Day of the Tentacle Remastered

1. partyintheback

   Apr 16, 2016

   10

   Day of the Tentacle is my favorite adventure game. If you enjoy really good humor in games, I would highly recommend this game to you. TheDay of the Tentacle is my favorite adventure game. If you enjoy really good humor in games, I would highly recommend this game to you. The remastered version is just as good as the original but more beautiful than ever.… Expand

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2. porhawj

   Mar 23, 2016

   10

   LOL, ths game is so funny, hilarious and very cool game ever i playing. sometimes i laughing when 3 character said funny jokes while playing.LOL, ths game is so funny, hilarious and very cool game ever i playing. sometimes i laughing when 3 character said funny jokes while playing. graphic look great. point and click is cool genre. i am enjoying it so far.… Expand

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4. Heisenberg93

   Feb 2, 2019

   9

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is the first graphic adventure I've ever finished. Not in 1993, but in 2019. Better late than never, I suppose.
   
   It must be said that – if this was developer's intent – dealing with topics such as environmentalism and arrogance making humanity fall victim to its own disasters, it's something Day of the Tentacle does in an original way. Being a cartoon tale and "child" to the culture of last quarter of the 20th century, the way in which Day of the Tentacle represents the concept of time and time travel is almost entirely Back to the Future-like, which however differs from a more logical and scientific Novikov self-consistency principle, as seen in 12 Monkeys. Of the three different time periods where the game is set – Hoagie in 1780s, Bernard in 1980-90s and Laverne in the 22nd century – I have to admit the one I found richer in ideas, fun and interesting it's with Hoagie in the past, alongside caricature figures of Hancock, Jefferson, Franklin and Washington. The writing is brilliant, sometimes naive and cartoon-like, sometimes ripe and pungent. Characterization of characters is really well done. I found Bernard the less brilliant one and I preferred Hoagie (I perceived Schafer's writing very much with him) but, in the end, I think the most original one is Laverne.
   
   Puzzles of the game are generally solved without problems even if they can take a few hours in some cases. Solving them really generates an appreciated sense of completeness and satisfaction. The command interface is complex, but not too much, and there are hardly more than 5 objects that can be interacted in a scene. There are some interacting elements that don't have a role in advancing the adventure: this makes sense, because the game is designed to betray and confuse the player with fake paths, but in some cases I thought they were a bit excessive. The game has a cartoonish logic at the base of its puzzles, so physics and consistency work in a unique way, but often tends to be misleading or really far from reality. Some examples? How should I have understood to use the textbook to make the talking horse fall asleep? Trying casually, I succeeded, but it's really difficult to imagine a logic behind it. Or, another example, giving chattering teeth to Washington... to make him look like he was cold, so could light the fire and ecc. This one had more logic – given Washington's dentures – but the solution only made sense at the very end. Using Chron-O-Johns to move objects through time is truly original and fun, however (having to try various ways and combinations with characters and objects) the mechanic of flushing object after object in the long run can become repetitive. After 2/3 of game run, turning points in the plot, that give satisfactions, begin to become more rare. You then end up in a series of situations and puzzles, one after the other, with no breath left to the player. This is a problem, as it increases frustration and give sensation that very little progress has been made. They are not defects that make the game ugly, but don't allow it to reach a certain perfection.
   
   Although this 2016's version is branded as a "remaster", the work done is much more close to a remake. There has been an increase in resolution up to 1080p, yes, but characters, objects and backgrounds have been redesigned from scratch, with a 99.99% loyalty and an overall good updated rendering. The same applies to the audio part, which shows a really great soundtrack, varied, pleasant to listen to.
   
   The Day of the Tentacle is a masterpiece, on this I have no doubts, although it's not free from defects. A comparison with its predecessor, 1987 Ron Gilbert's Manic Mansion, is legitimate: DOTT is more original, more fun, more satisfying and with no stupid dead-ends that prevent finishing the game –which is the reason I gave up on Maniac Mansion. Maybe less important? Maybe. But with DOTT, Grossman and Schafer outdid Gilbert and it seems to me very difficult to say otherwise.… Expand

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5. setuis

   Mar 10, 2017

   8

   Its not maniac mansion remastered.
   
   Well that's out the way its a great game but the game can force a reload if your not careful with aIts not maniac mansion remastered.
   
   Well that's out the way its a great game but the game can force a reload if your not careful with a certain battery solution and you may lose a lot of progress, the puzzles are great if you don't cheat I did cause I just wanted to get the trophies and wanted something to do while horizon zero dawn downloaded.
   
   The game has wit, it does require intellect. (Yes i did spend more time on maniac mansion on the arcade machine within day of the tentacle than most people would) its the hidden bonus of getting it as its not advertised per say, but i would like a remastered version cause the graphics are important when one gets an update but not the other. Its strange a sequel would get an update but not original.… Expand

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6. bergcamp101

   Dec 22, 2020

   8

   Very good adventure. Fun and creative, with nice plot. Puzzles are not hard, but sometimes not easy. Overall, it's great.

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7. wesker2012

   Jan 8, 2018

   7

   Very charming visuals and audio. Refreshing to play a light hearted game among all the dark atmospheric games nowadays. The gameplay wasVery charming visuals and audio. Refreshing to play a light hearted game among all the dark atmospheric games nowadays. The gameplay was pretty frustrating though since the puzzles weren't intuitive to me. Maybe back in the day it was a classic, but reviewing the game by today's standards, i dont think it is as good. Still, I'm glad I tried it out and the game's atmosphere was incredibly charming.… Expand

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8. drlowdon

   Jul 27, 2018

   5

   As the name suggests this is a remastered version of the 1993 point and click adventure Day of the Tentacle, a game remembered fondly by a lotAs the name suggests this is a remastered version of the 1993 point and click adventure Day of the Tentacle, a game remembered fondly by a lot of people. As the game begins a walking, talking purple tentacle drinks from some polluted water and instantly becomes intent on taking over the world. Three friends decide they have to stop him.
   
   Everything is done with tounge firmly in cheek and the game certainly has a charm to it. Unfortunately, as I’ve often found to be the case with the genre, the gameplay is totally uninspiring. The logic behind how to progress is all over the place and most of my time was spent just wandering around clicking on objects at random until something works and allows me to progress (or even just looking up the solution online).
   
   If you’re a fan of the original game, or even just the old school point and click games, Day of the Tentacle is worth checking out but there is nothing here to attract new fans to the genre.… Expand

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