Let me just preface this by saying that I've only played the demo, and, based on that experience, I don't intend to buy the full game any time soon. Let me also say that I'm typing this while on my back, and in a minor amount of pain, so some of that may come across in my tone. 
After reading John Walker's scathing review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, along with various other opinions, it would seem (at least initially) that the game isn't reviewing too well. Based on the demo, I can see why this might be the case.
But a comment on the game's Steam board triggered a long-dormant feeling in me. The comment went something like this: "Traditional adventures don't tend to rate above %75 on the sites that Metacritic uses. Wait for a review on Adventure Gamers, where it will be judged against it's peers."
I say "went something like this", because the thread entitled "Watch out before you buy it..."has this minute been cleansed of comments (not that I'm implying shenanigans on the part of Phoenix Studios), so I'm unable to quote it verbatim. Edit: It was just moved to a sub-forum. You can see it here, though that particular comment has now been edited by it's user. 
The feeling I mentioned pertains to an argument that I used to debate quite frequently; that hardcore adventure fans wilfully ignore mainstream opinions about the quality of adventure games, and will defend a title based on the smallest redeeming factor they can find, while they continue to play the underdog card (the mainstream doesn't like adventures, The Walking dead and Broken Age aren't really adventures, etc), because it suits them.
More in a bit. Excuse me.
After reading John Walker's scathing review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, along with various other opinions, it would seem (at least initially) that the game isn't reviewing too well. Based on the demo, I can see why this might be the case.
But a comment on the game's Steam board triggered a long-dormant feeling in me. The comment went something like this: "Traditional adventures don't tend to rate above %75 on the sites that Metacritic uses. Wait for a review on Adventure Gamers, where it will be judged against it's peers."
I say "went something like this", because the thread entitled "Watch out before you buy it..."
The feeling I mentioned pertains to an argument that I used to debate quite frequently; that hardcore adventure fans wilfully ignore mainstream opinions about the quality of adventure games, and will defend a title based on the smallest redeeming factor they can find, while they continue to play the underdog card (the mainstream doesn't like adventures, The Walking dead and Broken Age aren't really adventures, etc), because it suits them.
More in a bit. Excuse me.
