Psychonauts and Grim Fandango are two of my favorite games and Broken Age does not disappoint. The level of writing is like stepping into a warm bath of nostalgia. I immediately clicked with all the themes in this game and fell in love. Tim is such a gem to have in the game's industry, he really is. That kind of wit and insight is certainly atypical for a game and utterly refreshing to be a part of.
currently playing as Vella. Really enjoying the point and click gameplay. Beautiful graphics, great voice acting, really funny dialogues and challenging puzzles. Love this game.
xDchannel12345 Nope I haven't. Doesn't make my comment less legit. The video game industry is as corporate as any other and the more time passes, the less we get games that strive to innovate and showcase true art. So it's nice to see games like this still coming out.
***** I know we always got great games, but we don't get him as often anymore. I'm not going to argue about this, I'm a gamer so if those type of great games keep coming, I'm happy.
KalvinEllis Oh, you are sooo wrong, as time passes videogames evolve and they become more and more advanced as an art form. You clearly stick to AAA games and don't try indie videogames, in that area in where art flows like a river.
xDchannel12345 You can think what you will about me, I don't consider myself a shallow gamer or "casual" or whatever people call it. I do consider this industry to be an art form, it has just jaded me over the years. I have no desire to argue about this either way. If you play video games that you consider to be art, good for you. I like that there's people out there who are actually happy to be gamers, in stead of just some bitching assholes who wonder how to tear apart the industry every chance they get.
This reviewer sounds like he's trying to impress his high school English teacher with "unique" adjectives instead of talking like an actual person, but it gets the point across. Broken Age is amazing. Even the wife likes it.
This game was sooo awesome! I highly recommend it based on the story alone! I was dumbstruck at the game's twist in the end and I NEED act 2 now!! I can't wait 'til the end of the year!
If you mean "People didn't get thier lofty expectations when the kicksterted" sure some of them have been frauds. If you mean "Not delivering what was promised." then there were very fiew of them..
My first playthrough clocked in at just over 2 and a half hours. Not trying to show off, obviously a lot of people have done it much quicker than that probably, but just to prepare people who do not own it, that this is a rather short game. It is an absolutely AMAZING experience though, and I am so excited to play part 2 of this journey! Double Fine is one of the most interesting developers out there, I think :-)
PLEASE PPL READ THIS BEFORE BUY!!! I really don't know if i should be angry or laughing with this whole fiasco. It's not that is badly produced the writing is done professionally with proper editing and formatting, the story flow is correct and the audio-visuals are indeed solid work ( whether someone likes them or not is personal taste). Overall it is good for what it is( whatever that abomination is) but the problem here is it is not what they claimed it would be and that is an adventure game. This IS NOT AN ADVENTURE GAME. There is almost not gameplay in it.There are only a handful of simple puzzles (use spoon with bowl WTF!!!!!) limited exploration, limited interaction (couple of hotspots per location and only 2 actions walk and a general braindead do all- yup not even examine) and well that's it. Broken age is a short casual interactive movie (heavy emphasis on dialogue/story, poor gameplay) designed for tablets/handhelds ( tablet friendly user interface damps gameplay even more) and aimed at a younger audience (overal simplicity/story-writing style ), and it would have been fine if their kickstarter was about something like that. Instead they lied about making an old-school lucasarts style adventure game for the pc. Given the (almost) final outcome (this isn't even the whole game and nobody knows when the rest is coming) and the whole budget drama ( in short they asked for about 400k and got around 3.4 mill, claimed to have ran out cash, got more money from other sources, amount unknown, launched suspicious second kickstarter for about another 800k-1mill, chopped game in 2 parts) i can safely say that broken age is a cult classic in the same league with limbo of the lost. I mean even the shitty art direction( personal opinion), which they claimed was only temporary placeholder art when the first screenshots came out a year and a half ago,cries with agony "3.5+ mill dollars and I look like that? why? I thought i was going to look like a lucasarts adventure game..."
