評論

• gamedeal user

  Dec 24, 2022

  I've not finished it yet, but I love it so far and it feels like it easily belongs in Wadjet Eye's publishing catalogue, and it's helping bridge the gap for me between The Excavation of Hobb's Barrow and Rosewater which is coming out soon. Wanted to really call out the animation: it is far beyond what you'd usually expect in an AGS game, and it has a lot of charm.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 25, 2022

  I've played a lot of Adventure games in my day. But this one here truly captures the spirit of old school 90's adventure titles. If you grew up a fan of games like Kings quest, Legend of Kyrandia, Torin's passage and such you'll feel right at home here.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2023

  The 25$ price tag probably scares a lot of people away from this title. However, while some games may be cheaper and offer an equivalent length of content, Owlsgard is a well-polished title where you can tell a lot of care and love went into every part: The animations, voice acting, music, visuals, characters, puzzles, and story. It was worth the price for me. Some things to note for newer players: - The puzzles can get tough, but they're not unreasonable. The story gripped me so I wanted to keep playing to see what happens, but this is a game where when you're stuck, sometimes it helps to take a break for a bit. Also, be sure to take notes! Write down areas and things you mean to investigate. - It has a few minor bugs here and there, mainly small visual ones. There's no major save corrupting bugs or anything like that that I've seen or heard of. - The story does get darker than images let on but it's nothing more intense than an 80's PG film. If you're curious about where the story goes, I would recommend avoiding spoilers regardless. I personally enjoyed the direction things went.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 28, 2022

  Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard is a great little hidden gem among point-and-click adventure games and exactly the kind of game I needed at the end of an overall pretty awful year 2022. That’s because this game is unapologetically escapist, with no meta-nonsense to get in the way (I'm looking at you, Ron Gilbert). More importantly, it’s a game that’s confident in its own identity. It doesn’t limit itself to constantly referencing adventure game classics – comparisons to Inherit the Earth are inevitable, but only due to the subject matter (hey, I never said I wouldn't reference the classics). Instead, Owlsgard tells an engaging adventure story with likeable characters in a wonderfully realized fictional world. Even better, this is a fully finished, self-contained story – so no worrying that the game will just stop halfway through, with promises of a sequel that’ll never materialize. As you can see from the screenshots, the videos and the demo, Owlsgard is also a game with amazing production values, even compared to non-indie titles. The cartoony pixel art style is spot-on, with special mentions going to the lavish animations which are used liberally throughout the game. The music, sound effects and full voice acting are also amazing, with only one or two voices in the German version feeling a little ‘flat’ compared to what the expressive art style and cartoony animations demand of them. The English voice cast is better in this regard, though I did come across some odd turns of phrase while playing the English translation for a bit – maybe that’s just me overreacting, though. When it comes to the puzzles in the game, I’m happy to say they fit exactly into my comfort zone as a casual adventure game player who grew up with the mainstream p&c adventure games of the nineties. Puzzles in Owlsgard are mostly of the ‘use-object-on-object’ school popularized by the likes of LucasArts and Sierra Entertainment, so don’t expect any complicated Myst-like logic puzzles. The main challenge here comes from paying attention, understanding the environments and sometimes thinking a bit outside the box. Admittedly, some of the puzzles might require thinking quite far outside the box, but we never get into cat hair moustache territory. The only bit of criticism I’ll have to throw at Owlsgard in terms of its puzzles is that I think your companion Gwen is maybe a bit under-utilized. She’s used mostly for story and flavour dialogue, so don’t expect her to play an active role in a majority of the game's puzzles the way Max was used in Sam & Max Hit the Road, for example. This doesn’t make the puzzles worse, it just feels like a tiny missed opportunity in an otherwise stellar indie point-and-click adventure game.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 18, 2023

  Parental Advisory: Don't play this with your little ones (like I did) because it looks oh so cute at the beginning... Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard is a fun point and click game with, well, changing of tone in later chapters. I had a good feeling of advancement, never felt stuck for too long. It's also nice how the game has reactions to many things that won't work, which I consider quite important if you don't just follow a guide. The only negative I have to say about the game is the voice acting, which I didn't like in the German version and which by a short glance doesn't seem to be much better in the English one. Luckily, the protagonist was fine for me. Maybe take a little look/listen on YouTube. And there were some little bugs, at least in the Linux version, but nothing spoiling the fun.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 24, 2022

  ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ 7/10 Cats recommend this game. Follow my curation for more interesting games and genres. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ☑️Reminiscent of the classic Sierra / Sam and max games. ☑️Alright voice actors (clearly re-used voices) ☑️The graphics are beautiful. ☑️The story is straight forward. ☑️No difficult controls. ❌Blatantly obscure puzzle "buttons" ❌English translation has a few German text making it hard to solve puzzles. You can read more in depth some of the game here: https://www.taptap.io/post/3898632 The game takes you to the kingdom of Velehill as Roebuck Finn is returning home from his adventures. He is horrified to find that his home has been destroyed and his parents have gone missing. He quickly starts to realize that things are not what they seem, finding out that more animals have been going missing as of lately, even in the larger and deeper parts of the forest. As you investigate, you discover that machines have invaded the land and are threatening to destroy your world. With the help of your companions and your undeniable wit you embark on a journey to Owlsgard and beyond to uncover an ancient mystery and save your world from the machines. Solve puzzles, interact, gain knowledge to help him and his friends figure it out.

