More than the sum of its parts. Dark. A favorite forgotten bedtime story from Hell. Beautiful in the intricacy of it's world. The single greatest indie adventure game surprise of 2015.
Disturbing yet adorable, full of violence but at the same time tender, Fran Bow is an adventure with a compelling and sad story that we utterly recommend. The final part of the game might seem confusing and chaotic, but it's still a great moment that will hit you right in the guts.
Such a beautiful game, played it like three times years ago and was just going about my day when I remembered it existed and was struck with an acute need to gush about how amazing it is. I have never seen such evocative settings, worldbuilding, and aesthetic. Admittedly, it's not everyone's cuppa tea; It is a bit slow around certain parts later on, and you probably will have to bust out a guide to get through certain puzzles, and the amount of dialogue is more than most people would care for. But I can't not give it a 10. Just thinking about this game's world gets me weak at the knees. I don't want to spoil too much, but at one point, you find someone's journal, which has literally 40 pages of him documenting his life and providing exposution about the magical creatures of this world. Thing is, if I recall correctly, which admittedly I may not, reading this book is completely optional. You could simply go through the entire game and still understand the story without it. They didn't have to put in that extra effort to make this a part if the game, but they did. That should tell you what sort of experience this is. But, just, please, at the very least give this game a try.
Simplesmente o melhor jogo point and click já feito. Apesar da jogabilidade simplista (aí o conceito de "point and click"), os puzzles são cativantes e muitas vezes desafiadores, porém o ponto alto do jogo é a sua históra, com suas reviravoltas e personagens cativantes, além de ótimas referências à cultura pop atual e do século passado
I don't like point and click adventures because they are often unfunny and have overly random and illogical puzzles. But Fran Bow is a masterpiece I enjoyed very much. The story is engaging, the characters have depth, there is a nice atmosphere and even some (non-forced/natural) humor.
The puzzles are really good. Not only are they creative and fun, fit well in the story, but are also solvable with logical thinking instead of randomly trying things like in many other point and click adventures.
Masterpiece!
Fran Bow got great main characters, nice visuals and interesting story, charming and creepy at the same time.
Messy pixel hunting was the main drawback for me: a lot of interactive objects looked a lot like background objects just near them.
Not the worst adventure game ever, but certainly one of the most over rated.
Nothing stands out - the graphics are average, the interface is clumsy and none of the characters are voiced. Puzzles are okay, except for a bugged puzzle that caused me to give up on the game. I completed all the steps required to solve a puzzle (I know this because there is a "recipe" for the required items), put the items where they are suppose to go, but the game said I was missing an item.
Which leads to another huge drawback to this buggy game, no saved games. The game auto saves, so I was stuck. I could go back to the start of the chapter, but I might encounter the same bug.
Play the very similar, but much better Anna's Quest instead.