Thimbleweed Park

1. supemoneylife

   May 10, 2017

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Full game 10/10
   Staying true to original adventure games and joke style that I fell in love with in the 80's/90's 10/10
   Sound/voice acting/story 10/10
   Ending 5/10… Expand

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2. shinybob

   Jul 20, 2017

   10

   What a fantastic game.
   
   It has all the atmosphere, charm and gameplay of the original Monkey Islands, Manic Mansions etc but subtly updatedWhat a fantastic game.
   
   It has all the atmosphere, charm and gameplay of the original Monkey Islands, Manic Mansions etc but subtly updated with more logical puzzles, graphic effects and more. The addition of the hint line is excellent as it doesn't give you the answer but gently points you in the right direction.
   
   Please please please make more of this type of game please.
   
   Genuinely sad when it was over!
   
   Just Diggin'… Expand

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4. Fuz

   Oct 11, 2018

   10

   Thimbleweed Park is basically a sort of sequel to Maniac Mansion.
   Puzzles are all well thought and logical; not too easy and not superThimbleweed Park is basically a sort of sequel to Maniac Mansion.
   Puzzles are all well thought and logical; not too easy and not super frustrating. And you always have something to do or something to check, so getting stumped is rare.
   The story and its delivery are fantastic. The characters are tons of fun. The mistery/humor mix is spot on (well, I like Ron's kind of humor). The whole writing is superb - except for the *really* excessive metatext, self-referentiality and the breaking of the fourth wall. It's way too much. This is its worst flaw. And if something like this is the worst flaw... well...
   This game is EXACTLY what I wanted to play in an adventure game.
   Hope Ron (and the rest of his team) keeps making games like this.
   
   Absolutely fantastic.… Expand

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5. Letiste-Gaming

   Apr 17, 2017

   9

   En definitiva, estamos ante una de las mejores aventuras gráficas de los últimos años.
   
   Es un homenaje a la época dorada del género, llenoEn definitiva, estamos ante una de las mejores aventuras gráficas de los últimos años.
   
   Es un homenaje a la época dorada del género, lleno de guiños al mundillo (en especial por supuesto a LucasArts), con un humor genial y una dificultad elevada pero no lógica.
   
   Echábamos de menos una aventura gráfica old-school y este juego no solo nos ofrece la oportunidad de revivir nuestra nostalgia, si no que nos ofrece un producto muy cuidado que supera con creces nuestras expectativas.
   
   Fans del género estáis de suerte porque, sin lugar a dudas, podemos decir que esta obra sería digna de considerarse la aventura gráfica número 15 de LucasArts. Algo muy meritorio.… Expand

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6. currer_bell

   Apr 7, 2017

   8

   Upon finishing the game, I have somehow mixed impressions about Thimbleweed Park. For me, Maniac Mansion will forever be the most importantUpon finishing the game, I have somehow mixed impressions about Thimbleweed Park. For me, Maniac Mansion will forever be the most important video game ever made, but... let's face it ; in 2017, point and click adventures is a type of game that didn't age very well... There is nothing that much fun in being stuck for hours on a puzzle. Nothing much fun in finally solving that puzzle and already fearing of getting stuck on the next one. That really is the main concern here. I also agree with some critics I've read elsewhere ; the caracters in Thimbleweed Park are too much cliché (I loved Dolores, but hated Ransome the clown...) and the overall humor too childish. Well, that was for the down side.
   
   On the other hand, everything else about this game is awesome. The voice acting is top notch, the story is very good, extremely good I'd say, just about the best I've seen in the Point and click genre.
   The investigation going on suits the game type very well. The overall ideas makes you feel that this game is everything Ron Gilbert and co. were aiming for in the first place. The graphics are perfect, retro enough and really classy. Finally the music and sounds gets the job done alright.
   
   So, yes, Thimbleweed Park is charming and clever. But in the end I feel like I love the game much more than I actually had fun playing it. That's all.… Expand

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7. kingplain

   May 12, 2017

   7

   I grew up on Maniac Mansion. I’ve made pixel art versions of myself in Maniac Mansion style, my ringtone is the Edison Theme, I even tried toI grew up on Maniac Mansion. I’ve made pixel art versions of myself in Maniac Mansion style, my ringtone is the Edison Theme, I even tried to watch the TV show during the brief time it was on. I’m a big fan. I really enjoyed Thimbleweed. I thought it was great they threw back to Maniac Mansion, rather than some of the newer point/click games.
   
   I’ve read the team really tried to give us a rose-tinted experience of nostalgia rather than a direct copy of the style back then. Still, I found some things left in that bothered me. The first being the long unskippable dialogue. I remember back when audio/video on computers was new it was a delight to click on everything. Now, I’m like “get on with it!” Doesn’t help the voice acting is pretty bad (intentional?) or that the jokes are old (also intentional?). I turned on the voice only when Ransom was talking and then only because it’s hard to read a million “BLEEPS.” I don’t get the censorship. There’s already sex, drugs, theremin music, and murders.
   
   Another thing that bothered me was the occasional long convoluted walks around the background. The cemetery was the worst. This is probably another in-joke, taking a common complaint to absurd levels. That doesn’t make it enjoyable, though. “What fun! The developers are intentionally irritating me! Ha-ha. I see you through the 4th wall there!” Another example was the amount of hotel floors mixed with the super slow elevator. A virtual elevator would have thrilled me in the 80s, but here it’s tedious and really unnecessary. The amount of rooms used in the game only takes up a single floor. Could have made the hotel rooms on one floor and made the elevator only go to the penthouse, which would be instant after you solved the only puzzle in the elevator itself.
   
   The next annoying part: Specks of dust. They even say in the game the specks of dust are there to annoy OCD-like players. The joke could have made with just a single piece and it would have been mildly amusing. Instead it’s a blight, painting nearly every room with the throwaway joke. Imagine watching a funny movie you love but now someone says “that’s what she said” after every line. That’s kind of what it’s like. Even if you’re not of the “collect everything” variety, they still demand your attention and incrementally ruin the scenery. Super annoying. Really. The options need a “dust-off” setting, or something. See how my review is yellow instead of that pleasing green? That's me messing right back with the developers.
   
   While paying homage to Maniac Mansion, they left out some things, the most glaring of which is multiple endings. I really think that’s why Maniac Mansion was such a classic and something like Day of the Tentacle wasn’t. You could play Maniac Mansion multiple times, with entirely different styles, and get a new outcome. Thimbleweed really only has one solution, and I think that's a shame.
   
   Another thing dropped from Maniac Mansion is the deaths. In game they say deaths are just a cheap way to extend gameplay, but I think they were essential to the vibe of Maniac Mansion and could be considered “endings” themselves.
   
   I like the “wireframe” art style a little better than the real mode. I wish they would have ran with that art style instead. I don’t know. If you’re doing old school, do school. When Day of the Tentacle came out, I remember thinking the same thing. "Where's my MM graphics? What is this?"
   
   Ok, that sounds like a lot of complaining, don’t get me wrong, I love the game and hope they keep making them. I just thought that some of their ideas in this new indie config fell flat or could have done better to get my 10. Does Thimbleweed dethrone Maniac Mansion? No. Is it worth your time? Yup.… Expand

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8. MadAlf

   Mar 24, 2021

   4

   If you're seeking a good story, this game is not for you. Yes, arts, music and mechanics itsselves is not bad, but the story is just awful.If you're seeking a good story, this game is not for you. Yes, arts, music and mechanics itsselves is not bad, but the story is just awful. The developer's ego is so huge, that it ruins the whole plot by it's massive body.… Expand

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