About time someone made a decent point & click adventure game getting this & broken sword 5 when it comes out on Android :) still play the old school point & click adventure games still lol
"...powerful themes like loneliness, sacrifice and what it takes to really grow up." im sold on those themes, but as a point and click adventure, no thanks. Give this theme to Naughty Dog and we might be able to get a real game, the complete package with story AND challenging gameplay.
Point click is part of the history of video games. To deny it a place in modern day gaming because it seems like it lacks game play is wrong in my opinion.
I don't deny it. That kind of game is just not what I would spend a lot of time playing. I think it's great that interactive story books are still well received by consumers. More variety equals more gamers in the future.
I love being able to read through these comments and immediately spotting the bronies. You do realize this was Tim Schafer's dream from the start? And it seems as though he delivered
When they review games they don't rate it on what the overall public would give it they rate it how THEY think it should be scored. That's why you see different scores from different reviewers. On that note review scores are pointless and irrelevant in actually determining if you will like a game. Just listen to the pros and cons each reviewer has and see if they bother you or not. If you like adventure games then who cares what scores someone else gave it, this game sounds like its a must play if you do. I think review scores are only there to provide some sort of vague rating system to some what give order to the many games that come out each year. Also so the developers can put a number on their box.
For what it is, it's near perfect. If you like adventure games you should definitely play it, it's nothing revolutionary, but it's solid and has a great sense of humor.
Incredible game and piece of art. Better story, characters and imagination than any movie since spirited away. I can't say enough about it and I am very hard to impress when it comes to games and film. More immersive than any fps or rpg. This game is a masterpiece and transcends gaming. Several years from now they will look back at idiots like gamespot giving this game a 7 and laugh because this one will be remembered for the ages. Also this game shows that 2d art still has a big place in gaming, 3d still can not create something this imaginative, this creative and charming. This game will not be truly appreciated by the COD generation, there will not be many more games like this afterwards because money talks and the 1000th generic fps will make more money than this and thats truly sad imo. Thank you Tim Shafer for inspiring my imagination and making me remember how it feels to be young again.
It's mega not-terrible. That's as much as I can say. I can't concur with the praise here. I haven't played it, but seen a lot of it, and normally you can see it if it's "hilarious" and super-charmful and the finest I've seen in videogames and all these things, or just, yes, well, we let it pass. I can't see any of what is said. It's like he's seen a ghost of a game that nobody else has. It's pretty ordinary by any measure. But it certainly is not terrible.
I am more than disappointed with this game. I feel like IGN overhyped this game a lot. I had to quit after the first 10 minutes because it wasn't something for my taste at all. I expected it to be as intriguing as the Telltale's The Walking Dead games. I feel stupid for buying it on limited run. Anyone wants my mint copy, let me know.
Despite crowd funding campaigns occurring more frequently these days, still, nobody knows how money is spent on productions. 3.3million is what this game had cost to make.
What?? No 'look' or 'touch' or 'eat' action menu? Pfff... Indie developers from AGS scene have long had Tim Schafer's ass handed to him, sans 3 Million dollars which went straight into something REALLY cool and game-defining, like ... Elijah Wood. Oh, and big thanks for Psychonauts 2, double fine.
This isn't exactly fair, for one the guy clearly states that he gets nostalgic feels from playing it and is already a big fan of adventure games, the game will automatically get an 8 for it being fucking decent by putting this guy in charge of its review.
almost one of the most wonderful games iv'e encountered........ too bad the ending wasn't up to par. it left a bad taste in my mouth. it's a sweet game, but not one fit for replaying over and over.
Every episodic game I see now I will always compare to the walking dead. After watching this review, I'd really like to play this game. However, I have a feeling that I will say the walking dead is better. It's only episode one though so it might turn our to better.
