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An adventure game with warmth, humour and heart, Broken Age is a joy from beginning to (almost) end. Easily among Double Fine's best.
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It might seem that I’m coming off quite harsh, but I’m pretty damn disappointed with this game and rightfully so. This was supposed to be Schafer’s glorious return to the genre but instead I got a somewhat decent adventure game that honestly could have been made by any other developer out there. I’ve waited years for Double Fine to make an adventure game and I got something I’ll forget in a week that’s easily surpassed by many modern adventure games.
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A charming adventure filled with wonderful characters and excellent writing that confines itself a little too much within its genre.
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Despite long stretches of anger-inducing logic in Act II, Broken Age as a whole is a poignant and clever adventure game that is worth playing through, even if it never lives up to the promise of its midpoint.
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As a whole, Broken Age pulls off its duality motif wonderfully. Not only are Shay and Vella's stories interesting reflections of themselves, but Part 1 and Part 2 as a whole are practically reflections of themselves, as well. They're two parts of a tale that should be experienced together as a whole, especially since the game only offers the briefest of recaps when starting Part 2. Broken Age was a long time coming, but it's a story that was worth the wait for all players and not just the game's Kickstarter backers.
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While Broken Age doesn’t break much new ground in the genre, it does deliver a wonderfully enriching adventure that’s buoyed by sharp writing and likeable characters.
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Broken Age is the newest release from Double Fine, the developer founded by adventure game legend Tim Schafer. The release is noteworthy for having a massively successful Kickstarter campaign; with a goal of $400,000, the studio ended up raising almost $3.5 million. Of course, with huge money came big expectations, and the title ended up launching both late – and only partially complete. Now, three years after its funding drive, the full version is making its debut on PlayStation platforms.
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For everyone else, though: do you like jokes? What about stories? If you answered yes, try Broken Age. For those who haven't tried point and click adventure games, it's a great introduction to the genre; for those with more experience, well, they don't get much better than this one. And if you've already played Broken Age, rest assured, Act Two isn't just as funny, charming, and exciting as Act One - it's even better.
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Broken Age Act 1 has all the fun of classic point-and-click adventure games in a gorgeous new package.
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Broken Age doesn't do a very good job of standing on its own. It very well could end up being regarded as a classic upon its completion, it just doesn’t hold much more than promise, right now.
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Taken as a whole, Broken Age is still a easy-to-recommend, extremely charming game with some lovely messages about growing up. But it isn’t quite the landmark achievement in video game narrative I spent its year-long intermission hoping for. Some of Act 2’s puzzles are quite clever and there are some great gags throughout. But Act 1 had so much narrative promise, I couldn’t help but be disappointed to see Broken Age’s poignant story bogged down by so much puzzling it its second half.
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