Ratings by FearlessAdventurer
Nine Noir Lives
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 6, 2024 | edit | delete
Dear Esther
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 27, 2024 | edit | delete
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 27, 2024 | edit | delete
Search, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 20, 2024 | edit | delete
Erica
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 20, 2024 | edit | delete
Nine Witches: Family Disruption
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 25, 2023 | edit | delete
Underwhelming
Lacking any sense for good storytelling and gameplay, it’s not remotely as witty and funny as the creator think it is; the constant fourthwall-breaking and dull jokes are getting annoying quickly, as well as some of the repetitive gameplay elements. The few “action”-scenes are ruined by subpar controls. I give it credit for nice graphics, some decent ideas like switching characters for different skills, and maybe about every third joke that remotely works.
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Time Played: 2-5 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Road 96
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 27, 2023 | edit | delete
Inspector Waffles
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 1, 2023 | edit | delete
A pleasant surprise
I must confess, I only got it because it was 50% off and didn’t expect much. It looked like one of the many games recently to jump on the noir and anthropomorphic characters bandwagon. But this charming little game definitely got heart and soul. An okay, and particularly entertainingly told, story, accompanied by a fitting soundtrack with catchy MIDI-ish sounds that could directly come out of an 80s/90s adventure game, also decent graphics. Just a bit short for the regular price, but if you see it for less than 10 bucks it’s an absolute no-brainer.
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Time Played: 2-5 hours
Difficulty: Easy
STASIS
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jul 31, 2023 | edit | delete
Dominique Pamplemousse in "It’s All Over Once the Fat Lady Sings!"
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jul 30, 2023 | edit | delete
Afterparty
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jul 27, 2023 | edit | delete
Strangeland
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jul 5, 2023 | edit | delete
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jul 5, 2023 | edit | delete
L.A. Noire
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 27, 2023 | edit | delete
Genesis Noir
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 26, 2023 | edit | delete
Minute of Islands
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 19, 2023 | edit | delete
Design and sound yay - gameplay and storytelling nay
I really wanted to like this game more. Great drawings, solid and fitting soundtrack, the setting got potential too. Alas, the lame, monotonous gameplay, consisting of simple platforming that feels and controls rather lethargic and a few easy puzzles, left me pretty bored. Also it’s told in a pseudo-melancholic/nostalgic tone that absolutely didn’t click with me, probably because you never get any chance to relate with the characters or story at all. It stays way too shallow; you start as a stranger in a strange world, meet a few strangers along the way, and leave as a stranger.
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Time Played: 2-5 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Omno
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 19, 2023 | edit | delete
A lovely minimalistic and surreal trip. Reminded me a lot of the Playstation classic Journey - not quite as impressive in the art style, but more interesting in terms of gameplay, since Omni got platforming and puzzle elements which bring in more challenges and variety.
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Time Played: 2-5 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
NORCO
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 15, 2023 | edit | delete
Primordia meets Steel Sky
An entertaining Visual Novel/Adventure/RPG mixture with fitting old school graphics in an fascinating dystopian world. Some extra weirdness added to set it apart from many of the vanilla sci-fi adventures out there, plus some occasionally thrown in humorous dialogues to spice it up further. Pretty unique on its own, but like said, Primordia and the Steel Sky games are the most comparable titles that spontaneously come to mind, also authors like Michael Swanwick.
The Visual Novel part predominates, so don’t expect many puzzles. There are under a dozen I’d say, but those puzzles and minigames offer some variety to a genre I usually find way too generic (Visual Novels). As for the RPG part; there are a couple of turn-based battles, but nothing overly challenging.
All in all a fun ride for about 7-8 hours. Looking forward to see more from the developer team in the future - maybe with a bit more gameplay.
