Jolly Rover

A cute adventure game with dogs, and pirates. It has the aesthetic of a classic LucasArts game.

[h1] AT A GLANCE [/h1] [list] [*][b] Game Name: [/b] Jolly Rover [*][b] Original Release: [/b] 2010-06-07 [*][b] Genre Tags: [/b] Adventure, Point & Click [*][b] Estimated Playtime (Campaign): [/b] 4-6 hours [*][b] 100% Achievements Playtime: [/b] 4-8 hours [*][b] DLC Required for 100% Achievements: [/b] N/A [*][b] Multiplayer Aspect: [/b] None [*][b] Replayability: [/b] Some [*][b] Recommended To: [/b] Achievement Hunters, Puzzle Story Lovers [/list] [h1] REVIEW [/h1] [b] Jolly Rover [/b] is a point & click, adventure game. [h3] STORY [/h3] A young, inexperienced Dachshund named Gaius James Rover is sailing across the seas to deliver a cargo of a brew made of rum spoiled by tobacco, (called Jolly Rover) to governor Guy DeSilver residing on Groggy Island, a small backwater and haven for pirates. His adventures continue through mishaps, humor, and puzzles. [h3] GAMEPLAY[/h3] The story is full of puns and humor which fits well to the genre. The game mechanics are your standard point and click controls. You will interact with items and backgrounds as well as watching dialogue in scenes to advance the story and complete the game. [h3] PLAYTIME [/h3] The game itself is fairly easy for adventure games as there is more hand holding then there was back in classic adventure game days, (1990’s). Play time is ~4-6 hours to complete the story and ~4-8 hours to get all achievements. You may have to play again if you miss any of the pieces of eight or crackers, which is possible as the story is linear and you don’t return to scenes in each playthrough. [h3] COMPLAINTS [/h3] There is nothing specific to complain about for this game. [h3] REPLAYABILITY [/h3] There is some replayability to this game much like most adventure games. There could be additional ways to solve puzzles, interactions you missed, or just reliving the story again. [h3] RECOMMENDATION [/h3] I recommend the game to anyone who loves classic 90’s adventure games or is an achievement hunter.

Me and my daughter loved the game.

This game is so awesome! The game play is fun, and the story line is great. I played this game throughout my childhood, and so it is a source of many fond memories for a now teenager. I think if you want to play on linux you have to use wine, which is a little bit harder, but still totally doable. I highly recommend it especially for younger children like me who were obsessed with pirates and adventure.

I can not recommend buying this at $10. It was pretty cute and not a bad point and click adventure, if you are into that sort of thing, but it wasn't super memorable.

Very old school point and click obvious tie in with the monkey Island series. Shows why there is both die hard to the old way and why it had to modernise. It was cute and fun story but very annoying quite regularly due to having to understand the logic behind the puzzles.

A fun little point'n'click. Clearly heavily inspired by Monkey Island, but that's no bad thing. One annoying technical quirk is an improper aspect ratio if playing full-screen on a modern 16:9 monitor. So your options are playing in a 800x600 window, or messing with your display settings. Other than that it ran perfectly on a modern Windows 11 system. Seasoned adventure game players are likely to find the puzzles a touch easy. I finished the game in around 4 hours without using the hint system. Some of the puzzles were similar to those found in Monkey Island and, weirdly, Loom, so that probably helped me along. But I never found the puzzles to be unsatisfying or wholly unoriginal. The story is a little cookie-cutter, but there are a few fun twists and turns. The main character is very likeable, honestly a rarity in comedic point'n'clicks. Good art and voice-acting. Overall, well worth dropping a few quid on. 👍