Posted January 04, 2009
I wasn't aware of the game despite the fact I'm a fan of adventures games, so when I saw it here I immediately download it. Feeble Files is a briliant adventure, great story, black humour, professional voices (one of the best I've ever heard) and quite good graphics (don't forget it's a ten years old game).
Overall Simon Woodroofe puts all the elements that made Simon the Sorcerer a great game plus a very clever scenario. But the game itself leaves a bitter-sweet taste to the player. Τechnically there are some issues that slows the plot like the big and uncomfortable cursors, that unacceptable inventory system (oh god!) and the fact that there are some cutscenes which you can't overpass and you have to see them again and again and again... (specially when you travel and in jail). If we consider this with the fact that you're not always sure what to do, then try eveything on everything take a loooooot of time. Ah, there's no subtitles too, so you have to pay double attention when English isn't your mother language and it's unplayable if you're deaf.
To conclude if you're a veteran of the kind then you should try it out, if you're a rookie then you better find something else to start with (Broken Sword for instance). I would have gave the game a five-star if there wasn't the technical issues but...
Overall Simon Woodroofe puts all the elements that made Simon the Sorcerer a great game plus a very clever scenario. But the game itself leaves a bitter-sweet taste to the player. Τechnically there are some issues that slows the plot like the big and uncomfortable cursors, that unacceptable inventory system (oh god!) and the fact that there are some cutscenes which you can't overpass and you have to see them again and again and again... (specially when you travel and in jail). If we consider this with the fact that you're not always sure what to do, then try eveything on everything take a loooooot of time. Ah, there's no subtitles too, so you have to pay double attention when English isn't your mother language and it's unplayable if you're deaf.
To conclude if you're a veteran of the kind then you should try it out, if you're a rookie then you better find something else to start with (Broken Sword for instance). I would have gave the game a five-star if there wasn't the technical issues but...