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
Blackwell Epiphany, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 13, 2023 | edit | delete
Blackwell Deception, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 13, 2023 | edit | delete
Blackwell Convergence, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 13, 2023 | edit | delete
Blackwell Unbound
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 13, 2023 | edit | delete
Blackwell Legacy, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 13, 2023 | edit | delete
KAPIA
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 10, 2023 | edit | delete
Juggler's Tale, A
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 8, 2023 | edit | delete
Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 28, 2023 | edit | delete
Inner World: The Last Wind Monk, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 17, 2023 | edit | delete
Return to Monkey Island
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 14, 2023 | edit | delete
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 14, 2023 | edit | delete
Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 14, 2023 | edit | delete
Backbone
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 14, 2022 | edit | delete
Lacuna
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Sep 13, 2022 | edit | delete
ENCODYA
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Sep 13, 2022 | edit | delete
VirtuaVerse
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Sep 13, 2022 | edit | delete
Embracelet
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Sep 2, 2022 | edit | delete
Metaphobia
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 6, 2022 | edit | delete
ambitious freeware adventure
decent atmosphere, rich in locations, nice graphics, okay voice acting, and even some real puzzles. the writing is not always on par, but all in all it’s good fun for a couple of hours.
normally i’d give it a 3, but keeping in mind that it’s free and they’ve put in a lot of effort nonetheless…
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Time Played: 2-5 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
Life Is Strange: True Colors
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 30, 2022 | edit | delete
going through the motions
what a disappointment. the story is heavily driven by coincidences and cliches. not much to discover or decide here either. the pacing is weird; the main plot gets rattled off in a rather unenthusiastic way, also the relationship between the protagonist trio stays very superficial the whole time - on the other hand you waste almost a complete episode with the boy and a laughable easy LARP event.
last but not least; i don’t see how the price of a triple-a title is justified here. this is even the shortest game in the series so far. at least they could have included the bonus episode wavelengths as a free download, but no, you’d have to pay over 10 bucks for the deluxe upgrade on the playstation store.
more interesting and believable plot and character development for the next series, please. and a fair price, like the first two! also less linear again would be nice.
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Very Easy
Twin Mirror
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 13, 2022 | edit | delete
Shapeshifting Detective, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 12, 2022 | edit | delete
Beyond a Steel Sky
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 9, 2022 | edit | delete
well-made and modern sequel to an adventure game classic. some nice locations to explore in an interesting world with lots of potential. would have been nice to dive deeper into the world and its characters, some things felt a bit rushed, like just scratching the surface of a more complex world in the about 11 hours of playing time.
the hacking was a nice addition to the gameplay. i just wish there would have been more visible effects to all of the non story relevant hacks you can do, or at least achievements for it. locking up the poet in the VIP lounge was fun, though…
the game’s obviously optimized for consoles, so best controlled via gamepad. and it works well with one, aside from a very few occasions where it feels a bit clunky.
technically it’s okay. the graphics are solid but nothing extraordinary. and it’s relatively bug and glitch free (PS4 version 1.01) compared to other microids titles in recent years. i only had to reload a savegame once, early at the city gates, because i was stuck thanks to a glitch that didn’t let me enter a door i had to enter to continue.
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Time Played: 10-20 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 14, 2022 | edit | delete
Shady Part of Me
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 27, 2022 | edit | delete
Lamplight City
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 27, 2022 | edit | delete
Still Life 2
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 17, 2022 | edit | delete
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 16, 2022 | edit | delete
Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 10, 2022 | edit | delete
Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jan 30, 2022 | edit | delete
Draugen
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Dec 6, 2021 | edit | delete
Little Misfortune
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 15, 2021 | edit | delete
Unavowed
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 31, 2021 | edit | delete
Feeble Files, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 31, 2021 | edit | delete
Suicide of Rachel Foster, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 24, 2021 | edit | delete
Kona
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 23, 2021 | edit | delete
Fold Apart, A
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 23, 2021 | edit | delete
Lair of the Clockwork God
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 24, 2021 | edit | delete
surprisingly good
i was sceptical about the platforming first, but aside from having to try some parts a couple of times (respawning points are set fair), it was pretty smooth. very varied level design and gameplay, with some fun out of the box puzzles. just some weird bugs/glitches (not talking bout the intentional one) are annoying, had to restart the game on 2-3 occasions because of that.
as a point & click fan i must admit that i actually enjoyed it even a bit more than their point & click adventures (gamepad highly recommended though).
