Point to Vella, and you rouse her from slumber against a pastel-colored tree in the colorful town of Sugar Bunting ("where the sweetness is baked in"). Both are children on the verge of teendom and all that implies-curiosity, change, a burning desire to cast off restrictions-but that's about all they share in common. But is the result a testament to artistic freedom or a bad case of careful-what-you-wish-for? Heavy on character, light on puzzlesīroken Age opens with its two leading children, Vella and Shay, napping in their respective worlds, letting you pick which one you wake. The story sure ain't Halo, and it comes across in an elevator pitch as the kind of game that could only be made by way of blind-faith pre-sales, as Schafer originally promised on Kickstarter. There's little in the way of drama or excitement, but their journeys are buoyed by subtle humor and children's book whimsy. Two children from opposite ends of the galaxy are annoyed by their childhoods, so they strike out on simultaneous quests.
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The first half of Broken Age, which was delivered to tens of thousands of Kickstarter backers earlier this week (this reviewer included), resembles the point-and-click stylings of Schafer classics like Grim Fandango and Full Throttle.īroken Age's general concept is a bit more modern than those well-loved Double Fine games of the past, though. Two years and millions of dollars later, his prediction has been borne out. Fund me directly instead, he insisted, and you could expect something different from the usual blockbuster. If he had taken the usual route in pitching the classically styled point-and-click adventure game he wanted to make-the genre that originally made him famous, and one he hadn't worked on for over a decade-"a publisher would laugh in my face," he said. Links: Official website | KickstarterBack in February of 2012, legendary game designer Tim Schafer took to Kickstarter to subvert the old ways of video game funding.
Release Date: Janu(for Kickstarter backers)
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