Broken Age: Act 2

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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 145 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 37 out of 145
  3. Negative: 44 out of 145

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  1. samuraigaiden
    May 2, 2015
    0
    A betrayal of customers and fans in every way. The Kickstarter said they were making a LucasArts style Point & Click Adventure game. This is not that, in any way. So they made people wait a year and a half for basically rehashed animations and artwork, a few new lines of dialogue and little else? Sorry, DoubleFine, but I feel cheated and I don't intend to support your products anymore.A betrayal of customers and fans in every way. The Kickstarter said they were making a LucasArts style Point & Click Adventure game. This is not that, in any way. So they made people wait a year and a half for basically rehashed animations and artwork, a few new lines of dialogue and little else? Sorry, DoubleFine, but I feel cheated and I don't intend to support your products anymore. It's obvious that the Kickstarter money has been redirected towards other things, like paying bills, and not making the game people paid for.

    Since the 'Adventure game' kickstarter, DoubleFine has released an unfinished game (Spacebase DF9), a bad game (Hack and Slash), and an absolute mediocre disappointment (BrokenAge). Does anyone seriously expect Massive Chalice to be any good?

    In the meantime, they also released Costume Quest 2, published by Midnight City (who went bankrupt in the process). Nice! I hope people realize there is nothing to be expected from Tim Schafer. He used to be a great game designer, now he is just a washed up hack who can't produce a decent game and scams his fans to keep his business afloat.    … Expand
  2. Kanazawa
    May 10, 2015
    4
    A complete disappointment and abandonment of the premise. Rather than continue the character development and story telling from the first act, it **** the bed and throws a garbage conclusion together that raises far more questions than answers. What a waste.
  3. Nert
    May 4, 2015
    3
    Supposedly the promised return to the classic adventure genre of yore.. Couldn't have failed much harder than it did.

    The two acts are poorly stitched together, the story isn't coherent and makes no sense on the small or grand scale. Character development is nil, revelations that should be mind-breaking are shrugged off with a "meh" time and time again. The ending doesn't even solve    Supposedly the promised return to the classic adventure genre of yore.. Couldn't have failed much harder than it did.

    The two acts are poorly stitched together, the story isn't coherent and makes no sense on the small or grand scale. Character development is nil, revelations that should be mind-breaking are shrugged off with a "meh" time and time again. The ending doesn't even solve any of the problems!

    Puzzles in act 1 are simplistic to the point of insulting, in act 2 they went the other way and just made them so vague and frustrating that they halted the entire game, not complex or difficult or requiring a bit of lateral thinking, just vague and goal-less. One could even get into an impossible glitched state, I ran into that one.

    You can get dialogue options for things you've never seen, and many puzzles require the two characters to share knowledge they never can. One requires you to do the exact opposite of what all the signs tell you, or what common sense tells you, and be patient enough for the solution to happen by itself with no indication anywhere that it would, while another relies entirely on metagaming - you can only work out the answer because of the limitations of the game, not because the solution is in the setting.

    Long story short, this is not the game we backed. We backed a promise for an old-school adventure game, the type we grew up with and wouldn't see again without a paid-up-front venture like this kickstarter, and we got a cookie-cutter click-to-continue mess with a terribly written story, late. and massively over budget.    … Expand
  4. DeusXCom
    May 3, 2015
    2
    So this is what we have been waiting for? The same rehash locations from Act 1, but this time full of annoyingly frustrating puzzles? Act 1 was a disappointment, but at least it was a nice candy adventure for kids, that could have been enjoyed for it's story (if it wasn't cut in half). Act 2 is just pure frustration. Does it have good gameplay? No! it's just a click-fest on everything.So this is what we have been waiting for? The same rehash locations from Act 1, but this time full of annoyingly frustrating puzzles? Act 1 was a disappointment, but at least it was a nice candy adventure for kids, that could have been enjoyed for it's story (if it wasn't cut in half). Act 2 is just pure frustration. Does it have good gameplay? No! it's just a click-fest on everything. Does it have nice new visuals? No! You saw most of it in Act 1 already. Is it at least funny? Not even that. Did I have fun playing this? Absolutely not! I was bored, I was frustrated and it all felt like a waste of time, these are the worst things a game can give you. I even replayed Act 1 again to refresh all that happened to give it a fair second chance, but now I regret ever wasting time with Broken Age. Act 2 is even worse than Act 1. Epic fail. I don't wanna fork that! 2/10… Expand
  5. rodericrinehart
    May 16, 2015
    3
    Broken Age was a disaster of a puzzle game and I was so frustrated by the second half. It destroyed any hope of a good game that existed in the first half. THE PUZZLES WERE RIDICULOUS, OBSCURE, UNINTUITIVE, AND JUST TERRIBLY ANNOYING. The three worst puzzles were the all those horrible rewiring and the switching back and forth at the end.

