We’re wrapping out Double Fine Adventure week with a review of Broken Age, what else? A quick reminder how reviews work here at Cliqist. Instead of just telling you our thoughts on the game, we instead compare how similar the final game is to what…
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I barely knew about crowdfunding when Double Fine launched their Kickstarter for an adventure game in early 2012. Despite being a fan of Tim Schafer, I ended up missing out on it. After seeing the latest update for Broken Age, I find myself wishing that I took…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]im Schafer made a huge splash in the crowdfunding scene in early 2012 and put Kickstarter on the map. He pretty much set the scene for every game (adventure or otherwise) that would eventually seek funding by the fans. Asking for less than half…
Tim Schafer and his minions over at Double Fine have announced some changes to the way their pointy-clicky adventure game Broken Age will be released. Last summer Tim gave some people the vapors when he lamented how fast money can get spent, especially when you…
The 3D puzzle adventure game Broken Reality successfully met its funding goal on Kickstarter a little under two days from the end of its campaign. In an update posted to the game’s campaign page January 3, the game’s developers Dynamic Media Triad announced that the…
Developer Enigami has been working toward the release of their dynamic fantasy RPG, Shiness since 2013. After working on the project in their spare time for roughly one year they teamed up with publisher, Ynnis Interactive to launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund the remaining…
Broken Reality is a game that sells itself on weirdness. It’s not the, “America is letting a racist tangerine run for president” kind of weird. It’s more of the, “look at these brightly colored objects floating in nothingness” style of weird. Perhaps weird isn’t even accurate…
I’m a fan of quirky and unique games. I’m also a fan of games with cyberpunk or cyberspace elements. In the case of Broken Reality, it both has unique gameplay and a 1980s inspired look at the Internet. The artwork might look incredibly dated by today’s…
I’m a sucker for adventure games, usually no matter the plot. And I’m also a sucker for comedy games, which is why checking out and backing Demetrios last year was a no-brainer for me. Even the demo had me wondering if I should laugh or…
Omori, a horror RPG funded in June 2014, recently published an update on Kickstarter. It’s a rare sight for backers. When the campaign launched on Kickstarter, it received regular updates. However, those updates dried up after it’s “freaking amazing,” as our former writer Julie Morley…
DotDream’s Never Ending Night is out now on Steam. The student developers sought to make a videogame that captured the feelings of loneliness and camaraderie one would expect from a team inspired by heartbreak. I’m not quite sure whether I find that incredibly inspiring or…
16BitGenocide on Tech Noire Adventure Afterimage with Greg Micek Afterimage is one of those games that’s striking from the moment you see it. The imagery brings back memories of various cyberpunk themed games from the 90’s, such as Syndicate and Blade Runner. I recently had the opportunity to…
Welcome to our weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title each week we pose a question to our panel and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses until the story is posted,…
Adventure games have recently been experiencing a huge revival in the crowdfunding community. While big AAA studios shy away from the concept of a point and click adventure, rock stars in the genre have taken their recognized and industry-proven talents elsewhere. Now Kickstarter brings us…
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse – Episode 2 Reviewed By Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] When we left our heroes George Stobbart and Nico Collard, the duo was stranded on the roof of a burning building. After months of anxiously closing and reopening Steam, hoping…
Broken Sword – Series Review By Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] recently reviewed “Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse,” and as mentioned in the write up, it was the first of the “Broken Sword” titles I’d played. While waiting for the second half of “The…