Reply To: Final thoughts (probably includes spoilers)
Ok i am finally finished with the game as well. Overall i like it very much. I can see the game beeing very america centric as a negative but for me the whole thing was so absurd that it did not really bother me too much. I have no concept of these roadside attractions nor does the bigfoot myth mean anything to me. But the whole thing is so turned up to 11 and not necessarily reliant on you being familiar with any of that that i do not feel like it detracts from the game.
What carried me through the whole game is the amazing writing of the whole thing. There is so many zingers in there and the banter between both protagonists is so consistently funny. It was the strongest point of the whole thing for me. Some characters are pretty fun too. The constantly swearing mechanic in the biggest ball of twine (Thimbleweed Park does something similar but much worse imho), the posh british country singer or the yabbering bigfoot lady. All great characters.
Animation and backgrounds are top notch too.
I was not too fond of the final puzzles. The whole Totem thing felt pretty tacked on. And don’t get me started on the hot tub. That could have been handled sooooo much better. The chief mentions he is going there, you can see him going there and i still could not go there. Phew.
Overall i had a great time. I think i am going to play this with my kids sometimes. If i can get them playing something besides Minecraft.
E: Quick edit. The controls did not bother me too much. It is a bit inprecise, the constant clicking to change actions was a bit much but it did not keep me from playing. LucasArts later stuff handles this much better.