    This will be my last Double Fine game and has    Broken Age was a disaster of a puzzle game and I was so frustrated by the second half. It destroyed any hope of a good game that existed in the first half. THE PUZZLES WERE RIDICULOUS, OBSCURE, UNINTUITIVE, AND JUST TERRIBLY ANNOYING. The three worst puzzles were the all those horrible rewiring and the switching back and forth at the end.

    This will be my last Double Fine game and has really turned me off to puzzle games in general. They are just not fun anymore. The game was a hot mess in the sense that fresh vomit is. I became increasingly frustrated and disappointed as the game went on.    … Expand
  6. Tubey
    May 17, 2015
    4
    I gave Broken Age as a whole the benefit of the doubt after Act 1, as I wanted to see Act 2 before I commented.

    Now that I've played Act 2, I can safely that this is an utterly failed project. It is an incoherent, generic title that offers next to little of value. Very little character development, environmental charm or anything of substance is here - yes, it's nicely drawn, but    I gave Broken Age as a whole the benefit of the doubt after Act 1, as I wanted to see Act 2 before I commented.

    Now that I've played Act 2, I can safely that this is an utterly failed project. It is an incoherent, generic title that offers next to little of value. Very little character development, environmental charm or anything of substance is here - yes, it's nicely drawn, but utterly unmemorable.

    It has puzzles that are easy in Act 1 and hard for the sake of being hard in Act 2. Just no consistency. Any time the game threatens to get going, it slams on the breaks.

    Comparing this to the LucasArts titles of the 90s is really like chalk and cheese. The recently remastered Grim Fandango shows Broken Age up for what it really is - a half arsed effort that's difficult to recommend to anybody, and you have to wonder where exactly the money went for this thing. Three million dollars and we get this?

    Tim Schafer, hang your head in shame.    … Expand
  7. thehenman
    May 5, 2015
    4
    This is almost identical to act 1 with different dialogue and touch ups, but because it's Tim Sheifer it's amazing right? NO!!!!! This is robbery. Do not support this crap! Do not buy this. This is clearly rushed through.
  8. NinjaYoshiGuy
    May 6, 2015
    3
    This is horrible. The puzzles suck, its all the same area even in shays where THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD to use. Vellas part is stupid, tetius, and no one would make it though without a guide. The ending to the game is just sad and explains nothing. You are expected to watch the credits because if you dont you are left with NOTHING. The whole game as a whole is just sad. Also fk that knotThis is horrible. The puzzles suck, its all the same area even in shays where THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD to use. Vellas part is stupid, tetius, and no one would make it though without a guide. The ending to the game is just sad and explains nothing. You are expected to watch the credits because if you dont you are left with NOTHING. The whole game as a whole is just sad. Also fk that knot puzzle and computer one.… Expand
  9. JPLazyNinja
    May 14, 2015
    3
    Act 1 held do much promise that Act 2 simply fails to live up to. As much as I want to like it, and I really wanted to love the Broken Age's Act 2, it is a confusing and unsatisfying experience.

    Sorry to say, this game is another example of a game that starts out strong then falls apart.
  10. Kingnoname1
    May 13, 2015
    2
    So that was where all that kick starter money went. Double Fine really broke new ground here being the much loved repeating rooms from dungeon crawlers, puzzle design design of modern warfare shooters, characterisation from mobile games, story twists from fanfiction.net and post credit scenes from Marvel. This brilliant combination is only surpassed by the insanity clearly infecting Tim'sSo that was where all that kick starter money went. Double Fine really broke new ground here being the much loved repeating rooms from dungeon crawlers, puzzle design design of modern warfare shooters, characterisation from mobile games, story twists from fanfiction.net and post credit scenes from Marvel. This brilliant combination is only surpassed by the insanity clearly infecting Tim's entire studio. DO NOT BUY.… Expand
  11. RoraEst
    Jun 28, 2015
    4
    I didn't know what am I suppose to do to finish the game. I must be so stupid if I didn't cheat. My 10 years old sister who loves playing game even played this game and she went to sleep in front of the computer because she didn't know what to do after she stuck. I tried to give her a hint but she just didn't get it. I also thought maybe the riddle just too hardcore?

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 34
  3. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. PCWorld
    Jan 20, 2016
    50
    Broken Age's first act was mediocre but had potential. Potential that its conclusion squanders.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Jun 29, 2015
    70
    As a whole, Broken Age is a must-play for any fan of point-and-click adventures. However it is pretty obvious that the game is forcibly split into two acts and if you have waited for a whole year to see the conclusion of the game’s story, you’re probably going to end up disappointed.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jun 29, 2015
    90
    Something more than just a homage to LucasArts classics. Broken Age built its own identity brick by brick, drawing inspiration from its ancestors, but not mindlessly. [06/2015, p.56]
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