  How is the game?

  A problem with old Sierra / Lucas arts games is with the way they were made. They didn't want their games to be too easy or too ridiculously hard for their players, but they still wanted the game to eat up as much of your time as possible so you wouldn't be beating them in a few hours rather than a few days or weeks. Since most people didn't have access to the internet, this was the norm. I don't think this type of game play is that fun anymore. This game also falls into the realm of obscurity and un-fun puzzle designs at times when the solution is literally right in front of your face for hour because you can't differentiate visual indents, etc. I am not saying this game is bad, but rather frustrating when you need to solve a puzzle that is so blatantly obvious, but the visuals you see on screen do not immediately lead you to the solution for the puzzle, until you finally click on it. Imagine looking at a brown boat, then on the boat is a slightly darker brown spot. That could be the solution to a puzzle and have you stumped for hours if you are not keen on clicking and exploring everything on the screen. There is a "Modern" mode. This basically grants you a more automated approach to the game. Puzzles will become way more obvious, flashing key aspects that should be investigated, etc. While still being fun to play with less mental work involved. I didn't actually find the "Classic" mode all that difficult, just a bit tedious at times. Example: You're pressing a button, but that button has another button that is shaded / indented in a way that makes it look like a part of the design and not a button at all. So you run around trying to solve the puzzle until you find your way back to this location and frustratingly finally end up clicking it, which solves the puzzle! Wow, amazing puzzle! I used so much of my brain for this puzzle! So much thinking when in reality it was just a visual puzzle that was deceiving my eyes. This can obviously be more of a personal bias than an actual problem, but it just pisses me off.

  Conclusion

  There isn't any combat, the game is more of a novel at times followed by minutes and sometimes hours of puzzle solving with repeating actions. The story is good, the characters are nice and the puzzles, while sometimes irritating and exhausting, feel okay enough to be moderate but not hard.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 26, 2022

  A fantastic little adventure, reminiscent of Lucasarts and Sierra classics, while still being accessible for newbies and experienced players of point-n-click adventures alike. The art was, of course, absolutely lovely throughout - props to the animations in particular, they add a lot to the game world. The soundtrack, too, was basically perfect - feeling like an 'enhanced' CD soundtrack for a Lucasarts game, complete with goofy animation matched little musical stings for in-game events. The writing, of course, is also quite good, with a fair few laughs to be had. Occasional grammatical errors show up throughout, but it doesn't detract from the game at all, in my experience. I'm not the best at reviews - all I can really say is that this was a very fun time, and I highly recommend picking it up when you can, if this kind of thing appeals to you!
• gamedeal user

  Jul 21, 2023

  Wonderful game!
• gamedeal user

  Jan 20, 2023

  This is a great game for those who like the point and click genre. The story is engaging, the writing is funny, the music and voice acting are spot on, the graphics are in a beautiful pixel art type of style. And the puzzles, oh, let me tell you about the puzzles... The puzzles were perfectly balanced in being tough, but fair. Many recent attempt at point and click games struggle with either A) Being so easy that you're basically playing a walking simulator or visual novel (the majority), or B) Being so abstract, that no one but the mind of the developers can solve them. This game struck the perfect balance, placing the solutions on the very edge of what's possible. Also, let's talk about length for a second... lots of newer adventure games out there may be fun and near perfect in their execution, but just don't have enough content, and hence, are done in an hour or two. While that can be enjoyable, it was nice to play a game that was just chocked full of content and puzzly goodness. I think this game took me 15-20 hours to complete, and would expect a range of 10-30 hours for most gamers who pick it up. That is a lot of gaming value for the modern point and click scene! My only quibbles are minor: despite playing in modern mode (wherein some needed items on the screen twinkle), I still had some trouble with pixel hunting, i.e., finding all the interactable items/hotspots on the screen. Also, the 9 verb system stalled me out on several puzzles where for example I tried "Use", but the necessary very might have been "Push" or "Pull". I do like the 9 verb interface, and maybe I'm too spoiled by other interfaces I've played, but I think some kind of "try another verb" type hint could be beneficial there. I found this game because I was longing for a really great adventure game, like the good old Monkey Island days, and had already beat RTMI. I was surprisingly refreshed to find a game that is not only like "the greats" but which I am sure will become one of the greats itself in time. (And a hat tip to Captain Disaster (@IndieGameNews1) on Twitter for his tweet regarding this gem.) So, if you're a point and click fan, and especially if you love LucasArts, now's the time to treat yourself- worth every penny!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 25, 2022

  I played for about two hours, but I can already say that this a great game, very polished. It really feels like a Sierra game with a Lucasarts interface, with a cute and intriguing world, a fun story, good puzzles, big maps to explore (and I love that). The only thing I’m not too fond of are the dialog which I found a bit long. Besides that, it’s awesome. I love the art style, the narration, the music and SFX. I advice you to pick the Modern Mode, even if, like me, you played a lot of P&C adventure games – it mostly makes some items more visible. I don’t think pixel-chasing is fun or fair, so it’s a nice addition. Overall, great game. I’ll update my review when I’m done! EDIT: I’m on chapter 3. I’m honestly very impressed. This is one of the best adventure games I played in years with Return to Monkey Island. I highly recommend it!