Fantastic. Absolutely fabulous piece of gaming from the 90’s. I’m not sure why am i even bothering in writing a review of this game. I mean, how would you not play a Roger Rabbit-inspired adventure game featuring not only a fantastic performance by Cristopher Lloyd but also a great voice casting with many figures such as Tim Curry and Dan Castellaneta? That alone constitutes enough of a reason to check this game out.

This game is another example of that typical adult take on childish cartoons. Therefore, everything here is filled with dark humor, sex jokes, and so on. I think the humor is actually one of the best things in this game, which is actually very well written as a whole when it comes to story and dialogue.

Gameplay-wise, there are times where i feel like Toonstruck might be one of the best games in succesfully applying moon logic to it’s puzzles. Of course, there might be a couple of puzzles where moon logic is not applied succesfully, but after all this is a 90’s adventure. I have talked in many reviews of games of this kind, about how the puzzle design has to be determined by the narrative, in order to make a game believable. What happens in Toonstruck is that, simply, you’re in a cartoon world, and you have to apply cartoon logic. It just works fantastically. And also, i love how in many occasions, solving a puzzle works just like the punchline to a joke. Just like in many Lucasarts games.

In conclussion, a must play for every fan of point n’click adventures, and probably something worth the try for every fan of retro-gaming in general.

Point and click adventure, originally a title aimed more at children it was rewritten to feature more adult content and took on a high budget for the genre as it features frequent animated scenes and high quality voice acting.

Christopher Lloyd stars as Drew Blanc a depressed animator burnt out after a decade working on the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show who is pulled into a setting full of characters he has created. Drew appears as himself in the cartoon world and immediately meets one of his creations, Flux, a more edgy character he created who is not part of his current show. Drew learns that the land is split into three areas with one being full of the happy cute creatures from his show, one with characters more like Flux, and one with a new evil character who has a device that is turning the other cartoons and the environment into dark or barren versions of themselves. Drew and Flux take the job of finding a way to fix the land so he can find a way back to his world.

Entertaining banter between leads and the characters you meet, often succeeds at being funny. Looks good with a lot of small details in the environments or character movement. Good voice acting from people like Christopher Lloyd, Dan Castellaneta, and Tim Curry. Mostly logical puzzles that aren't as ridiculous or pixel hunting filled as many from the time had.

Screenshots: https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1736601392725549384