The Legend of Skye

"The Legend of Should Be Better"... and it could be with simple tweaks.... Ok so I play almost EVERY P&C because its my second favorite genre... I feel like its important to announce that I am not so never played a P&C person before I tell what frustrates me about this game... so when there is an issue it stands out and 4 things about this game REALLY frustrate me. I get that it its inspired by old Lucas arts and Scum games.... so the ancient method of choosing things that could simply be on the mouse wheel doesnt bother me...I am pretty sure this isn't ACTUALLY an old game if it is I missed the memo. But this is a game where the LITTLE things are driving me nuts and they must have been aware, an no the occasional moon logic is fine I expect as much. So let me get my 4 gripes out in the open. 1. MOUSE CURSOR SPEED and NO in game way to adjust it. Depending on your set up this may be fine but I have to whip my wrist several times on this one to get to the bottom and having to drag down to the bottom all the time is actually painful for me at the moment... with my recent rotator cuff tear... If I could have the mouse move at a better speed this would be fine but no there is NO way to change the sluggish mouse. You get no options for controls. 2. The mix and music is flat out IRRITATING and there isnt much you can do about it. Id say more but you all have ears. 3. It needs(could seriously use) voice acting. I dont care if this was ported into English make an effort FFS. It isnt always a deal breaker but we recently had had 3 "overwhelmingly positive" review point and clicks (granted they came after this) that all had fantastic voice acting... the Drifter -Kathy Rain2 - Foolish Mortals - To be fair this isnt a DEAL BREAKER its just my crappy opinion and some of favs like say Darkside Detective 1 & 2 also dont have any VA but it feels like its missing here and those game it just doesn't... not sure how to quantify that. Maybe its because in those games the presentation stays tiny and pixelated and here you have dialog trees where you see a huge character portrait? Or maybe I am just nitpicking... 4. The opportunities to be funny are squandered... ok that sounds dumb but hear me out. There where several times when I clearly did the wrong thing and excepted a funny quip ala Sam & Max or Monkey Island and I just got "I cant do that" responses.... it feel like no one even thought about how the wrong answers could be and SHOULD BE FUNNY.... there's a ton of missed opportunity in the writing which sucks cause I do think the stuff that IS here is pretty clever and fun. Ok so that's allot of negative talk and have to say it because I WANT to like this more its not a BAD P&C and I have played my fair share of dreadful ones... Its just a 7 out 10 and could be a 9 with a little more time in the oven... buy it on SALE but set a reasonable expectation.

Buena aventura gráfica, cortita y con buenos puzzles

A very explicit tribute to the first Monkey Island adventures. Fun and difficult. Recommended for nostalgic veterans like me.

The game is fine, I played much worse, though I did not really have a lot of fun either. The puzzles are sometimes quite obscure and the game does not really help you either: Often you get generic answers and no hints on how to progress. I felt reminded on Discworld's "That does not work". To also name some good things: graphics, animation and music are very nice if you like retro games! The writing and the characters are charming and the story flows nicely. Also, it does not include too many references to Lucas Art Games (which is unfortunately common in these kind of games), Did I regret playing the game? No. But it pales compared to better indie games in this genre.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Art: 10/10 Music: 10/10 Story fills me with so much joy and is enriching. Has a lot of creativity e.g., putting a modern DnD enthusiast shop in a medieval setting. Moon logic puzzles exist, don't be ashamed of looking at hints online, but try to solve them on your own. Most are fairly solvable with just a few moon logic. Totally recommend it.

Just about gets a recommend on balance, but this is a game that varies wildly in quality. First part of the game - very few complaints other than some dodgy translations at times. Old school point and click, obvious Monkey Island vibes, lovely. At about the two-thirds point things take a nosedive. Full on moon logic puzzles (the frog??) (the mouse???), pixel hunting cranked up to eleven, lots of walking and clicking for not much progress. The ending is a disaster.