Armikrog

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Summary: A stop-motion clay animated point and click adventure game from the creators of Earthworm Jim and the Neverhood. Unravel the mysteries of the fortress that holds Tommynaut and his blind alien talking dog Beak-Beak captive through exploration and puzzle solving. [Playstation.com]

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. InsideGamer.nl
    Sep 18, 2016
    65
    The stop-motion clay animation of Armikrog is very impressive, but gameplay wise the game is less impressive. Some point and click moments are cool, but often it just feels like work.
  2. 3DJuegos
    Aug 28, 2016
    65
    Armikrog isn't a bad point & click adventure game, but it's so far from "The Neverhood."
  3. CGMagazine
    Aug 28, 2016
    60
    It's bringing back some old school PC sensibilities and I can respect that effort, but it doesn't go far enough. The entire experience is short-lived, clocking in at just a few hours, which is only enough time to get marginally invested before the curtains close.
  4. Push Square
    Aug 28, 2016
    50
    There is so much squandered potential in Armikrog it hurts. The voice acting is great, but there's not enough of it; the visuals and animations are superb, but let down by repeated puzzles.
  5. Digitally Downloaded
    Sep 6, 2016
    50
    I am torn on it because I absolutely loved some of the things that were done, but also came away with the distinct impression that there simply should have been more. More conversation, more depth to the existing mechanics or additional systems that come into play over time, more variety in puzzles and more game in general. I generally enjoyed my time with Armikrog, but came away with the unshakeable feeling that it also missed several opportunities to be a better, more memorable game.
  6. God is a Geek
    Aug 28, 2016
    30
    A wonderful claymation art style and a unique soundtrack aren’t enough to save this point-and-click adventure from its own monotonous puzzles and uninteresting story.
  7. TheSixthAxis
    Aug 30, 2016
    30
    In a way Armikrog feels like a tech demo for something much bigger, a showcase of what a final build could look like, with the majority of the character dialogue and story still to be added in. The fantastic claymation and the decent music can only distract so long from the facts that Armikrog feels soulless, lacks any charm, has boring characters, and has puzzles that could have been more interesting. The story of Tzurk and Meva told on the tablets would have made for a much better game.

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  1. Magnesium
    Apr 25, 2018
    10
    The clay animation, beautiful soundtracks, interesting atmosphere and intriguing soundtracks worth playing this game. The game-play is short;The clay animation, beautiful soundtracks, interesting atmosphere and intriguing soundtracks worth playing this game. The game-play is short; however some of its puzzles are really challenging.… Expand
  2. mara95
    Feb 17, 2022
    8
    I love the music, still sing it randomly sometimes:) Normally i hate clay animations but armikrog has a unique attraction that makes u likeI love the music, still sing it randomly sometimes:) Normally i hate clay animations but armikrog has a unique attraction that makes u like it. Puzzles were interesting and smart. Not the best story but I still love it.… Expand
  4. Dragonfly44
    Feb 24, 2021
    7
    The music is great and the stopmotion/claymation style is absolutely wonderful and we need more games like this, but the game itself is justThe music is great and the stopmotion/claymation style is absolutely wonderful and we need more games like this, but the game itself is just okay. 69/100… Expand
  5. Zwoiri
    Jan 13, 2020
    5
    The clay animation is unique, if you enjoy moving a cursor around with a stick go for it.
  6. Genjira
    Jun 22, 2018
    3
    OK, it is not brilliant. It's approximately charming, graphically, but the dialogue is shockingly bad, the characters are barelyOK, it is not brilliant. It's approximately charming, graphically, but the dialogue is shockingly bad, the characters are barely one-dimensional, the music is pretty poor, the puzzles are out of whack (one of them relies on the colours of the seals on the declaration of independANTZ and it just doesn't match up), the controls (even with the little touchpad thing) are terrible and really should have been attended to before launch, and the makers obviously couldn't be bothered making the ending look anything like finished. There is a little bit of randomness (e.g. the icons needed for the pink room puzzle) but nowhere near enough to make you want to re-play it. It quickly becomes obvious that nothing like as much work went into it as you might expect for a stop-motion animation (there's a lot of model railway furze, folded-up corrugated cardboard, and just black empty screen, along with some pretty slapdash clay robots and whatnot) but the colours are bright and cheery and you probably won't beg your partner to put you out of your misery while playing it. You might want to spit the baby upon a pike and break the dog's legs before leaving it in a graveyard but the game offers no Platinum trophy so you can happily bale whenever you feel like it.

    Also, "Baby P." Not cool.

    A minor distraction. 3/10.    … Expand