For all the fans of pixel art out there, get ready for the wackiest adventure of time. You are a bellboy, Mike Melkout, working at a high-class hotel. Mike may seem crazy, or even peculiar or he might as well be. Nevertheless, he has only one plan. A dark plan. To throw everyone out in just one Weekend. A humorous point ’n’ click adventure game, set in the ’80s, as a tribute to the pop culture of that era.
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Not Another Weekend is a good choice if you’re into the old point & click games from the 80s and 90s. I wasn’t 100% convinced at first, but it really grew on me. There’s just so many newer point & click games that tries to capture the feel of the old ones that it has become a bit difficult for all of them to stand out, but it slowly convinced me more and more that this is a very solid and unique game.
The game is set in a cheap hotel in 80s, and you play as Mike, the bellboy who hates his job and is whipped around by his awful boss. For some bizarre reason he keeps the brain of his uncle in a jar, down in the basement, who he believes is telling him to get all the guests at the hotel to leave, as well as all the employees who works there to quit. All within the weekend. Quite a task, and it might take some quite extreme measures in some cases.
It feels a bit like Maniac Mansion as you’re basically inside one building with lots of rooms. There’s a very unique gallery of characters, and the humor is very funny and things easily get a bit out there. A lot of cheesy 80’s pop cultural references to action characters like The Terminator, Steven Seagall and Jean Claud Van Damme. Oh, and Hulk Hogan. Maybe Turtles too. Kind of. A lot of quirky characters.
In the later stage of the game things get more eerie and mysterious and you get to reveal what’s going on in the hotel, but i won't spoil it.
I also notice it’s marked as a bit "lewd" on Steam, but it’s nothing worse than a South Park or Family Guy episode, and it’s all pretty silly.
The game is probably closer to LucasArts in spirit than Sierra. You can never die, and its built around comedy. If you like Day Of The Tentacle, ZakMacKracken, Maniac Mansion, and want a modern alternative, this one you should try.
As for cons I kind of missed voiceacting when the game started, but I quickly got used to it. The overall reveal when it’s said and done is also little bit odd, but everything else is so fun in this game it doesn’t matter. Check it out!
The game is set in a cheap hotel in 80s, and you play as Mike, the bellboy who hates his job and is whipped around by his awful boss. For some bizarre reason he keeps the brain of his uncle in a jar, down in the basement, who he believes is telling him to get all the guests at the hotel to leave, as well as all the employees who works there to quit. All within the weekend. Quite a task, and it might take some quite extreme measures in some cases.
It feels a bit like Maniac Mansion as you’re basically inside one building with lots of rooms. There’s a very unique gallery of characters, and the humor is very funny and things easily get a bit out there. A lot of cheesy 80’s pop cultural references to action characters like The Terminator, Steven Seagall and Jean Claud Van Damme. Oh, and Hulk Hogan. Maybe Turtles too. Kind of. A lot of quirky characters.
In the later stage of the game things get more eerie and mysterious and you get to reveal what’s going on in the hotel, but i won't spoil it.
I also notice it’s marked as a bit "lewd" on Steam, but it’s nothing worse than a South Park or Family Guy episode, and it’s all pretty silly.
The game is probably closer to LucasArts in spirit than Sierra. You can never die, and its built around comedy. If you like Day Of The Tentacle, ZakMacKracken, Maniac Mansion, and want a modern alternative, this one you should try.
As for cons I kind of missed voiceacting when the game started, but I quickly got used to it. The overall reveal when it’s said and done is also little bit odd, but everything else is so fun in this game it doesn’t matter. Check it out!