Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. GameShark
    100
    The episode is brimming with pop culture references that range from The Color Purple, Se7en, The Shining, and even Samuel Adams beer.
  2. GameZone
    90
    Telltale finishes Strong Bad’s Cool Game 4 Attractive People with a bang as 8-Bit Is Enough is hands-down the strongest episode out of the bunch.
  3. Armchair Empire
    90
    With diverse stories and settings, great animations and overall visuals, and strong point & click gameplay along with hilariously smart-ass ribaldry that’s becoming the developer’s trademark, 8-Bit Is Enough is a satisfying series conclusion.
  5. IGN
    86
    This episode is truly bizarre, but still very funny.
  6. GamingTrend
    86
    8-bit is Enough is another solid entry in the Strong Bad series.
  7. My Gamer
    86
    So while Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People may have come to an end, it is still one of the more impressive point and click adventure games that came out in 2008 and firmly deserves a look.
  8. GamePro
    85
    It offers a strong finish to some great episodic gaming. Not Trogdor strong, but pretty close.
  9. Gaming Target
    85
    With its rampant hilarity and imaginative puzzles, 8-Bit is Enough is a great capstone to the Cool Games for Attractive People series.
  10. Cheat Code Central
    84
    8-Bits Is Enough offers a satisfying conclusion rife with gaming nostalgia and Strong Bad’s trademark ridiculousness. While it’s hard to say whether Telltale and the Chapman bros will eventually cook up another batch of gaming episodes, surely there are plenty more absurd adventures worth exploring.
  11. 1UP
    83
    Maybe it's the spot-on humor based on the industry I work in, or perhaps just accumulated experience from the earlier episodes, but whatever the reason, 8-Bit Is Enough certainly embodies the maxim of saving the best for last. Well, until the assumedly in-the-works second season rolls around.
  12. PC Zone UK
    82
    Some of the most polished and laugh-out-loud writing that Telltale, or any other devloper, have made for a game since LucasArts in the '90s. [Mar 2009, p.75]
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  13. PC Gamer UK
    82
    Great fun, but goes out on a whimper, rather than a bang. [Feb 2009, p.62]
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  14. PALGN
    80
    A fine finish to Strong Bad's Cool Game, and a fine videogame parody in its own right.
  15. Gaming Nexus
    75
    8-Bit Is Enough is a surprisingly slow-to-start but satisfying capstone to an eclectic first season for Homestar Runner and friends.

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#27 Best PC Game of 2008

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 29
  3. Negative: 6 out of 29
  1. XanderC
    Dec 27, 2008
    10
    I think Strong bad sum the game up in the first minute:
    "Fan... Service?"
    The final episode of the season has nearly everything that was    I think Strong bad sum the game up in the first minute:
    "Fan... Service?"

    The final episode of the season has nearly everything that was left out of the past four. Every bit of fan service, right down to the most satisfying ending I could ever ask for. The subjects covered not only relate to the web-site, but even brings up other locational that most fans that will have to use the Wiki to understand.    … Full Review »
  2. CreepingCombat
    Jan 7, 2013
    10
    My brother got this game a while ago and I thought that it looks like a great +awesome game and if I could have any game for two days it mightMy brother got this game a while ago and I thought that it looks like a great +awesome game and if I could have any game for two days it might be this one. Also, Strong Bad is funny!!!!… Full Review »
  3. TonyMontana
    Jan 7, 2009
    0
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