There is, in fact, an entire puzzle based on telling era-appropriate slang apart from ’70s and ’90s jargon to prove how cool you are (the game is set in 1987, for the record).Įven being a child of the ’90s, I found the temporal references to be some of the best gags in this irreverent murder mystery.
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There's the familiar verb-driven interface that asks you to select actions to "talk to," "use," and "look at" various objects in the environment to complete the next series of goals.įinally, Thimbleweed Park is so full of fourth-wall breaking in-jokes about adventure games and ’80s pop culture that I got the sense the developers were intentionally speaking in code to keep youngsters like me out of the loop. Like the LucasArts games of old, Thimbleweed overflows with pixel art so sharp you might cut yourself. With legendary LucasArts designers Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick behind it, as well as a Kickstarter campaign that promised a spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion, this new adventure is decidedly rooted in nostalgia for a different age of adventure games.Įven if I didn’t grow up in the era of The Secret of Monkey Island and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, I know enough to recognize its DNA in Thimbleweed Park. Links: Steam | Official websiteThe only classic LucasArts adventure game I ever played when it was new was Monkey Island 4, so I suspect Thimbleweed Park wasn't made with me in mind. Platform: Windows (reviewed), Mac, Linux, Xbox One
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