Posted December 09, 2008
While not as popular as some of the old LucasArts or Sierra graphical adventures, the original Simon The Sorcerer is a superb game, one with lots of humor and challenging puzzles.
Put bluntly: If you enjoy the LucasArts classics, you should also enjoy this game... I'd imagine it's why support for it was built into the ScummVM emulation application (SCUMM was an engine specific to LucasArts games).
Simon can be thought of the magical equivalent of Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island series... he's a sorcerer wannabe that is on a mission to rescue a more powerful, ally sorcerer. I don't remember the details of the story, but it's a good one - not great, but solid. The locations are excellent, and there's a lot of them.
Much of the humor is derived from science fiction - with characters such as Golem making an appearance.
It's great to see Simon on GoG... this will be my first purchase here. I'd urge anyone who enjoys graphic adventure games to pick this one up - you will not be disappointed.
Put bluntly: If you enjoy the LucasArts classics, you should also enjoy this game... I'd imagine it's why support for it was built into the ScummVM emulation application (SCUMM was an engine specific to LucasArts games).
Simon can be thought of the magical equivalent of Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island series... he's a sorcerer wannabe that is on a mission to rescue a more powerful, ally sorcerer. I don't remember the details of the story, but it's a good one - not great, but solid. The locations are excellent, and there's a lot of them.
Much of the humor is derived from science fiction - with characters such as Golem making an appearance.
It's great to see Simon on GoG... this will be my first purchase here. I'd urge anyone who enjoys graphic adventure games to pick this one up - you will not be disappointed.
