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I posted this in “What game have you finished” thread, but I think it deserves its own thread…

I have finished all games from Cloak & Dagger, a developer I strongly recommend as one of the best nowadays in my humble opinion. Their games are always well written with logical and fair puzzles. The list of games is:

-The Terrible Old Man: very short adaptation of a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. It really captures Lovecraft’s spirit from the original story. It’s free.

-A Date in the Park: another very short game, half an hour or so, set in a portuguese park with an ending you will never forget… It’s free.

-Mudlarks: their first long game, set in London using real pictures as background. A powerful story I couldn’t stop playing. If you forgive the awkward movement of the characters, you will enjoy a very good adventure game. It’s free.

-Football Game: short game (an hour or so), yet very enjoyable. It seems an simple story of a young football player, but owls are not what they seem…

-Legend of Hand: some kind of RPG-combat-adventure game which I didn’t think I would like at first, but I was very wrong. One of the best games I have played lately, with good sense of humour and very different from what we are used to. A quite long game.

-Sumatra: Fate of Yandi. With a touching and enviromental story, another must-play.

And now I am just waiting for their next game, Incantamentum, a mystery adventure game inspired by folk horror and English folklore. Coming soon!

Legend of Hand looks pretty cool! Is there combat, and if so, is it turn based or QFG style or…?

Baron_Blubba - 21 May 2022 12:31 PM

Legend of Hand looks pretty cool! Is there combat, and if so, is it turn based or QFG style or…?

There is combat, turn based, and even though I don’t like combats, I enjoyed myself. At the beginning you have some health points and some trained hits, and as long as you progress in the game, you can increse your health points and learn new hits, and some special movements.

notice taken!, they are all games I ve heard positive things about, but never tried any

I’ve played two of those - A Date In The Park & Mudlarks - and I can second Walas 74’s views on those two at least. Although the walking (shuffling?) in Mudlarks takes a bit of getting used to I actually wound up finding it quite endearing. And the ending of A Date In The Park really took me by surprise

I was pretty sure I owned Legend Of Hand and yes, on checking my Steam library, I do. The good news was, when I checked, I found I could buy a Cloak And Dagger bundle (A Date In The Park, Football Game, Sumatra: Fate Of Evil and The Terrible Old Man) for the grand sum of £3.94 - acknowledging that A Date In The Park is free anyway and I already own a copy . The only one not on Steam is Mudlarks.

The only reason I haven’t played Legend Of Hand is because of the combat plus I’m in the process of digitising my complete vinyl collection which leaves little time for games anyway.

Edited to add that, on checking my Steam receipt, I discovered that both A Date In The Park and The Terrible Old Man are collector’s editions so should be different/a bit longer than the original free versions. It’ll make it worthwhile replaying A Date In The Park to see what differences there might be.

Advie - 21 May 2022 02:41 PM

notice taken!, they are all games I ve heard positive things about, but never tried any

same here, thanks for the recommendation. Seems like they try some interesting things with adventure games.

Sumatra:  Fate of Yandi was awesome, I didn’t know they had so many other games. I might need to take a look at some of the others. Thanks for the recommendation.

Chrissie - Thanks for the links. Just a few extras then but well worth while paying such a small amount to support Cloak & Dagger. I never understood how they could do the two games that I played, A Date In The Park and Mudlarks, and give them away, particularly Mudlarks as that’s a full blown game.

Hadn’t heard about Incantamentum so thanks to those here who’ve mentioned it. As a fan of English Folk and Folk-Rock music to say nothing of English and Celtic mythology that is now on my Steam Wishlist

Origami - 23 May 2022 08:14 AM

Guys calma.

I read this thread and went on my way to buy the the cloak and dagger collection on steam(and it is on sale right now actually!). Watch the company start to thrive now.

Thanks for the recommendation.

You won’t regret!

Origami - 25 May 2022 08:34 AM

walas74 - 23 May 2022 10:39 AM

Origami - 23 May 2022 08:14 AM

Guys calma.

I read this thread and went on my way to buy the the cloak and dagger collection on steam(and it is on sale right now actually!). Watch the company start to thrive now.

Thanks for the recommendation.

You won’t regret!

What playing order do you recommend?

I guess I may play them chronologically to see the evolution, as they are not related:

-A Date in the Park
-Mudlarks
-Legend of Hand
-Football Game
-The Terrible Old Man:
-Sumatra: Fate of Yandi.