Day of the Tentacle and Playing in Different Layers of Time
Posted by dolgion on Wednesday Feb 16, 2011 Under Game Design
Wanted to take a little break from the tutorials and thought I’d write a bit about old classic point-and-click graphic adventures by LucasArts. Some years back, I was deeply into those games. I played Indiana Jones 4, Monkey Island 1 -3, Day of the Tentacle and so forth. They’re just really well done games, and it feels like in terms of classic narrative, point-and-click adventures are just the best suited kind of games.
The best of the lot is in my opinion Day of the Tentacle. Many people like Monkey Island better, and that one is a fantastic game for sure, but DotT was unique. Where Monkey Island created great fun from the great humor and a classic hero story, DotT did things differently. You have 3 characters that you can control. They’re all in the same house, but in different time zones. Read More
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