Thimbleweed Park™ Reviews

Extra fun

close to good, but sadly no cigar

really well written point and click. more than one case where i had to call the Sierra hotline for tips but it was still really fun with the characters and tongue-in-cheek 4th wall moments where the obvious inspiration for some characters shine through (example: the FBI agents are obv based off X Files, but also not). i might enjoy a Replay after its been awhile!

Finally finished playing through the story. Bought it on a recommendation from a backer years ago, but the humor and references weren't enough for me to continue after I got stuck on a puzzle. Having now completed it, I think my initial impression was correct. The first half of the game is decent, and if you find the trailer amusing or are really nostalgic for this era of point and click adventure, you'll probably enjoy it. The end sucks though, so I'd only buy on sale. A lot of the puzzles aren't super logical either and I don't like the fact that none of the cut-scenes or the ending credits are skippable.

Tedious instead of funny. The self awareness is painful, not clever (ViDeOgAmE dEvElOpEr!!1!). BEAUTIFUL art though, what a shame. The main characters have pretty good voice acting but others fall flat. A tip for humor and reading test in general: if I can read the script there's no point in you reading it out loud for me. They should have simplified the choices in text form so you aren't prealerted to what the character will say.

Didn't grow up playing adventure games and this one didn't endear me to the genre; I don't recommend it unless you're nostalgic for adventure games and/or someone who would've backed this game when it was still on kickstarter. I expected it to lean a bit more into the X-files theme since the two main characters are obviously based on Mulder and Scully but there's zero connection except for their appearance, so that feels really random. Speaking of character, nobody has much of a personality aside from some one note joke that for me pretty much never landed. At one point you have to make all four playable characters eat a rotten hotdog and watch each of them throw it back up in an alley. It's tedious, wastes time and it wasn't funny the first time, let alone the fourth. I'm sure anyone who likes adventure games and who reads this thinks I just don't get it or whatever. Maybe I don't. But I don't think anyone else who isn't nostalgic for this sort of thing would enjoy it.

What starts as a very intriguing story completely falls apart at the end. A huge letdown.

In short: I recommend this game to any point & click enthousiast! The longer version: while this is a typical throw-back point & click adventure game from the legendary Mr. Gilbert, i can’t help but get the same feeling I got when playing Return to Monkey Island. The majority of the game is really good and requires you to use your brain, especially on hard mode. The ending however feels la bit rushed and out of place. Like they couldn’t find a proper ending to the story or that they ran out of funds… The whole game is still a good one, and it feels good to have a trip down nostalgia lane, but it does feel like they could’ve given us a better ending…