The Journey Down: Chapter One

[GRIMÉ FANDANGO] On aime : - ambiance old school - énigmes plutôt agréables - humour plutôt réussi On regrette : - quelques énigmes un peu trop cachées - manque d'aide contextuelle - histoire et personnages assez étranges Conclusion : Un premier épisode qui a mangé la copie de Grim Fandango, mais qui réussit plutôt bien à reprendre l'ambiance de jadis. Ca donne envie de voir la suite pour voir s'ils arrivent à prolonger l'expérience. Par contre, le prix épisodique est un peu abusé pour un jeu de plus de 10 ans.

Great art, great story, great game.

-rep

A good game with likeable characters, unique with its slight african touch. I loved it, the puzzles are quite easy but its still a fun time to play this game

I still recall the original freeware game from 2010 or so, at the time it was a nice surprise to know it was getting a commercial remake. Of course the character design gets noticed first, with its inspiration from African wood sculptures and carvings, like puppets from a stop-motion production, on top of a lot of Afro-Caribbean elements, but after a while the noir atmosphere starts to get appreciated as well. The renewed graphics stay faithful to the original style while updating it in HD (some locations look like the same renders now in a higher resolution, which is not a bad thing). It's a bit inconsistent, as some backgrounds feel more tri-dimensional, while others more "painted" which causes the characters to stand out more, but in general it's pretty good to look at. The voice acting is especially great, with the biggest praise to the main characters. The only notable issue is the quality of the recording of some minor characters. I originally hoped the part remade from the original freeware release would be followed up by more within the same game but, even if it adds a few new locations and characters, this is by all means a remake of that, ending with the same cliffhanger. A short but good adventure, its potential would be fully expressed in the second chapter.

Ach, cloud save, chinese need. 成就，云存档，中文必要。 202401，steam，steam掉卡抵扣，daily indie game，indie gala，fanatical，hxxxx，t a o宝，支付宝红包，杉果，它处自定义包入的本体约6元。爱人如己，目前就这，看以后追评。兄弟萌，强烈建议不要第三方平台的小店买y u额，通过饰品等挂steam市场转的，高概率red信乃至封号，且行且珍惜。

Well, it's one of those point-and-clicks that tries to be funny. The puzzles are fine, but I couldn't get into the story at all. I hate the obnoxious protagonists, the humor, and the voice acting. And the Hitler character has a French accent...? The character design is... unique. It's a cool idea, but it's hard for me to appreciate it too much because I just hate the characters to begin with. The rest of the graphics are fine, except for the terribly ugly UI. Giant Times New Roman text plastered across the screen with just a faint outline and no drop shadow? Gross.