Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 8, 2016

  I was going into this game hoping that it wasn’t just going to be a “Hector” type game that swapped out all those sexual jokes for toilet humour and I am glad to say it wasn’t like that at all (sorry Hector lovers that game was so not for me). Although the first chapter has some toilet humour and did slightly dominate plot and gameplay as the game progresses it mostly evens out and becomes a surprisingly really good, well rounded game in gameplay, plot and even humour. It also is a good length (which is quite rare) especially if you are doing the achievements. The plot and story made it a good comic mystery adventure, usually in these type of games the story hasn’t been given much thought but here I really enjoyed it (if it doesn’t have a good or engaging story I get bored quickly.) Story was stronger in second half of game, as first half was mainly quest based. There was a good variety of gameplay, it had some arcade games, some puzzles, and even the inventory use wasn’t obscure but within the realms of logical use which is always good. I didn’t feel it was dialogue heavy, it was a really good balance and as there are no voiceovers you click through it fast anyway. Although there are no voiceovers there are sound effects. The dialogue scenes look like a visual novel, sometimes a comic strip but the other scenes that you explore just look normal. I love collectables and 3 in each scene were fun to find, they also are the hint system which I thought was good. I love second chances in Nancy Drew games and here there are deaths/screw-ups which was so much fun to try and find them all. After each chapter the main menu will show you if you have all the deaths for that chapter and in order, so you can redo a chapter if you miss any. These gave me so much enjoyment apart from anything else, along with some good achievements. If you aren’t interested in them, you don’t need to do them. From just my female prospective (only speaking for me) so many comic games seem to be aimed at the teen/early 20s male with just tons of sexual innuendo and that’s about it and I can’t wait to just finish and get the game over with. While the main character here is a young male and the toilet humour is probably going to resonate more with guys (though I think toilet humour is funny if it's not overdone) it does have a broad variety of humour although it will be the toilet humour that you will remember as it is 'ew' in places. I didn’t think it got in the way of a good story, it seemed the right amount and if there was one joke I rolled my eyes with, I could easily look past it. So I feel it’s a game that females can really enjoy as well and not just put up with some stuff (depending on your type of humour.) Cons – Only has 5 manual save game slots and an auto save slot. I love loads of manual slots so if I miss any achievements (which I have) it minimizes replay time. -Cookie collectables were mostly pixel hunting. I don’t want them to be easy but there are loads of different ways to make collectables varied but also quite hard to find. So if you don’t mind some toilet/gross humour or can look past it for a good, fun game then I do recommend it.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 22, 2016

  - Re "cynical": I still don't know why the subttile. The only thing I could think of is the developers being cynical about their own view of adventure games. - I think, having played those really old adventure games like Space Quest and Monkey Island and so on that adventures need to have humour. This game does not. - All characters are equally unlikable and as cliché as characters can be (sexist dude, dumb blonde, spoiled brat, dirty arab merchant, etc). Perhaps that counts as humour in France. It would certainly explain some things. - The characters are also ugly. Which is strange considering the background graphics look fine. - It's not a real adventure as in your character walks around on screen doing things. It's more a point-and-click puzzle type game with static NPCs from a FP perspective. - A lot of NPC deaths. Again, death isn't really that funny. Nor was it in most cases needed to drive the story forwards. + There were some minigames that were all right. Not too easy, not too hard. + Scenery graphics were okay.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 22, 2016

  Very much a mixed bag for me. Pros: - Nice graphics - Good production (meaning i didn't encounter typos or bugs) - Fun puzzles, challenging but not frustrating or ridiculously counter-intuitive. - Good length Cons: - Seemed to drag on towards the middle for me. (after the first flight) - Odd pacing/execution at some points. ie: [spoiler] hey rando neighbor i just suddenly found out the protag actually cares about let's go to another continent with your daughter and later let's go to Germany for five seconds[/spoiler] - Humor seemed kind of contrived. I don't think it's a matter of it being toilet humor, it's just that the jokes are...too easy. It's the opposite of witty & unexpected, yet often still manages to seem out-of-place. examples: [spoiler] Jokes about the protag eating things off the floor or other unusual places, jokes about farting and poop (obviously), jokes about the protag being into kinky sex or cross-dressing, jokes about the protags potential love interest not being able to cook, etc.,[/spoiler] it's the cringey kind of humor you'd find in a lot of current American comedy films that, to me, seems desperate for a laugh. - I might get criticized myself for even saying this, especially amongst a gaming community that these days seems to want to sweep social issues under the rug, but I'll take the chance because it's still a point that needs to be criticized regardless; there is a hell of a lot of anti-Arab racism in this game. You could also possibly extend it to implied Islamophobia and western elitism as well. [spoiler]So the game takes you to a fake country in the MENA (middle-east/north africa) region. I'm not sure if this is stated outright but it's heavily implied seeing as it's terrain is dry and sandy and the people who live there wear cloth covering their hair (and other garb) similar to the kind seen amongst sikhs, muslims, etc. The game pokes fun at the people speaking bad english, their "brutal" culture and tendency to senselessly murder, and at the underdeveloped state of the country (like it having no water, the shopkeepers selling useless junk and trying to rip you off, only having one hotel/bar/museum, etc). I feel like the devs had an inkling of this being racist because despite all of the aforementioned things pointing to MENA stereotypes, they decided to make the people's skin white, as though they knew making the characters brown (in contrast to the lily-white characters they made live in france) and then going on about their poor crappy country was obviously racist.[/spoiler] Anyway, the game comes out pretty middle-of-the-road for me. I wouldn't recommend it for anything over $5.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 12, 2017

  Demitrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure is proof that point-and-click adventures can still be fun. Fans of the Monkey Island, King's Quest, Roger Wilco, and Sam & Max series will find a welcome trove of puzzles and sarcasm embedded in farcical narrative that might even make you laugh out loud. The mechanics show tremendous improvement over 90's era games in the genre, such that intuition is usually enough to explore each handcrafted scene. Navigation through the world is instantaneous, omitting the back-and-forth slog sometimes found in such games, with six chapters of story providing about the right length. The in-game hint system gives a balanced approach toward easing the difficulty while keeping the player from heading straight for a walkthrough. I appreciated that many of the puzzles provided a genuine challenge or at least required more than a casual glance. I played with maximum toilet humor enabled, which suffice it to say was still rather tame compared to, say, the "South Park" series. The whimsical plot and cast of incompatible and flawed characters reminded me of the film "The Big Lebowski" in its irreverent style, which is really the only way to make a game like this. Demitrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure is one of my favorite modern games in the point-and-click adventure genre. I'll certainly look forward to any others like it by this developer.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 16, 2017

  Works flawlessly on Ubuntu Linux. Point and click adventure game, in the spirit of Sam and Max. Some very funny and surprising moments. So far, nothing too crass about the toilet humor. Not too difficult puzzles. Wholeheartly recommended. Update: just finished chapter two, and feeling this is the best point and click that I have ever played... really connect with this humor, the clue system is awesome, and the story is actually interesting! Two thumbs way up. Update: just finished the game... very funny and interesting all the way to the lengthy end... uncommon for point-and-click games... really appreciated this game! lot of content and humor.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 25, 2018

  A mostly straight-forward point-and-click with a few out-of-the-box puzzles. There are many things to click on, maybe too many. In the end, though, that is probably why I spent so much time here. Overall, it is a mediocre game, but I enjoyed my time with it. [h1]System Info & Performance Report[/h1] [table] [tr] [td]Operating System[/td] [td]Ubuntu Linux 18.04 x64[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]CPU[/td] [td]Ryzen 5 1500x[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]GPU[/td] [td]GTX 1050, nvidia-410.78[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Game Saves[/td] [td]Automatically, plus 5 manual slots[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Notes[/td] [td]The deaths/game overs really made the whole game more enjoyable[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Technical Notes[/td] [td]No problems[/td] [/tr] [/table]
• gamedeal user

  Aug 27, 2019

  Got to second chapter and couldn't bring myself to keep playing. The art is lazy and ugly as is the dialogue and cheap toilet humour. Sexist and gross characters - just a really unlikable game that gives off a heavy incel vibe.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 27, 2019

  Edgelord point & click adventure. Funny enough in the beginning, though the characters are ugly and annoying, but the stereotypes, sexism and thinly veiled racism really got too much for me. Seriously, people are outraged at the fart noises but not at [i]that[/i] stuff? I didn't even decide to stop playing because I was "offended", I just took a break almost two years ago and could never be bothered to come back to it. That probably says something about how interesting it was, too. If you want a fun and exciting classic point & click with a bold main character from 2016, go play Kathy Rain. If you still want some gender stereotypes but aren't a complete asshat, play Machinarium (save your kidnapped girlfriend). And if you'd like more chill and story-driven games, check out [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35872486/]Peaceful Adventures and Stories[/url]!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 11, 2020

  Honestly I did not expect much when I started to play this point n click adventure game. Gladly I can say that I ended up enjoying this game so much, that I actually re-played to find all cookies and unlock all game endings and achievements. Yes there is toilet humor and quite a lot of it. But for me it did not get in the way of following the story , and it made me actually giggle quite often. Ow and if you do not like the toilet humor, you can minimize the amount or just turn it off fully at the start of the game. Demetrios is just a fun and relaxing game to play. Nothing hard, nothing complicated, nice story. Definitely recommended. The mini games (there are quite a few) can be re-played from the EXTRA tab in the menu. NB. my game hours are more then actually played. Fully completing the game (+ achievement replay) takes about 20 hours of play time. Improvement points: - The menu is lacking the option to replay a chapter. So if you do not save each chapter , you have to start over from the beginning. I just needed something from Chapter 6 (!) and had to replay the whole game to get it! - Auto-text option is missing. Way too much clicking! First play through it was already much, but then I took my time reading. The second time was just to get the last stuff collected etc, so the text was not important to read. Also there was no option to skip the whole dialogue,
• gamedeal user

  Dec 31, 2020

  If you like lame toilet humor or you are 13yo and giggle every time you see something dick or tits shaped you'll definitely like this game.