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Kazmodan · 03-27-2005, 03:03 PM

I played Cirque de Zale and thought that some of the "bad approach" might've been done on purpose because the whole game is pretty much a parody on adventure games and tries to "defy" and "expose" its flaws. So, I'm not sure if the "pimp puzzle" was done on purpose to be bad or not. However, I didn't like the game anyway for different reasons. A lot of stuff just wasn't funny. It seemed to try too hard to be a parody, so that pretty much every step was an attempt to ridicule some adventure game "flaws". I would definitely enjoy an occasional "expose the flaw" joke in a normal adventure game but when it's all it's built on, the game becomes boring. Some of the "jokes" just seemed extremely lame too, sorry to say. But hey, no one said it was easy to be funny or make a good game. No game is perfect, and I hope the designer's next one will be a bit less of a parody and more of an exciting adventure.

03-27-2005, 03:03 PM	#14
Kazmodan Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 71	I played Cirque de Zale and thought that some of the "bad approach" might've been done on purpose because the whole game is pretty much a parody on adventure games and tries to "defy" and "expose" its flaws. So, I'm not sure if the "pimp puzzle" was done on purpose to be bad or not. However, I didn't like the game anyway for different reasons. A lot of stuff just wasn't funny. It seemed to try too hard to be a parody, so that pretty much every step was an attempt to ridicule some adventure game "flaws". I would definitely enjoy an occasional "expose the flaw" joke in a normal adventure game but when it's all it's built on, the game becomes boring. Some of the "jokes" just seemed extremely lame too, sorry to say. But hey, no one said it was easy to be funny or make a good game. No game is perfect, and I hope the designer's next one will be a bit less of a parody and more of an exciting adventure.