Taletell Games brings it’s proven adventure game style to the world of webtoon Homestarrunner.com.
I am an admitted fan of Homestar Runner and his gang of lovable misfits. And for fan of the site this game proves to have the same style and humor the flash toons are well known for. People without a good knowledge of the series will find some funny stuff but will probably be well out of the loop to the running gags and hidden fan service. Problem cause by the very fact this is an adventure game are inevitable. The StrongBad’s humor crammed into a 5 minute short is great, but stretched over a few hours or so with long pauses as you stumble to fine the correct solutions to puzzles just doesn’t hold up as well. Hopefully the fallowing episodes in the season will pick up and a bit a bit more exciting.
The gameplay is true to very standard point and click adventure traditions. You’ll find yourself traveling around Strong Bad’s town of Freecountry USA hitting hunting for the tools you need to solve Strong Bad’s problems. The puzzles your tackling are made decidedly harder due to the off the wall nature of the Homestar Runner universe. Many times solutions aren’t clear and you’ll be stuck trying each item in your inventory on every object in the area just to move along.
It’s easy to see alot went into this season premier. You’ll get great new vocal and music work my the series creators. One of the outstanding additions is Snake Boxer 5. You’ll be boxing snakes in a game very true to the spirit of the, then amazing, games you wasted hours with on your Atari.
Really the Strong point of this game is it’s depiction of the Homestar Runner universe. So if your a fan of the site’s brand of humor you’ll be right at home and this is a must have. If you don’t know who Pom Pom and The Cheat are you might be out in the cold. There is a lot of promise here and hopefully the series will improve over this slightly rocky start. And if any one can pull that off, Taletall Games and the Brothers Chaps are the people who can pull it off.
+ True to the site’s humor
+ Good production values
- Little on the short side
- Probably won’t make you a Strong Bad fan if you aren’t already one
Grade: C