I just have a feeling that the game won't be as good as telltale's . I'm not saying the game will be bad or anything.Besides, is it unfair comparing the game to probably the best episodic game ever? And the reason why I made such a comparison is because of its episodic format. Nothing more, nothing less.
Vic Rays I backed the project bud. Didn't google I played it. People on google say 3 hours, but I beat it in 2 and a half. And one of my friends took about 4 and a half. So I just guessed on average it should take 3-4;
I needed 3.5 hours to complete the game, but I was stuck on roughly 3 problems. It took me like half an hour to solve them. So with enough thinking and so forth it should be 3 hours. If you know everything (meaning second play through) and run through everythingI would estimate something like 1.5 or 2 hours
Totally not a 9.5. Love the game - it's a beautiful game, great story, good voice acting, great design.. Mediocre gamelay. There are no real "puzzles." At all. It's more "Find X so you can do Y and advance the story." (read: way too easy.) I hate to say this, but it really doesn't seem to be marketed to the people who backed it.. It's nothing like any of the Point-And-Clicks of yester-year. It seems to have been designed as a compromise between the mass-market and old fans. The whole game is controlled with 1 MOUSE BUTTON :). There is no "Look" or "Pick up" or "Push/Pull." (*cough-cough* made for tablets *cough-cough*) With that said, I would still definitely recommend this game.. but let's not pretend it's something it's not.
People stop supporting this type of games. Recently we're getting so many games with endings that don't satisfy you, you don't feel like you completed the game, it's horrible, forces you to buy the expansion
Jason Schwerkolt bah who cares about the score. watch the video again and cut out the score. that's the real review, then decide whether or not this game is worth a damn
Psychonauts and Grim Fandango are two of my favorite games and Broken Age does not disappoint. The level of writing is like stepping into a warm bath of nostalgia. I immediately clicked with all the themes in this game and fell in love. Tim is such a gem to have in the game's industry, he really is. That kind of wit and insight is certainly atypical for a game and utterly refreshing to be a part of.
Nice, pretty rare to see games with a black lead character that isnt a stereotype.
Damn that 9.5/10 used to mean so much 4-5 years ago. Now it feels like an 7. Which is not a bad score
currently playing as Vella. Really enjoying the point and click gameplay. Beautiful graphics, great voice acting, really funny dialogues and challenging puzzles. Love this game.
Nice to see games can still be art.
You clearly didn't play Journey.
xDchannel12345
Nope I haven't. Doesn't make my comment less legit. The video game industry is as corporate as any other and the more time passes, the less we get games that strive to innovate and showcase true art. So it's nice to see games like this still coming out.
***** I know we always got great games, but we don't get him as often anymore. I'm not going to argue about this, I'm a gamer so if those type of great games keep coming, I'm happy.
KalvinEllis Oh, you are sooo wrong, as time passes videogames evolve and they become more and more advanced as an art form. You clearly stick to AAA games and don't try indie videogames, in that area in where art flows like a river.
xDchannel12345
You can think what you will about me, I don't consider myself a shallow gamer or "casual" or whatever people call it. I do consider this industry to be an art form, it has just jaded me over the years. I have no desire to argue about this either way. If you play video games that you consider to be art, good for you. I like that there's people out there who are actually happy to be gamers, in stead of just some bitching assholes who wonder how to tear apart the industry every chance they get.
This reviewer sounds like he's trying to impress his high school English teacher with "unique" adjectives instead of talking like an actual person, but it gets the point across. Broken Age is amazing. Even the wife likes it.
This game was sooo awesome! I highly recommend it based on the story alone! I was dumbstruck at the game's twist in the end and I NEED act 2 now!! I can't wait 'til the end of the year!
9.5? That is a lot. People said kickstarter projects are fraud but 2 games released and both are great.
Yes, I know but this month two of them released. I referred to that.
If you mean "People didn't get thier lofty expectations when the kicksterted" sure some of them have been frauds. If you mean "Not delivering what was promised." then there were very fiew of them..
