Dropsy

1. quimerico

   Sep 29, 2015

   10

   Surreal, 8-bitsy and simply genius in their dialogue solutions for a non-verbal game. The psychadelic atmosphere is awesome, and I've beenSurreal, 8-bitsy and simply genius in their dialogue solutions for a non-verbal game. The psychadelic atmosphere is awesome, and I've been able to play for 2 hours with the shoes sound, despite everything ;D… Expand

   • 4 of 6 users found this helpful
2. Mandulum

   Mar 25, 2017

   10

   Five Word Review: Wonderful game about misunderstood clown.
   Favorite Thing: This game oozes personality and style. There's a lot of feelingFive Word Review: Wonderful game about misunderstood clown.
   Favorite Thing: This game oozes personality and style. There's a lot of feeling and emotion conveyed without using words.
   Least Favorite Thing: It was a basic and simple game (in a good way), they should have kept the ending basic and simple.
   
   Date Complete: 2017-03-20
   Playtime: ~ 5h (100% Complete)
   Enjoyment: 10/10
   Recommendation: A must play for point and click adventure fans.… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
4. Simply_Mars

   Sep 24, 2015

   10

   A great experience for fans of the point-n-click genre, or those just looking for a bizarrely wonderful adventure.
   
   Great art and musicA great experience for fans of the point-n-click genre, or those just looking for a bizarrely wonderful adventure.
   
   Great art and music accompanied with quirky and interesting characters and locations.
   
   A creative romp from beginning to end, with fun game play and a heart warming story.… Expand

   • 2 of 4 users found this helpful
5. Marmosette

   Feb 14, 2016

   9

   Really beautiful and charming.
   
   Visual and audio design is really incredible. Caricatures and cartooney environments serve the world's cuteReally beautiful and charming.
   
   Visual and audio design is really incredible. Caricatures and cartooney environments serve the world's cute tragedies well, and the music simply makes you want to stay in this oddly disturbing, but unavoidably pleasant place.
   
   The value of the game is being given the opportunity to help these distant, broken, sadly recognizable people, and help them and make the world better. It values kindness and empathy in way that isn't patronizing or overly saccharine.
   
   Dropsy centers around personal, internal pains, and handles them gently but maturely. It really is quite a satisfying play.
   
   Puzzle solutions are chellengingly abstract, but not so much so that they won't be discovered with a bit of exploration and paying attention to clues. Dosen't have the pitfall of pixel hunting.… Expand

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6. Chris_Vaughn

   Sep 14, 2015

   9

   While the artistic sensibilities may be reminiscent of classic Point and Click games, Dropsy uses an amazing soundtrack, unique storytellingWhile the artistic sensibilities may be reminiscent of classic Point and Click games, Dropsy uses an amazing soundtrack, unique storytelling methods, and signature style to create a game that is equal parts familiar and unique. In fact, the entire game seems to be a dichotomy of design elements.
   
   It is equally endearing and haunting, ultimately bittersweet to almost heartbreaking degrees, and has deep themes about loss and self loathing while having a button in the menu that just makes a fart noise.
   
   With it's tonal shifts, weird characters, and bright colors, it feels like David Lynch designed a Sesame Street game.
   
   You can probably beat it in a day, but boy, what a day that will be. Truly unforgettable.… Expand

   • 1 of 7 users found this helpful
7. VidyaBum

   Aug 5, 2018

   8

   A solid adventure game with a good no-text game design idea.
   
   Dropsy is good because it goes into the extremes in graphical designs and hasA solid adventure game with a good no-text game design idea.
   
   Dropsy is good because it goes into the extremes in graphical designs and has a special little story with its special little retard protagonist.
   
   It's charming and cute in most places then goes full dark and bizarre several times, which is as good a mix as it gets.
   
   I would say most of the game is all around solid, gameplay, sound, graphics etc, and it is, but I have one little problem with Dropsy, it's that it does not really get better over time. What you see in the first hour or so graphically and stylistically is what you get for the whole game.
   
   Adventure games tend to go from not really normal, to crazy, to crazier. Dropsy just has a solid basis it doesn't really leave. The story's ending in particular was just uninteresting and did not appeal to me.
   
   I still enjoyed it and don't regret my money, but this isn't stellar, it feels like someone's first game and although the core ideas are good enough to carry Dropsy through, it doesn't go higher than that.
   
   Would still recommend as an interesting and original game.… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
8. TitaniumDragon

   Feb 8, 2016

   0

   An hour into this game, I'm left wondering: why does this game have a metacritic score of 80? Are critics so caught up in mindless pretensionAn hour into this game, I'm left wondering: why does this game have a metacritic score of 80? Are critics so caught up in mindless pretension that they are unable to recognize that this game is garbage?
   
   I spent an hour wandering around and solved a few puzzles, but frankly, there has been absolutely nothing whatsoever to love about this game. There's a few things you can pick up, some unclear puzzles, and frankly a lot of "well, what are you supposed to do next?"
   
   I'm not bonding with the characters, and I feel like I've hardly made any progress in the game. What's the point of this? Why did critics call this charming?
   
   The art is intentionally ugly and I'm just confused over what is supposed to be so great about this game. I get that there's an aesthetic to it - the ugly cute - but frankly, I'm just not seeing anything heartwarming here as the reviews promised. Just a bland point-and-click adventure game.… Expand

   • 0 of 4 users found this helpful

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