Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Day of the Tentacle Remastered is a classic adventure gaming that has now been rereleased for the modern age thanks to Double Fine. Which is great, because while it may have started to look dated the writing and comedy is as sharp as ever.
You play as the hapless Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne who are trying to stop the evil Purple Tentacle’s plans of world domination. The three “heroes” have been scattered throughout time by Dr. Fred Edison’s faulty time machine, and you use this solve the various puzzles that are constantly thrown at you.
So, for example, to free Laverne from a future cherry tree you must have Hoagie convince George Washington to cut down the tree in the past.
The rereleases art has been lovingly recreated from the original artist renders and even the voice work has seen the developer go back to the original tapes.
That’s right, not only does the game feature time travel but so does the remake’s development. This is the game these guys would have made in 1993 had they had 2016 technology. Perfect.
Yes, the menu-based point-and-click gameplay feels dated, but the writing is sharp enough to slice off a tentacle. All of which makes Day of the Tentacle Remastered a must.
Braid
Granting you multiple time manipulating powers, Braid is a smart blend of puzzle and platform game.
Playing as Tim, you spend the whole game trying to rescue the Princess from a monster. Though each of the six worlds the action plays out like a Mario game, stomping various enemies on your way to the goal and collecting puzzle pieces along the way.
But, as you may have guessed, what sets the action apart from your average platformer are its time shifting elements. At any point you can rewind time – even after Tim dies. This means that even if you drop to your death you can back up the action and try again.
This isn’t all about resetting your attempts however, as the power to reverse time starts to stack with other abilities to offer solutions to a range of environmental puzzles. During later levels, for instance, you gain the ability to create a shadow of yourself, you acts as you did in previous incarnations. You can then do things like using your clone as a platform to launch yourself higher into the air to reach collectibles.
Add to this levels that see your movement through the stage affecting time, and you have an ingenious game that will have you pondering paradoxes for hours.
Super Time Force
Continuing on with the classic 2D action, we have Super Time Force a game stuffed full of high octane 16-bit style and precision platform-shooting action.
And it is hard – old-school hard, with enemies happily soaking up your bullets while you can be killed in a single shot. Don’t worry though, because with the power of time, your team of heroes you can level the field.
You start with three characters, each with their own abilities: a gunner, a sniper with ricochet shots, and a chap with a shield able to reflect incoming fire. The goal is then to make it through the level - avoiding incoming fire and taking out enemies – within the tight time limit.
What makes this more than just a Contra clone is the ability to rewind time and utilize your previous/future self or other characters to move forward. Which is where things get really confusing – because on a rerun you can save the life of someone who died… allowing them to be used again. Gah.
With even characters added to your squad as you jump through time, understanding all their abilities becomes vital to solving these action focused time-continuum conundrums.
This all comes to a head during the boss battles when the time mechanics become essential. You must run multiple characters at these massive beasts to take them down in under 60 seconds.
Its amazingly frantic fun, but not recommended if you enjoy time to think.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered is a classic adventure gaming that has now been rereleased for the modern age thanks to Double Fine. Which is great, because while it may have started to look dated the writing and comedy is as sharp as ever.
You play as the hapless Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne who are trying to stop the evil Purple Tentacle’s plans of world domination. The three “heroes” have been scattered throughout time by Dr. Fred Edison’s faulty time machine, and you use this solve the various puzzles that are constantly thrown at you.
So, for example, to free Laverne from a future cherry tree you must have Hoagie convince George Washington to cut down the tree in the past.
The rereleases art has been lovingly recreated from the original artist renders and even the voice work has seen the developer go back to the original tapes.
That’s right, not only does the game feature time travel but so does the remake’s development. This is the game these guys would have made in 1993 had they had 2016 technology. Perfect.
Yes, the menu-based point-and-click gameplay feels dated, but the writing is sharp enough to slice off a tentacle. All of which makes Day of the Tentacle Remastered a must.
Braid
Granting you multiple time manipulating powers, Braid is a smart blend of puzzle and platform game.
Playing as Tim, you spend the whole game trying to rescue the Princess from a monster. Though each of the six worlds the action plays out like a Mario game, stomping various enemies on your way to the goal and collecting puzzle pieces along the way.
But, as you may have guessed, what sets the action apart from your average platformer are its time shifting elements. At any point you can rewind time – even after Tim dies. This means that even if you drop to your death you can back up the action and try again.
This isn’t all about resetting your attempts however, as the power to reverse time starts to stack with other abilities to offer solutions to a range of environmental puzzles. During later levels, for instance, you gain the ability to create a shadow of yourself, you acts as you did in previous incarnations. You can then do things like using your clone as a platform to launch yourself higher into the air to reach collectibles.
Add to this levels that see your movement through the stage affecting time, and you have an ingenious game that will have you pondering paradoxes for hours.
Super Time Force
Continuing on with the classic 2D action, we have Super Time Force a game stuffed full of high octane 16-bit style and precision platform-shooting action.
And it is hard – old-school hard, with enemies happily soaking up your bullets while you can be killed in a single shot. Don’t worry though, because with the power of time, your team of heroes you can level the field.
You start with three characters, each with their own abilities: a gunner, a sniper with ricochet shots, and a chap with a shield able to reflect incoming fire. The goal is then to make it through the level - avoiding incoming fire and taking out enemies – within the tight time limit.
What makes this more than just a Contra clone is the ability to rewind time and utilize your previous/future self or other characters to move forward. Which is where things get really confusing – because on a rerun you can save the life of someone who died… allowing them to be used again. Gah.
With even characters added to your squad as you jump through time, understanding all their abilities becomes vital to solving these action focused time-continuum conundrums.
This all comes to a head during the boss battles when the time mechanics become essential. You must run multiple characters at these massive beasts to take them down in under 60 seconds.
Its amazingly frantic fun, but not recommended if you enjoy time to think.
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