Randal's Monday

Randal’s Monday gets so much right it’s depressing that it gets the crucial gameplay part wrong. The voice acting, story, dialogue, graphics, music, humour, modern adventure game mechanics, that’s all impressive and lovely. Then a couple of hours in it’s like Nexus Game Studios lost their book titled “How To Create Good Adventure Game Puzzles”. The puzzles are illogical, obtuse, require far too many steps to get even basic items, expect the player to just magically know that thing...

Fans of old adventure titles, crude humor and excessive pop culture references might find some value here, but most would be better served with better adventure games.

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Randal’s Monday has a clever premise that deserves better treatment than it does in this crude, baffling adventure. Though its visuals and acting perfectly fit its ‘90s-era slacker aesthetic, Randal’s Monday lacks the sharp writing necessary to make its odious hero amusing. But it fails the most at being a competent adventure, presenting players with nonsensical puzzles so confounding that the built-in hint system is a necessity instead of a crutch. While it’s great to hear Jeff Anderson riff as another Randal, and see the (virtual) return of Jay and Silent Bob, you’re better off popping in Cl...

Time poop.

Randal’s Monday should only be played exerting extreme caution and being advised that you are going to have an incredibly frustrating time and that all of the effort you put in each puzzle will go poorly rewarded. Although, if you are a pop culture lover, Easter egg hunter with absolutely no sense of impatience or frustration, then Randal’s Monday is the game for you. Point-and-click adventure games are the most similar in construction to an interactive book and, because of that, its narrative tends to be powerful and immersive. Take a look to titles from the TellTale Games library, if you wan...