The Book of Unwritten Tales: Critter Chronicles: Review

The Book of Unwritten Tales – one of the best quests last year – was good for everyone. A fairy tale story about how the united forces of people, elves and gnomes fight against goblins and orcs was only a cover and a reason for the ongoing stream of jokes, parodies on fantasy cliches and role -playing games and cheerful references to Monkey Island and “stellar wars”. And there were funny mini-games, interesting puzzles, the opportunity to switch between three charismatic heroes ..

Stop. The heroes were really bright, but the developers clearly prescribed one of them not as detailed as the other two. Where did this impudent merry Neite come from with his unnecessary identification by an assistant zeal? What is hidden in his past, what are his motives, why a colorful bustle of his head is so angry on this couple, Orchikha Makzaz, as they met with the beast? And what kind of creature is this? Questions hung in the air. And we got answers only now, in the prequel The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles.

They are so different, but still they are together

The game immediately takes from the place in the quarry and demonstrates the beginning of the strong “friendship” of Nate and Makzaz. It occurs on board the air ship just won. It soon turns out that Nate won him not quite honestly at the completely bad pirate, but does not spare about it at all, and he answers all the calls to give up with jokes, sentences to run away to the Maldives and cannon in the confetti salvo. This, in fact, is an exhaustive characteristic of Nate, which in The Critter Chronicles He appeared in all its glory: before us is a thief, a prankster, a ladies’ saint, a jester and an entrepreneurial egoist at the same time. In a word, such an adventurer from a big road. In which a good heart and 60-70 kilograms of charm is still felt.

Nate decides the difficulties in accordance with him accordingly: it flatters, brazenly lies in order, for example, to pull the sandwich he needs (and the interlocutor will also say thanks for the salvation from imaginary poison!), laughs in the face of danger, leading bold conversations with the main villain, a colorful orcam-shaman. And of course, he launches his outstanding trick and fiction. Build a hookah from a hose and cigars to get a wick for a gun, or in 5 minutes to collect a parachute from improvised materials in order to elegantly, and most importantly, very quickly and effectively get rid of the same Macakease, is in the order of things for him.

The beast, which we will finally get to know better, on the contrary, looks like a creature more romantic and disinterested. As it turns out, he, along with his relatives, flew here from another planet to pick up an important artifact for aliens. Something, of course, went wrong (without an evil shaman, it was not there again). And while the relatives are looking for a way out of this situation, a funny creature, reminiscent of a cross of jelly with a snail and some ghost from Ghostbusters, is worn around her beloved girl (although it is difficult to call another snail with pens), she arranges her a session of nostalgia for the starry sky and generally makes herEverything so that she does not cry and does not be sad.

Mary, who once walked along the seas, is very self-critical: “Since my ass is not half in water, I feel so fat!”

Fate quickly reduces Neut and the beast, and it turns out that, despite the whole difference in characters (not to mention appearance and origin), they are a half -word (or half -tending!) understand each other and together make up an excellent team. Ahead of them will have a lot of adventures, jokes and unexpected meetings. In general, the prequel, of course, is inferior to the original in terms of the number of locations, tasks and characters: here in the order of things to marinate the player on one map for a long time, and then return here several times. Despite this, you will have enough adventure for at least two winter evenings, and you will spend them with a smile on your face.

The game has not lost imagination, briskness and good sense of humor. Here are constantly the characters who are densely settled in memory. What is only a crazy researcher who is trying to catch in the country of snow and ice in Yeti’s costume … Yeti. As a result, he hunts himself: as soon as he hit his head – and the scientist turns into a roaring and very hungry snowy man, hit again – and the researcher, leaning his head in a suit, again acquires a speechless manner to tell how he puts onYeti traps, and for some reason he never comes.

There is still an equally crazy ecologist who is ready to sell people a clean, environmentally friendly conscience, and a funny little animal who, in response to all sorts of “effort” can respond with low smoked bass (the child knows how to parody other people’s voices). But, perhaps, the most colorful personality is an elderly already, but all the same proud and legible in the connections of a lady named Marie, who is … Actually, Nate air ship.

Being an personified soul of the vessel, she brings a verdict to you: “There is something that makes me move my hands after meeting you. And not to hug you!”But Nate can find an approach even to such ladies. After his phrase “Your ropes are still elastic, and the sides are still magnificent!»Marie warmly warm. In addition, a female brown can parody the famous monologue Rutger Hauer (Rutger Hauer) from Blade Runner and willingly demonstrates his sharp tongue: “If you give us acceleration now, it will go right away in all directions!”In this spirit, all their communication proceeds, and this, of course, is one of the most colorful duets in the genre.

Not a laughter of one

The Critter Chronicles, Unlike many modern (and especially German) quests, does not seek to simplify everything and all. In addition to dialogues and traditional exercises with objects, there are mini-games and puzzles that cannot be missed. If you choose the highest level of complexity, then the riddles will become larger, and the backlight of active points will not be available. This, of course, is far from Myst: For example, tips for the correct combination on the lock can be found in a meter from the locked door. Nevertheless, a certain “Challenge” in this game will feel.

It is only a pity that in objective riddles the complexity is sometimes excited artificially. As in many other German quests, at such moments we feel not a person who himself reaches everything, reveals, joyfully knocks on the head and shouts “Eureka!”, And a sort of humble robot. He obediently follows the instructions of the authors, delightly sorting out all possible options, but he himself does not really understand why and why is it all. However, when,

of all these crazy combinations of objects, a peculiar generator is obtained, accelerated by a dull and hungry penguin, or a cunning bait for Yeti, bewilderment and irritation are replaced by a sincere smile.

This fall and winter, German humorous quests very timely staged a raid on our blue screens. Chaos On Deponia, Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes, Haunted, and now the prequel to The Book of Unwritten Tales – every game has solid humor, memorable characters and outstanding fantasy. Just right to dispel the depression so common for this season.

Pros: charismatic characters;Funny dialogs;many funny situations;an abundance of puzzles for every taste;very high -quality picture;Voice and music.
Cons: not as many as in the original, locations and characters;Often you have to act.

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