The Next BIG Thing Reviews

Twenty Twelve One Four Ah, this game. I played it around 2012, I remember loving it, and now, a decade later, found that it is on Steam - and just couldn't resist getting it. And it is still absolutely delightful. The best thing this game has going for it is its' characters, Dan Murray and Liz Allaire, [i]especially[/i] Liz Allaire. She's insane in the most charming way. But Dan is amusing too - he's a jerk, but everyone around him still loves him anyway. And these two weirdos - and the overall insanity of the world around - give the game enormous amount of charm and humor. Puzzle-wise game though the game is decently simple - though in a few times I had to either recall some vague memories of first walkthrough from back then, or just use in-game hint system, though most of the time the problem was in a missed hotspot. There are a few issues with the game though. Sometimes it can be pretty glitchy - no idea if it's just from attempt to run an 2011 game on 2025 machine, or if it was glitchy from the start. Don't forget to save, so a sudden freeze didn't force you to replay last half of the chapter. Another issue - sometimes the pacing can be off, might be budget cuts or might be a stylistic choice, but a lot of the things are just shown through narration and smash cuts. And my main problem with the game, the main two leads share very little screentime, not enough to develop chemistry - which is weird considering how much the game ships them But that's just a minor issues in the face of a very fun 7 hour experience