My first playthrough clocked in at just over 2 and a half hours. Not trying to show off, obviously a lot of people have done it much quicker than that probably, but just to prepare people who do not own it, that this is a rather short game. It is an absolutely AMAZING experience though, and I am so excited to play part 2 of this journey! Double Fine is one of the most interesting developers out there, I think :-)
PLEASE PPL READ THIS BEFORE BUY!!!
I really don't know if i should be angry or laughing with this whole fiasco. It's not that is badly produced the writing is done professionally with proper editing and formatting, the story flow is correct and the audio-visuals are indeed solid work ( whether someone likes them or not is personal taste). Overall it is good for what it is( whatever that abomination is) but the problem here is it is not what they claimed it would be and that is an adventure game. This IS NOT AN ADVENTURE GAME. There is almost not gameplay in it.There are only a handful of simple puzzles (use spoon with bowl WTF!!!!!) limited exploration, limited interaction (couple of hotspots per location and only 2 actions walk and a general braindead do all- yup not even examine) and well that's it. Broken age is a short casual interactive movie (heavy emphasis on dialogue/story, poor gameplay) designed for tablets/handhelds ( tablet friendly user interface damps gameplay even more) and aimed at a younger audience (overal simplicity/story-writing style ), and it would have been fine if their kickstarter was about something like that. Instead they lied about making an old-school lucasarts style adventure game for the pc. Given the (almost) final outcome (this isn't even the whole game and nobody knows when the rest is coming) and the whole budget drama ( in short they asked for about 400k and got around 3.4 mill, claimed to have ran out cash, got more money from other sources, amount unknown, launched suspicious second kickstarter for about another 800k-1mill, chopped game in 2 parts) i can safely say that broken age is a cult classic in the same league with limbo of the lost. I mean even the shitty art direction( personal opinion), which they claimed was only temporary placeholder art when the first screenshots came out a year and a half ago,cries with agony "3.5+ mill dollars and I look like that? why? I thought i was going to look like a lucasarts adventure game..."
As a fan of point-and-clicks (particularly the Riddle School series), I think I'll really enjoy this game.
Hope this heads to consoles in the future. (Specifically the xbox one for me)
About time someone made a decent point & click adventure game getting this & broken sword 5 when it comes out on Android :) still play the old school point & click adventure games still lol
I would love a sequel to any one of Double Fine's games: Brutal Legend, Psychonauts etc.
Psychonauts 2 has a gameplay trailer
"...powerful themes like loneliness, sacrifice and what it takes to really grow up." im sold on those themes, but as a point and click adventure, no thanks. Give this theme to Naughty Dog and we might be able to get a real game, the complete package with story AND challenging gameplay.
Point click is part of the history of video games. To deny it a place in modern day gaming because it seems like it lacks game play is wrong in my opinion.
I don't deny it. That kind of game is just not what I would spend a lot of time playing. I think it's great that interactive story books are still well received by consumers. More variety equals more gamers in the future.
I just publicly upvoted this comment.
Yeah, you heard me right.
Great game! Really glad I backed this.
ps plus anyone ?
I hoped this comment was in assassin creed black flag :/
+iraqy boy Yeah, I'm scared of these playdo graphics, it's just so creepy.
+iraqy boy i'm playing it since its launch on ps plus and really liked it so far
yep
Played and 100%'ed this game in 1 day on Xbox One. Was superb.
This game looks amazing! I watched the intro on IGN and started looking for walkthroughs as the story and art was amazing. Can't wait to play it.
why are you spoiling it with walkthroughs?
Yoni123 Good question. D:
i would absolutely love to know what part of the first act had the reviewer tearing up?! anyone else tear up in the first act?
I love being able to read through these comments and immediately spotting the bronies. You do realize this was Tim Schafer's dream from the start? And it seems as though he delivered
Ive been waiting for Psychonaughts 2 for years,
Literally, years,
Tony The Talking Clock wait a year more my dude if u will see this
I liked Deponia and Edna a little more, but still this is an outstanding game!
