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Broken Age should be a hard game to review. Unlike most games, Broken Age prioritizes story over gameplay – and while it’s a great story, full of twists and turns and Double Fine’s signature sense of humor, going into too much detail would spoil everything. If players already know what’s going to happen, then what’s the point?
There’s another complication, too: the first half of Broken Age came out over a year ago. The game started life as one of the first big Kickstarter successes, raising over eight times its initial funding goal, and when production ran behind, Double Fine decided to release the first half of the game to appease its fans.
Moe Long writes: "It probably doesn’t help that sites GOG and Steam are constantly hosting various sales. Whether it’s a seasonal Winter/Summer/Autumn/Spring sale, weekend discount, or daily deal, but here are the top five Kickstarter funded games to pick up during any sale."
Sumthing writes:
Celebrating the album releases of Broken Age, and the recent re-release of the score for Grim Fandango are a very BIG deal.
So much so, that back in May, I went in search of their composer: industry legend Peter McConnell. On a very bright and HOT day in June, Peter and I discussed the hidden blessings of crowd-funding, the echoes of space, the villain theme, Lucas Arts, and the beginnings of his work on Grim Fandango.
Serena Nelson writes: "And it was hard to narrow it down to just these and quite a few that didn't make it only missed it by a hair. For one reason or another, these ten have a certain something that makes it stand out amongst the crowd. In order to be considered the adventure game had to be fully released. This means that if it's an episodic game every episode needs to be playable."
I'm so happy this genre is seeing resurgence, my best gaming experiences have come from point click adventures, Monkey Islands, Goblins, Beneath a Steel Sky, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Fate of Atlantis, etc….. I loved playing through Grim Fandango again and we also have the remaster of Day of the Tentacle to look forward to.
Judging from the titles this article lists it seems I have some catching up to do as I've only played Broken Sword 5 and Broken Age.
