Magazine Reviews

[Pix]

#10844

Three reviews this month, all extremely positive. I think Toonstruck may just have arrived a bit too late to be successful in the adventure game genre:-

[fastwinstondoom]

#10850

I remember getting this game based on the strong reviews! …but yeah, I think any adventure game coming out this late was doomed unless it had at least some name recognition. Discworld 2 came out in 1996 also and I think that did alright by comparison. Probably cost less to make…

[dr_st]

#10852

The game looks very pretty and colorful, but the opinions in ‘First impressions’ are inconclusive. I don’t think I can feasibly play it in the foreseeable future.

P.S. The link in the first image goes to Heretic.

[Pix]

#10853

I’ve fixed that image

[Tijn]

#11012

I feel this is one of those games that added to the “adventure games are dead” narrative. It’s a high budget production that’s well-made and well reviewed, so you’d think this would take the world by storm, but apparently failed to meet sales expectations.

I imagine it might have done a lot better if it had been released in 1995 as originally planned. I’ve heard Sierra’s Phantasmagoria (also 1995) sold extremely well.

[Evil Taco]

#11015

Finnish stronghold of a games magazine Pelit also appreciated the game up to 90 points. The review notes how having English skills is mandatory not to only solve some puzzles, but to generally enjoy the dialogue.

I’m really impressed how the reviewer even translated many of the locales and puns (such as the Carecrow!) to Finnish!

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[dr_st]

#11136

>> I don’t think I can feasibly play it
>> in the foreseeable future.

Aaaand… just over a month from making that prediction, I’ve finished the game. 😛

>> I feel this is one of those games that added to the
>> “adventure games are dead” narrative. It’s a high
>> budget production that’s well-made and well reviewed,
>> so you’d think this would take the world by storm,
>> but apparently failed to meet sales expectations.

Quite possibly. I really felt it was a great game in the end! Sad it didn’t make it to the top of the charts.

Incidentally this happens to movies too. For example, Interstate 60 – the cute masterpiece also starring Christopher Lloyd (among others). Just like Toonstruck, I’ve never even heard of it until recently, but really enjoyed both.