I grew up loving Humongous games in the mid to late 90s, but I always felt wary about playing the oldest titles in their catalog. From the screenshots I saw, Putt-Putt had a bizarre appearance and the games seemed simplistic.

Upon completing their first outing, I can now say that's only partially true. There is a lot more groundwork laid here for their signature charm than I expected!

I finished nearly everything this game had to offer in a scant 35 minutes, but I'm a 30 year old man- I easily can see young kids spending hours fiddling around with the minigames in the toy store, or doing extra chores to try new paint colors.

There isn't a lot here, and it certainly wasn't as fully baked as the latter entries, but it was a perfectly pleasant experience.