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Loved this point-and-click from Tim Schafer. It's fascinating to see how the two storylines converge.

Convoluted, overambitious and tedious, this is a modern example why the old style of adventure games died. Difficult and obscure puzzles were not the point of this genre, but its story and charm through its setting, characters and mechanics. Above all though, it is missing a third or last act to conclude its plot threads which is both a mercy to the players for not wasting more time and to the game for not having to explain its eugenics plot. The celebrity voices were probably a mistake as they were not given many roles or lines to express themselves aside from being more expensive.

I just felt betrayed by this game trying to aim for nostalgia in the negative direction. As an adventure game fan, I cannot recommend this in good faith.

A charming point-and-click adventure, with all of the flaws inherent to the genre. The writing is good but the story fumbles at the last second. You'll need to pull out your phone to look up the puzzle solutions. Mostly high-quality otherwise.