Ostensibly this mechanic is included so that if you get stuck on a puzzle you can jump away, but as we’ll cover later that’s just not needed. Broken Age doesn’t encourage you to swap between Shay and Vella nor does it require you to through puzzle design or plot, which is a shame as some of the twists could have greatly benefited from this. This duality manifests itself as a gameplay mechanic, allowing the player to switch between characters at will, an idea that would seemingly make for some interesting puzzle ideas, but that in reality is never actually used.
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The tying theme, then, is one of breaking free of expectations and routine, of forging your own path through the world, but of course eventually the character’s individual stories do come together in more ways than just theme, though not properly until the very end of Act 1. The bulk of her story is spent trying to find a way of bringing Mog Chothera down.
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Only Vella’s crotchety old grandpa, who remembers the days when the village was called Steel Bunting and was full of warriors, urges Vella to fight. But poor Vella certainly doesn’t feel honored, and rightly asks why nobody is willing to take up arms and wage war against Mog Chothera. Vella’s parents and sister are all disconcertingly cheerful about her getting picked for this great honor, while the other maiden’s go to their death willingly, even going so far as to try to deliberately attract the monster’s attention in a variety of ways. Meanwhile Vella is facing a rather odd situation: her home village of Sugar Bunting is planning on sacrificing her and several other girls to a giant monster named Mog Chothera in the Maiden’s Festival, done in order to appease the beast, and everyone’s quite alright with that, because that’s just how things are done. Doomed to repeat these daring outings every day and follow the same old routine Shay is understandably depressed, sensing no escape from monotony, until one day something rather unexpected happens, kickstarting an exciting adventure. But these “dangerous” missions are nothing but cute scenarios set up by the ship’s computer, all featuring cuddly creatures, bright colors and absolutely no danger, the highlight of which is an Ice-cream avalanche.
Shay’s days are spent embarking with heroic missions like rescuing a runaway train or helping a ship in distress. The ship is filled with baby toys, with even the bridge featuring a fake steering wheel and large buttons to play with. Shay is the only human aboard a spaceship, raised from birth by an over-protective AI who continues to mother him despite his being a teenager. So, my final verdict is going to be based on what Broken Age is and how it compares to other modern examples of the genre, but along the way I’m going to tackle those expectations.Īnybody who attempts to be cheerful in the morning around me is likely to be involved in a nasty “accident”īut lets begin with the basics: the game’s narrative is split between two very different people who at first seem to be connected by little more than an overarching theme.
Ultimately when reviewing anything I try to cast aside any expectations I have and judge the game in question for what it is, but in this case there’s no getting away from what Broken Age was promised to be to the very people who had a hand in its creation. This raises an important question: should I judge Broken Age by those expectations, or should it be judged for what it is. While I didn’t fund Broken Age’s developement I’m still a part of the same community who did, a community that like myself grew up with these games and yearns for more. Even if the game is terrific, can it ever truly live up to such expectation? And then there’s the fact that Broken Age comes with a pre-built fanbase who funded its development via Kickstarter, all expecting the old-school, classic adventure they were apparently promised.Īnd then there’s me, a gamer who literally grew up playing games like Monkey Island, Discworld, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango and more.
When you have a legend like Tim Schafer making his grand return to the point and click adventure genre after a 16-year absence expectation is high, and that creates the potential for vast disappointment.
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Click here for details on that, the Radeon HD 7790 and the test system used for all PC games.Įxpectation, and it’s more dangerous sister hype, can be terrifying things within the videogame industry. This game was tested using an AMD Radeon HD 7790 graphics card kindly supplied by AMD.
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