THE SILENT AGE GAMEPLAY PART 1 SERIES

This is due to both the rational nature of the puzzles-for example, a knife you have is used for multiple instances of cutting, imagine that-as well as the visual depiction of the items themselves.

While they still require using items you picked up long ago and might have forgotten exist, a quick scan of your inventory will usually be enough to figure out what needs to be done. Most of Fester Mudd‘s puzzle solutions are relatively straightforward, even logical. These pseudo-hints come in handy, but are much less necessary here than in other adventure games. Completely unrelated items will merely result in a “Huh?” response, but using the right item on the wrong part of an object, or a partial solution (such as two-thirds of the clown’s nose) will earn a helpful directive from Fester. In equally classic fashion, there is no hint system, although Fester is quick to provide useful observations upon looking at the world around you, or whenever you almost reach a solution. Puzzles range from finding a replacement nose for a gun shop-owning clown to evicting an overly aggressive squirrel from his tree hole home.

THE SILENT AGE GAMEPLAY PART 1 SERIES

Upon arriving, though, he runs into two major progress stoppers that must be resolved-getting into the tavern where he is supposed to meet Bud, which requires a valid ID, and then hiring an experienced gunman, who has a list of demands that must be met.īoth of these stoppers are your overarching goals in Episode One and will be resolved through the usual series of character interactions, item collection, and puzzle solving that comprise classic point-and-click adventure gameplay. Fester saddles his trusty mule, Martha, and rides off towards the town of Loamsmouth, eager to find Bud and get rich quick. The story begins when our overly confident, eponymous hero receives a letter from his brother Bud claiming to have struck gold in a nearby town. This inspiration carries over to its lighthearted plot and puzzles, as well.

From its deliberately pixelated graphics (complete with exaggerated eyeball movement) to the action interface and large icon inventory system, Fester Mudd is designed like a new Secret of Monkey Island set in the Wild West. In this instance, the golden era of adventure gaming is specifically the LucasArts era Fester Mudd openly replicates early ’90s LucasArts adventures. Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold recognizes this with its opening directive and acknowledgement: “This game is a tribute to the golden era of adventure gaming,” which is hardly a reference to 2013. The story of a man, a mule, and a Monkey Island…I mean, some gold.Īlthough point-and-click adventure games seem to be making a comeback recently, with stellar entries like the Deponia series and The Silent Age combining modern aesthetics with classic gameplay, we have yet to hit upon another Renaissance of the genre.

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