with other stuff, and although it's ridiculous in real life it all makes sense in slapstick point-and-click land. The main character is a cheery young tourist who wants to take part in a bullfight. Her nemesis is a hapless mayor and (eventually) the bull. The jokes come thick and fast, nothing drags out, and before long you're running from the law with a snazzy new haircut, the end. Great fun.

A cute and colorful PnC game made with Pixel graphics. It tells the story of a naive girl, Molly, whose dream is to become the bravest Matador, but without really knowing what being a Matador means. In this game, Molly explores the French city of Arles while trying to overcome the different obstacles that prevent her to participate in the local Matador tournament. The game is short but absolutely charming, filled with humor and references of all kinds and a very famous easter egg. It ends with an open ending so I hope we'll discover the next adventures of Molly in another episode. Press the Esc key to access the main options menu and save/load the game. Press the space key to show hot spots. Left-click to pick up something or talk to someone. Right-click to look at something. I found the inventory system very original. After clicking on molly's backpack on the top left corner of the screen, we actually see the opened backpack with each items organized in its different pockets. That was a well-thought idea. In all, that was a fun game to play despite being too short. I definitely recommend it to anyone who like old-school PnC games.

Feria d'Arles is a brilliant, charming, well-crafted adventure game filled with loads of little details which will keep you smiling right until the credits. You play as Molly, a little girl who wants to participate in a bullfighting competition. To get there, you'll have to solve inventory puzzles, talk to characters, and explore the vibrant, colourful world around you. This feels very much like a classic adventure game, and would sit very comfortably alongside Day of the Tentacle. The puzzles are spot on and the writing is terrific - this extends to loads of little details throughout the game, such as flyers and posters which often have little jokes on them. A thing I really like about this game is that the world feels kind, in a way that a lot of classic adventure game worlds felt. Every character is eccentric and willing to talk to you. Even the bad guys are so comical that there's never any real sense of threat. The music has a similarly nice quality to it, helping everything bounce and pop. The biggest negative (maybe the only negative) is that there isn't more of it. A 1-1.5 hour playtime is very short, and I immediately wished I could have stayed exploring this world just a little longer. It also struck me as somewhat odd that the story would hinge around bullfighting, which is such a cruel and distressing activity for me to even think about, when the game is so joyous. It's handled fine, there is no tonal change in the game, it's just a bit of an odd choice. Overall, I highly recommend this game, and I really hope to see more from Tom Simpson in the future.

It's an ok short game, took me 2 hours to finish without looking at a walkthrough. Unfortunately, it finishes very much in a cliffhanger, and there clearly won't be a sequel, so beware if you don't like lose ends. I would not have gotten it if that detail was mentioned on the page.

JOGO MT BOM E DIVERTIDO !!!! Porém tem os mesmos problemas que muitos outros point and click: o jogo não dá nenhuma ideia de onde usar os itens ou qualquer dica indireta de como progredir pelo que os personagens dizem. Uma hora a protagonista diz algo nas linhas de "o único lugar em que isso pertence é o lixo" se referindo à cenoura e eu genuinamente achei que eu teria que jogar ela no lixo. Dar dicas não é para deixar o jogo fácil, mas dar uma ideia de como a lógica do mundo funciona. Mas em geral me diverti com o jogo, adorei as artes e animações <3

Like a candy -- fun, sweet and short! Very nice way to spend an afternoon. Recommended to all fans of point-and-click adventures.