Lancelot's Hangover: The Quest for the Holy Booze

Quels excellents moments passés à découvrir et jouer à Lancelot's Hangover ! Oui le jeu a été réalisé par un seul développeur amateur dont c'est la première réalisation, mais des années de travail et de polish donnent un rendu digne des meilleurs œuvres indépendantes. Attention si vous aimez les P&C aux énigmes velues, cérébraux et sérieusement longs, passer votre chemin ! Lancelot's, c'est de l'humour très décalé, parfois bien trash (mais dans la limite du bon goût), un concept plus qu'une histoire et des énigmes qui ne vous donneront pas trop de fil à retordre mais vous permettront de profiter pleinement de la narration le temps d'une ou deux soirées. Vous pourriez avoir des soucis avec le curseur maison qui est un chouia peu intuitif, aussi n'hésitez pas à user de la barre d'espace pour afficher les hot-spots, l'intérêt du soft ne résidant pas dans la chasse aux objets. En effet Lancelot's est une ode aux P&C des 90's (moult easter eggs sont présents sans surcharge pondérale) mais nous autres vieux briscards de l'aventure nous n'avons malheureusement plus le temps de nous lancer dans de si Long Voyage, si bien que le court temps passer à rechercher le Graal reste une bonne chose. Vous retrouverez cependant le principe des trois quêtes à la LucasArt, un inventaire rempli d'objets plus farfelus les uns que les autres dont divers produits plus ou moins licites (avouez je viens d'attirer votre attention), un grimoire à "décoder" et pleins d'épreuves garanties sans OGM, gluten free, inclusives et promouvant les petits commerces ayant un faible impacte carbone et rien que pour ça, ça vaut le coup d'y jouer ;) Hâte de redécouvrir le jeu avec une très possible traduction française (un futur cadeau de noël de la part de baby Jésus ? ) et qui sait peut être un jour un autre volet des pérégrinations du chevalier le plus sexy du royaume d'Angleterre bien que The Quest for the hooly booze se dote une conclusion plus que satisfaisante.

This game is VERY funny and SUPER absurd in the best possible way! If you loved Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail back in the day, you will enjoy this one!

Lancelot's Hangover is an irreverent yet hilarious take on the Holy Grail legend. You play as the titular character as you wander around the land of France trying to find said Grail and fill it with booze for an epic party. On the way, you'll meet many...interesting characters and solve inane puzzles to your goal. This game is like if a Monty Python sketch was made into a point-and-click adventure game. Definitely not for the easily offended.

Medieval point’n’click built on no holds barred satire with unique art style and a whole lotta sexiness. What are you to do if you’re the hottest Knight of the Round Table? There are problems all over the kingdom, sure, but all this handsomeness and flair is really hard to contain in the pink speedos. Fine, I suppose the quest from God to find the Holy Grail, fill it with booze and throw the biggest party in England might be somewhat of a fitting task. Even if it was meant for someone else. Semantics. Plus, there are women with armpit hair and drugs all over the place – it just gets more promising by the second. Onwards and upwards then! “Lancelot’s Hangover” is Monty Python-esque mix of religious parody and political incorrectness. Going through Medieval England and France I stumbled upon stoners, crazies, nympho nuns, up-and-coming delusional rap duos and, mostly, everyone wanting to have sex with someone else. The narration is not laugh-out-loud funny, but it works within the context of the game, giving you more of an understanding smirk about witch-burning mob in the middle of therapy session. Paradoxical impropriety and parody of, well, virtually everything in the Dark Ages wouldn’t work for everyone, but for those who “gets” this kind of humor – it will be a delightful journey, as it is a rare kind of comedy to experience in gaming world. Puzzles are also a reasonably enjoyable journey, as they fit well into the world of Lancelot but hover on the easier side. The classic inventory/dialogue scheme of point’n’click staples is meant to guide through the events, but never stump the player for long. It’s feels like a pleasant supplement to the wild ride of the sexiest knight and not a centerpiece of the title. Some solutions will raise an eyebrow here and there, but it is mostly because of the brazen shamelessness and sheer audacity. I did start playing as a guy in pink underwear, so not much surprise here, I suppose. The look of the game is as unique as a horny leper (found in game) – it gives a feeling of someone making spoofs out of classic oil paintings with crayons. Wacky animations suit wacky characters. The ancient books-inspired introductions are full of scandalous actions depicted in a merry Medieval manner, and the text is written in wonderfully antique font. After all, the salacious acts gain just a little more class if presented on the aged scrolls with promisingly old-looking letters. The music also feels promisingly old and historically accurate. Just like everything in this game. The jolly Middle Ages-spirited tunes are mixed with techno-chill tracks that gently support the satirical narration-heavy story never asking for a top spot. The animated intermissions are presented by an appropriately British “storytelling” voice, but the rest of the dialogue is silent, save for the abundance of sound effects that titter on the edge between silly and apt. This is one of the rare indie titles where I’d wish for a full voice-over which would elevate the whole adventure on another level, but since the game was made by a single person (who is high on drugs 14 hours a day, according to Steam description) – I think the choice between silent and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ is obvious and always will be. Lancelot’s Hangover is a silly (with a generous dose of read-between-the-lines satire) point’n’click that could be finished within 3-4 hours. It doesn’t present much challenge in the puzzle department, but it was obviously not meant to do that. The core of the game is the lampoon of a story, full of caricatures and fueled by a specific type of comedy. While it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, it will still provide entertainment value to a general audience, and those who wouldn’t enjoy it probably saw it by the end of reading first few paragraphs. Just like those who would enjoy it greatly. In the end, risqué, drug-filled, and sex-driven Medieval adventure is quite a niche genre. I have no idea why.

A crazy game with a lot of more or less obscure references and surprises in the scenario :) It's clearly peculiar, but I really liked it! Bonus point for the end of the credits! Well done!

A little absurd funny game in style of Monty Python movies. Strange jokes, absurd facts used in strange situations, unexpected solution of peculiar situations. Yes, we get exactly what we expect from this kind of game. And the game is made with passion and I feel that developers put their hearts into in. Main hero with pink underwear and a pitcher of beer! Special applause to developers. It will take quite long time to remove that picture from my mind. I spent a really good time playing this game.

We are the Knights who say..... "Ni"! //"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

Most of the humor in Lancelot’s Hangover: The Quest for the Holy Booze didn’t really land for me. Some of the jokes felt like tired tropes while others just fell completely flat. The game’s puzzles felt pretty intuitive and nothing felt too difficult. Most of the time when I got stuck it was because I didn’t exhaust the necessary dialogue option in order to give an item or use an item in a certain way. During the final 1/4th of the game I encountered a bug where I got stuck in one of the rooms of the castle and couldn’t move. I ended up having to completely restart the game in order to complete it. Overall, this game wasn’t necessarily horrible but it’s a game that while playing I was ready to move on to something else.

As you might gather from the trailer, this is one of the weirder games you could play. Imagine a game made entirely from the animated bits from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with some extra twists. If you groan at juvenile humor, or hate short games (why though, short games = playing more games with the little time you have; can be fully completed in under three hours) perhaps skip this one; if you don't mind, then you're in for quite the ride. Definitely a steam sale recommend for the category "something different".

Late review here! It's a fun point & click adventure game with a surprisingly raunchy sense of humor. What's not to like?! Oddly, I had the most trouble right in the first sequence. The first few puzzles seemed more unclear to me than they probably should have. If you have the same experience, feel free to take a quick peek at a walkthrough just for that to get you back on track. But having gotten past the first area, you should quickly be used to the unusual "feel" of the game and things will likely be smooth sailing from there. Give it a try!