The Neverhood is a truly lovely point-n-click adventure that is chock-full of vision and creativity. The design of the world is clearly thought out, as shown by 40 rooms of lore engraved walls! The art style of the game mimics a clay visual that is incredibly unique looking. The puzzles of course are very prevelant though a bit of backtracking for some can prove troublesome. And of course the music is a great memory that'll forever live on in various playlists for me.

Definitely recommended if you enjoy point and clicks.

Firmly believe that if this were a good video game, it would be the best video game of all time.

Not always a fan of people using "if x had a baby with y" as a descriptor for anything, but I really kept thinking this is what it would be like if Aardman Animations made Earthbound.

I don't know the last time (if ever) that I cried laughing at a game. Neverhood checks almost every box for me, but there's bash your head against the wall backtracking and puzzle solutions in here for sure.

I've been wanting to play this game since I was in high school, and I think that the experience will stay with me for a very long time. If you factor in the reality that I might not ever replay this, I'm getting a lot of mileage out of it's short run time.

Man, things are good.

Criado inicialmente em 1996 para o PC e mais tarde para o PS1 (que é a versão que peguei), The Neverhood é um jogo ousado, nem digo necessariamente para a sua época, mas em como ele foi um dos pioneiros em utilizar o estilo Claymation para os seus gráficos, algo que praticamente não envelheceu e mesmo nos dias atuais é possível aprecia-lo sem ver ele como um jogo velho.

Não há muito no que se falar do jogo, até porque ele não te conta uma história, você só controla um personagem que é chamado de Klaymen, personagem no qual entra em uma jornada para descobrir suas origens seguindo as ilustrações, que é onde maior parte da história se concentra e cabe à você interpretar, e cartas encontradas pelo jogo, que servem como dicas para os Puzzles que você vai fazer.

Sou bastante suspeito para o quanto posso falar bem dos diversos pontos do jogo, já que Point and Click é um dos meus gêneros favoritos dos jogos e Claymation/Stopmotion é uma das minhas técnicas favoritas de animação. Mas não é só sua gameplay e visual que me encanta, mas também a trilha sonora, que é bastante animada e criativa, onde por maior parte parece misturar um pouco do Blues com um estilo mais infantil. Uma música em especial que eu gosto bastante é a "Everybody Way Oh!", ela tem um toque bem simples e relaxante de um instrumento que me soa como um violão enquanto que o vocalista canta diversas vezes o título da música.

Esse jogo expressa carísma por todo lugar e oferece alguns desafios interessantes que te fazem pensar, mas que há uma lógica neles, e com as dicas das cartas não há necessidade de você buscar um detonado como acontecia com diversos Point and Click da época, com uma excessão, a partir do momento que você chega na metade do jogo, ele começa a ter alguns desafios muito específicos, que ou vão exigir uma atenção mais extrema, nesses momentos até as cartas não ajudam muito. Eu não diria que esse é um ponto negativo, mas acaba incomodando por te fazer ficar batendo a cabeça na parede até entender o que você deve fazer.

E bom, acho que isso é uma conclusão, é um jogo encantador e carismático, que brevemente conforta e diverte.

In 1998 my father came home with a copy of this game that he won at work (He worked for Microsoft at the time) and I remember looking at the big box in the car ride home (I was only 4 years old and my mom would bring me with her to pick up my dad) and just being fascinated. I played through it once with my mom when I was a little older, maybe 6 or 7 (I used to sit on her lap and play point and click adventures with her) and I remember it being such a blast. Fastfoward 20 years and these memories are so very special to me and so is this game.

This game to me represents a time where creativity flourished in the industry. Developers took risks and whether that was rewarded or not did not matter. It was a time of pure freedom in gaming. A freedom that the industry has long since lost sight of, save for a large handful of mostly indie devs. Idk call me old or short sighted but they just don't make em like this anymore. Sure the game isn't perfect. Klayman takes forever to get anywhere, some of the puzzles are eyerollingly obtuse, and there is some pointless back tracking. This however is met with a fun quirky sense of humor, beautiful stop motion animation work, and a charm that just wont quit.

10/10 Thank You The Neverhood

The Neverhood is one of my favorite point and clicks. It's world and atmosphere are unmatched, and the game being made entirely of clay is insane.

The lore that the world this game takes place in spans for almost an entire books worth. Not joking. There's a 40 screen long hallway containing all of it. It's actually a very good read!

Gameplay isn't so bad to boot. I actually really like quite a lot of the puzzles in the game, and exploring the Neverhood and seeing where I will end up next was fun! There are a few puzzles here and there that are tedious for what feels like the sake of it, but nothing too bad.

This game is really interesting. I went into this game with no expectations because I've never heard of it until recently. After playing it though, I realize why a lot of people really enjoy this game. It's wacky, funny, weird, crazy, creepy, challenging, and everything in between. It's like playing a cartoon that is always coming up with something new to tickle your brain and make you laugh. And the biggest part is the fact that everything is animated with real clay. You can really tell that a lot of love and effort was put into this game. The developers had a crazy idea and were luckily able to go through with it all the way.