Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery : Episode 1 Reviews

This is exactly like Prof Layton, and to be honest I am happy to see these types of games appear more and more! Although one small detail, the story progresses rather slowly and (personal opinion) it could use more mysterious vibe but I guess I'm comparing it to much to Prof Layton. The puzzles themselves are all really well done! Especially how the puzzles are used to directly progress the story, although some have a tendency to get sidetracked. I know that Layton also uses puzzles as part of the storyline, what I'm saying is that you won't really find any "this reminds me of a puzzle" moments in this game, pretty much all puzzles are used to progress the plot. Anyway, 10/10 loved it!

Such a cute little puzzle game, I played this on my PS Vita and wanted to play it on Steam again so I could play episode 2.

Great puzzle game for kids or even adults. some of the puzzles are simple and others just make you wanna rage quite for a bit but their all great fun. the game follows Jacob and his friend bigfoot who disguise himself as a dog so no one knows who he really is. The game is done up with a pretty cute art style to.

Very charming game. It has the "Double Fine" vibe where everything is cute but you can still very much enjoy it as an adult. Gameplay is very similar to Professor Layton. The first episode took me about 2 hours to complete. It ends at a good point, no weird cutoff points like some other episodic content has. I sometimes had some troubles with the puzzles because they were made for touch controls. It's easy to get used to though. Note that I had some performance issues but I have been able to fix it by messing with the settings of "JacobJonesSystemSettings.ini" at "My Games\UnrealEngine3\JacobJonesGame\Config"

Jacob Jones is a pretty high quality puzzle adventure game. I didn't like a few of the puzzles, one or two I thought were too difficult, but overall it is a decent title. The second episode I thought had much better thought out puzzles.

Pros: Satisfying puzzles. Wonderful humour and characters. Cute graphics and sounds. Bigfoot! Cons: Lack of configuration options. Annoying swaying screen effect and blurred edges. Individually, each episode is a little brief.

Really charming and funny adventure, mostly centered on "mini-game" puzzles. The puzzle design is REALLY good and varied. I loved its juvenile tone, its humor and its excellent voice acting.

Very nice game in the style of the Professor Layton games for the DS. Nice puzzles, with varying degrees of difficulty, and an interesting plot, made all the more interesting by its episodic format.

If you're a fan of the Professor Layton games on the DS, then give this charming title a look. Although it borrows (read: steals) a few of the mechanics from that series-- such as the merit points awarded and finding soda cans instead of hint coins (which fulfill the same purpose)-- this is by no means a bad thing. The world is also beautiful to look at and explore, filled with some very amusing characters with genuinely funny dialogue. Despite the game's shortness-- with just 24 puzzles and the story included-- £4 is good value for what you get, with more promised by the developer to come soon. Despite being somewhat inferior to the Layton series, this is still worth your time if you're craving some lighthearted puzzle action. PROS: +Stylish graphics make the game look great +Charming characters with funny dialogue to boot +Puzzles are more challenging than the art style suggests +Cheap CONS -Suspiciously similar mechanics to the Layton series -Some difficulty in clicking on soda cans when Jacob blocks view of them -Short in length -Writing memos can be somewhat tricky with a mouse Overall score: 7/10, would recommend

I rather enjoyed this game. It's basically Professor Layton or Puzzle Agent, but with a cute story. You'll get about 2.5 to 3 hours out of this first episode. It's also on Android and iOS and I could actually see it working a bit better as a tablet game. Looks great on PC though and it gives you that Costume Quest childish feel.