Ign do the most reliable reviews but Gamespot did give it a 7 and it dosen't seem to look 9.5, if anyone's played it what would you rate it ?
I played it, and to me it totally deserves the 9.5, the art, world, characters and voices are amazing
Well it kinda depends from which person is reviewing the game, I mean each person individually has different tastes in things.
When they review games they don't rate it on what the overall public would give it they rate it how THEY think it should be scored. That's why you see different scores from different reviewers.
On that note review scores are pointless and irrelevant in actually determining if you will like a game. Just listen to the pros and cons each reviewer has and see if they bother you or not. If you like adventure games then who cares what scores someone else gave it, this game sounds like its a must play if you do.
I think review scores are only there to provide some sort of vague rating system to some what give order to the many games that come out each year. Also so the developers can put a number on their box.
"IGN does the most reliable reviews" LOOOOOOOL. I just keep up with them for news. You can't rely on most reviewers these days.
For what it is, it's near perfect. If you like adventure games you should definitely play it, it's nothing revolutionary, but it's solid and has a great sense of humor.
Incredible game and piece of art. Better story, characters and imagination than any movie since spirited away. I can't say enough about it and I am very hard to impress when it comes to games and film. More immersive than any fps or rpg. This game is a masterpiece and transcends gaming. Several years from now they will look back at idiots like gamespot giving this game a 7 and laugh because this one will be remembered for the ages. Also this game shows that 2d art still has a big place in gaming, 3d still can not create something this imaginative, this creative and charming. This game will not be truly appreciated by the COD generation, there will not be many more games like this afterwards because money talks and the 1000th generic fps will make more money than this and thats truly sad imo. Thank you Tim Shafer for inspiring my imagination and making me remember how it feels to be young again.
broken age is a masterpiece it is one of the best games i have played
okay I'm sold, it's free for my ps plus I'll download it
It's mega not-terrible. That's as much as I can say. I can't concur with the praise here. I haven't played it, but seen a lot of it, and normally you can see it if it's "hilarious" and super-charmful and the finest I've seen in videogames and all these things, or just, yes, well, we let it pass. I can't see any of what is said. It's like he's seen a ghost of a game that nobody else has. It's pretty ordinary by any measure. But it certainly is not terrible.
It's a shame this didn't come to consoles, hopefully it'll come out for them later on...
worldsboss PS4 at the end of this month my friend
"Because this game was made for babies."
George, Super BunnyHop
The people that made this game made Psychonauts (2006).
Maybe I'll get this after all
I am more than disappointed with this game. I feel like IGN overhyped this game a lot. I had to quit after the first 10 minutes because it wasn't something for my taste at all. I expected it to be as intriguing as the Telltale's The Walking Dead games. I feel stupid for buying it on limited run. Anyone wants my mint copy, let me know.
Klei has really good artists.. /no1
Its an avalanche of... ICE CREAM!
lol I remember thatt
Hope this comes to PSN.
It's coming to PS4 online and retail! HELL YEAAHHH.
great game & only on PC :)
Despite crowd funding campaigns occurring more frequently these days, still, nobody knows how money is spent on productions.
3.3million is what this game had cost to make.
Wonderfully written review.
Nice!!
You should do books on tape Marty.
What?? No 'look' or 'touch' or 'eat' action menu? Pfff... Indie developers from AGS scene have long had Tim Schafer's ass handed to him, sans 3 Million dollars which went straight into something REALLY cool and game-defining, like ... Elijah Wood.
Oh, and big thanks for Psychonauts 2, double fine.
are you kidding me? 9.5 for THIS??? wow, no wonder I stopped caring about reviewers' scores... It's so subjective.
Anyone excited for Massive Chalice?
