Day of the Tentacle Remastered

 PC
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. Polygon
    Apr 22, 2016
    70
    Day of the Tentacle Remastered provides a wonderfully crafted recreation of the original game, and Double Fine's streamlining of some of its rougher edges makes it a more approachable experience for modern audiences. But its revisions only go so deep, and can't quite manage to elevate source material that elicits chuckles rather than the riotous giggle fits it clearly expects.
  2. M3
    Mar 21, 2016
    50
    Day of the Tentacle Remastered is in every way a reminder of where the adventure genre was in the early 90’s. It has a pretty shallow story, badly written dialogue and underdeveloped characters. Surely the remastered will probably make fans of the original happy, but for anyone else this is more a proof of how much story telling and puzzle design has progressed since.
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  1. Kotaku
    Oct 19, 2016
    As with all adventure games, solving puzzles in Day of the Tentacle sometimes feels like trying to get inside the designers’ heads and understand exactly what they want you to do. It’s there that the 23-year-old wrinkles sometimes show.
  2. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Mar 21, 2016
    It’s still the smartest, most elegant, most entertaining adventure game ever made. And now, if you want, it looks new and sounds amazing.

Awards & Rankings

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#26 Best PC Game of 2016
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#91 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#21 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 169 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 125 out of 169
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 169
  3. Negative: 21 out of 169
  1. ThecriticGoD
    Mar 23, 2016
    4
    Well this game was always quite overrated... Back in the day it was already kinda meh, but 15€ for a game that was released on 1993? JustWell this game was always quite overrated... Back in the day it was already kinda meh, but 15€ for a game that was released on 1993? Just because of a poor lazy remaster? This is definetely not worth it, the puzzles are not intuitive at all, you know it's ok if the puzzles are hard, but they have to make sense, and they do not make sense in this game. Bad characters, lazy comedy... If you play this because you loved Monkey Island and you think this will be as good, JUST DON'T.… Full Review »
  2. Hug_of_Death
    Mar 22, 2016
    10
    One of the greatest adventure games of all time. This the game I want to show to my children one day, they might not appreciate it like I did,One of the greatest adventure games of all time. This the game I want to show to my children one day, they might not appreciate it like I did, but at least they will learn something about where they come from.… Full Review »
  3. magadub
    Mar 22, 2016
    10
    STYLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. How is this game not a 10?
    It's simply one of the best adventure games ever made. It revolutionized the way we play    STYLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. How is this game not a 10?
    It's simply one of the best adventure games ever made. It revolutionized the way we play games today. And it still holds up because of its lovable characters and wonderfully funny script.
    The love and care that's been put in this remaster it's up to the expectative. And that's a LOT to say coming from a true fan of the original game.
    Thank you Tim and everyone in double fine productions! Hope you get to do this with ALL the lucasarts 2D classics.
    But most of all I hope more new developers start making this kind of games that we all need in our lives, funny, witty, just ENTERTAINING!    … Full Review »
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