Simon the Sorcerer parts 1 and 2 constitute a treasured double act amongst fans of traditional point and click adventure games. 'Upgrading' to the 3D realm for the long-awaited third entry in the series wasn't met with quite the same degree of approval. It was tantamount to wringing the neck of Adventure Soft's prized golden goose and flushing it down the toilet. Then events really took a turn for the worse... nosedived downhill and fell off a sheer-drop cliff face. Allow me to explain.
Showing posts with label Chris Barrie. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Thursday, 23 July 2020
You'll like this, not a lot...
Adventuresoft's magical, fantasy point and click adventure, Simon the Sorcerer, evokes a number of superficial parallels to Secret of Monkey Island... points them out with glee, giggles and then moves on to do its own thing. For many British people, it's considered far superior to Lucasarts' gold standard piratey shenanigans given that the dialogue, humour, pop-culture references, Chris Barrie's voice-over, and everything else in between, are more relevant, therefore more deeply affecting. But obviously it's not enough to produce a very British game for British people and expect the audience to be rolling in the aisles with gut-busting cachinnation. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is British and surely not even British viewers think that's worth torturing their peepers with. What makes Simon the Sorcerer so special is... oh, read the article. It's a long, complex tale.
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