Now that the Broken Age is out, I feel like the 3 year wait for the Double Fine Adventure has been well worth the wait. I really liked the first act, but the second act is where it really gets good. There are some nice old school puzzles there (a lot of people don't like the wire puzzles, as they require you to use a paper and pen (or screengrabs) to keep track of things), but I personally loved them. I really like these type of puzzles, which is why I liked the book puzzles in The Dream Machine, or the gear puzzles in The Journey Down. If they're done right, these type of old puzzles still work well in adventure game design today, and I feel that all three games I've talked about (Broken Age included) have done these types of puzzles right.
Now, just to see the final episode of the Double Fine Adventure documentary, and this journey will truly be finished. I can't wait for that, as the documentary has always been brilliant, and even if Act 2 wasn't as good as it was, I still feel I would have gotten my money's worth just for the documentary alone.
Oh god, I think I won't be able to wait till tomorrow to play act 2. I already found Act 1 amazing, and if it's as good as you say, I'm probably going to love it
Now that the Broken Age is out, I feel like the 3 year wait for the Double Fine Adventure has been well worth the wait. I really liked the … morefirst act, but the second act is where it really gets good. There are some nice old school puzzles there (a lot of people don't like the wire puzzles, as they require you to use a paper and pen (or screengrabs) to keep track of things), but I personally loved them. I really like these type of puzzles, which is why I liked the book puzzles in The Dream Machine, or the gear puzzles in The Journey Down. If they're done right, these type of old puzzles still work well in adventure game design today, and I feel that all three games I've talked about (Broken Age included) have done these types of puzzles right.
Now, just to see the final episode of the Double Fine Adventure documentary, and this journey will truly be finished. I can't wait for that, as the documentary has always been brilliant, and even… [view original content]
I think the puzzles of Broken Age were fine but the story overall was quite lackluster compared to Grim Fandango. It just didn't have the same kind of memorable characters or interesting settings that the latter had.
The characters and settings definitely fit in with the rest of the games made by Double Fine though. And I'd say the story is just about as entertaining as, say, Full Throttle (which I love, which I love ).
But, yeah. It's really hard to top Grim Fandango. That's definitely Tim's magnum opus so far.
I think the puzzles of Broken Age were fine but the story overall was quite lackluster compared to Grim Fandango. It just didn't have the same kind of memorable characters or interesting settings that the latter had.
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Now that the Broken Age is out, I feel like the 3 year wait for the Double Fine Adventure has been well worth the wait. I really liked the first act, but the second act is where it really gets good. There are some nice old school puzzles there (a lot of people don't like the wire puzzles, as they require you to use a paper and pen (or screengrabs) to keep track of things), but I personally loved them. I really like these type of puzzles, which is why I liked the book puzzles in The Dream Machine, or the gear puzzles in The Journey Down. If they're done right, these type of old puzzles still work well in adventure game design today, and I feel that all three games I've talked about (Broken Age included) have done these types of puzzles right.
Now, just to see the final episode of the Double Fine Adventure documentary, and this journey will truly be finished. I can't wait for that, as the documentary has always been brilliant, and even if Act 2 wasn't as good as it was, I still feel I would have gotten my money's worth just for the documentary alone.
Oh god, I think I won't be able to wait till tomorrow to play act 2. I already found Act 1 amazing, and if it's as good as you say, I'm probably going to love it
I think the puzzles of Broken Age were fine but the story overall was quite lackluster compared to Grim Fandango. It just didn't have the same kind of memorable characters or interesting settings that the latter had.
The characters and settings definitely fit in with the rest of the games made by Double Fine though. And I'd say the story is just about as entertaining as, say, Full Throttle (which I love, which I love
).
But, yeah. It's really hard to top Grim Fandango. That's definitely Tim's magnum opus so far.