It really doesn’t feel fully well-telegraphed to me on my first playthrough. Or maybe I’m too sleepy when playing late in the evening and I miss some hints that are only handed out once in the dialog …
But again I really want to emphasize I’m enjoying my time with the game. Our 10-year old has started joining in on my play sessions and has had some great suggestions (I’m also let known that Max is cute).
I started mapping out the locations, rooms, objects and people on paper and found out something I didn’t try. I have no idea why it worked, maybe there was a hint but I forgot it. I have no idea what to do with the new item I received, again, maybe somebody mentioned the item before but I have just forgot it (and no character seemed interested in it now, so I don’t know..)
But at least pretty much every “now why did THAT work?!” moment is accompanied with a fun animation and art, which underlines the wackiness. No expense was spared and it feels entertaining and rewarding.
There _are_ also well-telegraphed moments where I’m able to connect the dots and one thing leads smoothly to another, but those are far fewer than in some of the adventure games that I played recently, including Beneath a Steel Sky and Toonstruck. But somehow being stuck and nothing making too much sense fits well with this game and its world.
