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Ratings by debudding

Gemini Rue


Stars - 35

Rating by debudding posted on Feb 23, 2014 | edit | delete


Another Ridley Scott rip-off... albeit a nice one.


This game really does do amazing stuff with pixels. I was enthralled by the retro pixel art and the atmosphere the game created. The story moved along nicely but the game itself a bit too quickly. Puzzles were largely limited to one room where they often presented themselves too obviously and became more an exercise in clicking than lateral thinking. That is not to say I didn’t enjoy seeing the story unfold, just that the it happened in too shallow of a fashion.

The urban decay and dystopian feel are well presented and easily my favorite aspect of this game. However, I can’t help but feel that the game, ripping off Ridley Scott’s dystopian future from Blade Runner so overtly, undermined its self. Maybe I am being just too particular here, but this did effect has effected the rating for me.

Again, an enjoyable game and worth playing through just to see the clever use of graphics and to relive the Blade Runner feel it offers up so readily. But be warned Ridley Scott fans, it ain’t subtle!


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Time Played: 5-10 hours

Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?


Stars - 40

Rating by debudding posted on Feb 23, 2014 | edit | delete


Cult Appeal


I found this game very hard. The puzzles were often times tedious and an exercise in guessing what obscure solution to an issue the game designers had come up with, rather than problem solving it yourself out right. That said, the humor, voice actors, dialogue and cult appeal of this game lifts it above 3 stars for me. If you are a fan of the books, get a walkthrough to help deal with some of the odd puzzles and sit back an enjoy some hilarious hijynx with everyone’s favorite wizard who is, amazingly, voiced by the Monty Python legend Eric Idle! This is not to mention other notable voice performances from British comedy legends such as Nigel Planer from The Young Ones! Seriously, this is a game so caked in cult appeal and British humor that it simply must be played at least once… even with a massive dependency on a walkthrough.


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Time Played: Over 20 hours

Machinarium


Stars - 40

Rating by debudding posted on Feb 23, 2014 | edit | delete


Perfect atmosphere


This was an excellent game which excelled notably in its use of music and graphics to create an immersive and affecting atmosphere. Although not a massively in-depth adventure game, it still manages to deliver a lot within its modest gaming framework. The only things that really let it down were: A lack of any dialogue or in-depth interaction with other characters and sometimes you are requires to click things in a particular way to get them to work (notably an elevator lever which doesn’t work unless you tap it at the stem of the lever, a problem which left me spending hours trying to work out what I was missing when in fact I had it right, I was simply clicking the wrong part of a lever.) Also, at one point a glitch left me stranded on a puzzle for some time. However, the game provided a really enjoyable experience outside of these minor frustrations. A worthwhile play in my opinion which deserves a solid 4 stars on account of its outstanding atmosphere.


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Time Played: 10-20 hours
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