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
Last Campfire, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 8, 2021 | edit | delete
Detective Gallo
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 6, 2021 | edit | delete
Jenny LeClue – Detectivú
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jul 23, 2021 | edit | delete
What Remains of Edith Finch
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 22, 2021 | edit | delete
Evan's Remains
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 19, 2021 | edit | delete
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 8, 2021 | edit | delete
Testament of Sherlock Holmes, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 8, 2021 | edit | delete
Thimbleweed Park
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 7, 2021 | edit | delete
Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 3, 2021 | edit | delete
meh
aside from the decent graphics and characters i found this one underwhelming. boring story and gameplay, with a lot of unchallenging fetch quests. plus no voice acting, and it’s very short (about 3 hours). probably nice for younger players, though.
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Time Played: 2-5 hours
Difficulty: Very Easy
Dreamfall Chapters
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 3, 2021 | edit | delete
Life Is Strange 2
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jan 26, 2021 | edit | delete
Sexy Brutale, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jan 13, 2021 | edit | delete
Silence
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Dec 12, 2020 | edit | delete
Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 30, 2020 | edit | delete
2064: Read Only Memories
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 21, 2020 | edit | delete
Old Man's Journey
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 1, 2020 | edit | delete
Darkside Detective, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 29, 2020 | edit | delete
Paradigm
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Oct 13, 2020 | edit | delete
crazy shit
high production value, you can tell that there’s been a lot of effort and love put into this game. a lot of variety, craziness and love for details here. even a relatively long playing time for an adventure nowadays. only that the story and many of the characters didn’t 100% click with me keeps me away from a 5/5 rating.
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
Rainswept
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Sep 28, 2020 | edit | delete
Fran Bow
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 9, 2020 | edit | delete
Bear With Me: Episode Three
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 8, 2020 | edit | delete
Bear With Me: Episode Two
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 8, 2020 | edit | delete
Bear With Me: Episode One
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 8, 2020 | edit | delete
Whispers of a Machine
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jun 3, 2020 | edit | delete
Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 2, 2020 | edit | delete
first one was way better
the feel for what made the first barrow hill game a desolate, creepy experience got lost here. too bright, too fast paced, too many characters - just too much of everything.
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Just Right
>observer_
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 4, 2020 | edit | delete
Milkmaid of the Milky Way
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 25, 2020 | edit | delete
Virginia
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 16, 2020 | edit | delete
Last Day of June
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Mar 14, 2020 | edit | delete
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Feb 16, 2020 | edit | delete
needs polishing
very nice noire adventure. if it wasn’t for the horrid technical flaws (way too long loading times, graphic glitches, occasional input lags and stutters), i’d give it four stars. talking bout the PS4 version including the latest patch here, but i doubt that it’s significantly better on other platforms.
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jan 19, 2020 | edit | delete
Lion's Song, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jan 12, 2020 | edit | delete
Liar Princess and the Blind Prince, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Jan 1, 2020 | edit | delete
Until Dawn
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Dec 29, 2019 | edit | delete
Council, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Dec 6, 2019 | edit | delete
Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizza Boy, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 17, 2019 | edit | delete
Late Shift
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 12, 2019 | edit | delete
Bad Dream: Fever
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Nov 11, 2019 | edit | delete
Journey Down, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Sep 9, 2019 | edit | delete
Bad Dream: Coma
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 22, 2019 | edit | delete
Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Aug 11, 2019 | edit | delete
Forgotton Anne
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 22, 2019 | edit | delete
well, that was fun. i’d call it a story driven adventure, with a lot of platforming and a few puzzles. the controls (PS4 version) aren’t the most precise, that could be pretty frustrating, if the platforming parts were harder. nice anime style and good soundtrack. interesting and creative world, the story itself isn’t very surprising, but good enough to keep you playing, and some choices you make will alter the story a bit, so there’s some replay value too.
the length is okay. i honestly don’t know how the adventuregamers reviewer finished it in 6 hours. an average of 8-10 hours would be more realistic.
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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Little Acre, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 20, 2019 | edit | delete
lovely arts and animations, especially for a small indie title. characters, world and story have a lot of potential, but it feels a bit rushed and underdeveloped - hence the short playing time of under 3 hours.
all in all recommended. the console and PC versions are overpriced though, either get the android/ios version or wait for a sale.
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Time Played: 1-2 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Void, The
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on May 4, 2019 | edit | delete
Lorelai
Rating by FearlessAdventurer posted on Apr 28, 2019 | edit | delete