This isn't exactly fair, for one the guy clearly states that he gets nostalgic feels from playing it and is already a big fan of adventure games, the game will automatically get an 8 for it being fucking decent by putting this guy in charge of its review.
Worth it to buy?
almost one of the most wonderful games iv'e encountered........ too bad the ending wasn't up to par. it left a bad taste in my mouth.
it's a sweet game, but not one fit for replaying over and over.
GOTY 2014! The rest of you developers can take the year off.
Perfect game.
God dammit Double Fine wheres Psychonaughts 2 xD
If only !
+Cassandra Hernandez only
Well, we have a trailer now! :)
Sequel has a trailer now
Every episodic game I see now I will always compare to the walking dead. After watching this review, I'd really like to play this game. However, I have a feeling that I will say the walking dead is better. It's only episode one though so it might turn our to better.
I just have a feeling that the game won't be as good as telltale's . I'm not saying the game will be bad or anything.Besides, is it unfair comparing the game to probably the best episodic game ever? And the reason why I made such a comparison is because of its episodic format. Nothing more, nothing less.
PS+ ftw
Excellent Game .
how long is act 1? few hours?
It said 4 hours
Between 3 and 4 hours depending on how good you are.
SH4D0WXR33CONt1 and without google
Vic Rays I backed the project bud. Didn't google I played it. People on google say 3 hours, but I beat it in 2 and a half. And one of my friends took about 4 and a half. So I just guessed on average it should take 3-4;
I needed 3.5 hours to complete the game, but I was stuck on roughly 3 problems. It took me like half an hour to solve them. So with enough thinking and so forth it should be 3 hours. If you know everything (meaning second play through) and run through everythingI would estimate something like 1.5 or 2 hours
its a great game.
sigh....game of the year 2014 right here!?
Is it only on pc
Totally not a 9.5.
Love the game - it's a beautiful game, great story, good voice acting, great design.. Mediocre gamelay. There are no real "puzzles." At all. It's more "Find X so you can do Y and advance the story." (read: way too easy.)
I hate to say this, but it really doesn't seem to be marketed to the people who backed it.. It's nothing like any of the Point-And-Clicks of yester-year.
It seems to have been designed as a compromise between the mass-market and old fans.
The whole game is controlled with 1 MOUSE BUTTON :). There is no "Look" or "Pick up" or "Push/Pull." (*cough-cough* made for tablets *cough-cough*)
With that said, I would still definitely recommend this game.. but let's not pretend it's something it's not.
People stop supporting this type of games. Recently we're getting so many games with endings that don't satisfy you, you don't feel like you completed the game, it's horrible, forces you to buy the expansion
It's not as much of a expansion as the other half of the game and now you just buy the whole game
Are you serious? This game has so much content and gameplay stop bitching
Pre Order that shit...............!!!!
Looks too kiddie & unrealistic for me. I'll pass.
not sure if sarcastic or..
what is the name of the narrator? he sounds so familiar! please help!
Marty Silva, he says it at the beginning of the review
Wow,.
Better than Grim Fandango!
What system this game on?
It´s on Windows, Mac and Linux.
+Lornar The Breton ps4, xbox one, android, ios
I love how these journos think they're good writers themselves by using ridiculous hyperbole
You gave no cons yet it's 9.5..explain that
Jason Schwerkolt It's like you weren't listening to the entire review and just skipped to the end.
we really just can't satisfy everyone can we? unless it's a ten hmm people..
I heard his one or two gripes. If he says them why not add them as cons. The fact he have no cons on the list means something
Jason Schwerkolt bah who cares about the score. watch the video again and cut out the score. that's the real review, then decide whether or not this game is worth a damn
a 10 is a perfect game yo.
Nice game, but FAR too easy :(
Wait what I must check if my brain works
+bigjigyeah Still harder than most pf the AAA games this days
bigjigyeah Have you played Act 2? Towards the ending of the game it gets real hard.
Romance girl.,