Broken Age ‪™‬ 9+

Been a forever fan of the Monkey Island games, in comparison, this one doesn’t disappoint in terms of the graphics, plot, game controls design, length & difficulty of the puzzles. I love that this game teaches morals and virtues instead of emphasising the opposite - Really suitable for children and those who wants some clean fun without excessive violence & “dark” themes that most popular adventure games are these days.

A few Cons: 1) A few puzzles are way too tricky even in hindsight (totally subjective but to a point they completely killed the momentum and enjoyment at certain points) 2) LACK of humour -Or maybe being an adult the children humour just doesn’t strike a cord? I hardly laughed playing the game. 3) Dialogues- Way too many, tasteless & tedious to go through at times. 4) Ending- Really, that’s it?! Would be nice to see the after-story and not just some illustrations at credits. Feels like the designers just ran out of time.. In contrast with the amount of storytelling throughout the game. 5) Areas too time-consuming to walk through at times- would like more shortcuts e.g. map with hyperlinks.

If you lived the old point and click adventure games, this is a must-buy. The story, pace, artwork, puzzles and seamless cutscenes make for a great game.

There were a few points where the dialogue didn't quite flow correctly between scenes/puzzles but it didn't get in the way.

Highly recommended 👍

I’ve played through plenty, including the Lucas Arts and Sierra classics - even the great (and recent) Thimbleweed park - and this is among the best of them. There are plenty of puzzles between both acts (abstract logic, deduction & reasoning) - but don’t be put off by the ease of act 1, act 2 is much harder. Puzzles are always fair and never impossible - I only needed three subtle hints throughout the whole game.
Movement around is swift; it doesn’t feel like a walking simulator ala Grim Fandango.
I found the dialogue thoroughly entertaining and humorous (plenty of innuendo!)
Other reviewers have been put off by act 1’s locations being the same at the start of act 2, but I found the parallax refreshing and adding value to the story. Which (the story) by the way, had enough in there to hold my interest, although might not be as deep as some of the longer games (this took me about 10hrs to finish.)
Overall, great value if you’re after a new and well designed instalment in the adventure game genre.