Broken Age
Great world, not so great game.
Broken age is split up into 2 acts and 2 perspectives
On one side you play as vella
A spunky girl about to be honorably sacrificed by her village to a monster called mog chothra, but you have other plans
Your sacrifice turns into a hunt to take the monster down.
On the other side you play as shay
A boy with over protective spaceshipBroken Age
Great world, not so great game.
Broken age is split up into 2 acts and 2 perspectives
On one side you play as vella
A spunky girl about to be honorably sacrificed by her village to a monster called mog chothra, but you have other plans
Your sacrifice turns into a hunt to take the monster down.
On the other side you play as shay
A boy with over protective spaceship parents.
Their goal is to keep you protected, but you come to realize that comfort and safety requires a sacrifice of itself, freedom.
Shay repeats the same cycle day after day until hes fed up with it, ready to grow up.
During the first act of the game you meet dozens of unique and charming characters.
The characters and dialog are easily the highlight of this game, and the worlds seem almost magic and mysterious, sadly though the story, world, and characters are all this game really has to offer, and if im being completely honest.. I didn’t find the ultimate ending of act 2 to be worth the journey.
Act 1 ends with a great cliff hanger, from that point forward I kind of fell out of love with the game and the adventure it was taking me on.
Broken age is a very unique experience in the sense that it doesn’t really feel like you are in control, broken age feels in control.
This is more of an interactive story than a game.
When it comes down to it, you don’t do much in broken age but figure out ways to get around the obstacles thrown at you.
Like other point and click adventure games, this done by listening to dialog and combining items, nothing really all too tricky.
Broken age took me a little over 7 hours to see and do everything there is, and there are tons of cute and clever interactions to be found, but there is no reason to replay it, you have no control over the outcome, you have no influence in dialog, this game is really just, talk to everyone you see until the dialog options are exhausted and then find someone else to do this again, and then trade them what they want for what you want, nothing more.
The second half of the game felt grindy to me and much less charming as no new characters are really introduced, while I did love the characters, I didn’t love them enough to want to keep seeing them over and over.
Puzzles do get more challenging and clever here, but nothing that will have you searching guides for clues, all puzzles you can easily figure out on your own.
I’m not the greatest with point and click games, but still found broken age to be a very casual and hilarious experience.
This is some of the best writing I’ve ever seen in a game, I just wish there was more game here, something that required my input.
Maybe point and clicks aren’t my thing, because oddly enough I still found this to be one of the best point and click games I’ve ever played, the pacing is really perfect.
For what it is
Point and Click Action Adventure: 8/10
Overall: 7/10… Expand
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