![]() ![]() If you are here for the puzzles, you will enjoy the ride. The Next Big Thing has a great gameplay but weak writing. If you already played the big ones (Gabriel Knight saga, LucasArts ones, Discworld Noir, Grim Fandango.), you can't get too discriminating. Unfortunately, if we want to play a classic point-and-click adventure, since they don't get released anymore we are virtually dependent on a finite backlog. ![]() On the other hand, the game is a technically nice, Pendulo Studios is well-known for the quality of its 2D artists and it doesn't disappoint as usual, plus the spanish dubbing is great (I played the Spanish version, which is called Hollywood Monsters 2 BTW). While you play this game, laughing is totally ruled out, you mouth will adopt the kind of crooked grin you get while watching one of those Nordic/Central European straight-to-tv romantic comedies. Plus, in this game, with the constant recall to the player of certain traits of our two protagonists: he is a womanizer, sports-loving freak that loves to smash things with his bat, she is simply crazy. The humor in this game is the childish one expects from a Monkey Island applicant, based on wacky situations. In addition, characters are quite one-dimensional, "functional" is the nicest adjective I can say about them. You never feel any kind of relevancy to your actions: never does the game achieve to convey what is so evil about the force you are fighting. Unfortunately, this light hearted stance permeates the plot conferring it the complexity of a SpongeBob SquarePants chapter. The game never takes itself seriously, which isn't a bad thing per se because it grants designers more freedom in the puzzle department. Regretfully, the writing in this game leaves a lot to be desired. Be that as it may, with the exception of these two examples, puzzle design is top-notch. This last one takes place within a character's dream, which makes getting stuck on it simply priceless. Another puzzle I recall as extremely unfair involved a surreal item combination I once again solved by entering the use-anything-on-anything mode. One I somehow managed to solve by trial and error, and my character kindly explained me the logic I apparently had just applied. At any rate, that doesn't mean Pendulo Studios has resisted the temptation to slide one combinatorial (in appearance) puzzle midway into the game. The good old formula that ruled the genre before it was replaced by narrative driven press-A-precisely-when-i-tell-you mechanics Tell Tale has exploited to the point the company has fallen flat directly inside its grave. Its difficulty is based on puzzles that consist on a stuffed inventory, item combination and traversing the dialog tree till exhaustion. ![]() Its difficulty is based on puzzles that We are facing another point-and-click graphic adventure which follows the Monkey Island trail here. We are facing another point-and-click graphic adventure which follows the Monkey Island trail here. ![]() The Next BIG Thing also maintains Runaway’s popular and beloved ingredients: an intricate story, funny and charismatic characters, wacky mysteries and puzzles, and a definite adult and modern tone. The story introduces the couple of charismatic heroes Dan Murray and Liz Allaire involved in an incredible and crazy adventure, full of twists and packed with moments of pure comedy! With The Next BIG Thing, Pendulo Studios stay faithful to their unique graphic style that puts their games close to actual animated movies. The Next BIG Thing revisits with class and humor the fantastic movie genre with a modern, funny adventure packed with hints and references made to popular movies and TV shows. The Next BIG Thing revisits with class and humor the fantastic After having put the adventure game genre back into the spotlight with the Runaway trilogy, which had captivated more than a million players during the last decade, Pendulo Studios is back with an original, great adventure game. Summary: After having put the adventure game genre back into the spotlight with the Runaway trilogy, which had captivated more than a million players during the last decade, Pendulo Studios is back with an original, great adventure game. ![]()
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