![]() ![]() It helps that there’s only like nine characters but still, the amount of dialogue in this game is tremendous. I’m so used to earlier PaC games, even Professor Layton and alike, to give generic dialogue when an irrelevant item is shown to a person (“I don’t know what that is” or “I can’t help you with that”). So one of the things I like about Tangle Tower is that you can show each character either a clue or a character’s portrait and with only a few exceptions out of the many combinations, the characters will respond with unique dialogue AND I LOVE THAT. As a side note, the music and animation honestly remind me of the Microsoft computer games I grew up playing like Math Blaster or Magic School Bus. ![]() My favorite songs are ones that involved the piano with their slow and thoughtful tunes part of me wishes the whole soundtrack was like that so I can listen to it while studying. This helps reduce the repetition and really hone in on a room’s personality which is quite nice. Even our main characters have a sense of style to them and I especially like the sarcastic Sally with her three-sphere hair design and cute, tiny jacket.Įach character also has their own leitmotif and there are quite a few exploring themes as seen on the game’s website. You can tell that SFB Games has really placed a lot of love into this game further boosted by the years of programming experience they accrued. And they all are just so beautifully animated with those squiggle lines and various dramatic poses. I just love the way they’re designed from Fifi’s squashed body, mass-of-hair, and single eye, to Professor Pointer’s melting face, rooftop hair, and squirming fingers. The lack of a penalty for incorrect guesses may make the game easy for some but to us it was still a rewarding experience.īut God, those characters are just the real selling points. The game’s intuitive approach of letting us mix-and-match solutions with nouns and verbs was a very fun process and something that was actually helpful if we weren’t sure how to solve the question. The clues and mysteries definitely reminded me of Professor Layton but handled better as we were the ones solving these crazy questions. Overall, Tangle Tower was a fun and amazing time for Mary and I! We loved it and found the game’s laissez-faire approach to let us do our own thing very rewarding. Finally, Thimbleweed was too full of itself and left an ending that was ultimately unsatisfying unlike Tangle which, despite some head-scratching unanswered questions (more about that later), overall left me satiated. If we wanted a certain part to go in a certain place the part would snap to it without unnecessary fidgeting. ![]() This translates nicely to the puzzles (second), which did not feel frustrating as Mary and I fiddled with the gears, contraptions, and levers. It helps that objects are nicely drawn and recognizable which is further aided by Grimoire and Sally wry comments on said-object even when it has no relevant to the plot point. First, and foremost, Tangle cuts down on the frustrating pixel-hunting features that can plague PaC games including Thimbleweed. Of the two, I honestly think Tangle Tower does a better job with its concept and execution and left us more satisfied and less frustrated. In the span of a few months Mary and I have played together two point-and-click (PaC) adventure games on the Switch Thimbleweed Park and now Tangle Tower. Overall Thoughts and Opinions (Spoilers): Nevertheless, I eagerly look forward to more Detective Grimoire and Sally games by the small but impressive video game company SFB Games. Because of which, the ending left a lot of questions unanswered and made me yearn for more (in both a positive and negative way). The game’s main shortcomings stems from its shortness as it can easily be finished in just a few sittings. The game’s art style is incredibly appealing and unique and I love each characters’ many expressions and voice acting. Fans of either Professor Layton or Ace Attorney would enjoy this point-and-click adventure game as time and time again I felt very happy and satisfied when clues came together and solutions arise. Spoiler-Free Review Summary: Despite no previous experience with Detective Grimoire, I was able to almost instantly fall in love with Tangle Tower thanks to its kooky characters, twisting story-line, hassle-free gameplay, and soothing music. ![]()
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