The ability to swap between Vella and Shay's stories at any time returns, but once again there's no dramatic reason for the feature.
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Downloaded as a free update to the existing game file, and swapping over with no fanfare or title card, the "Act 2" aspect is more to accommodate the curious release schedule than any shift in game structure.
Indeed, for players who have yet to start the adventure, the change will be seamless. She faced the beast and won - revealing an enormous lie encompassing both her and Shay's experiences in the process.Īct 2 picks up immediately at this point. Meanwhile Vella, groomed to be sacrificed to the monster Mog Chothra, had similarly stepped beyond the roles her society had laid out for her, and taken control of her own destiny. Shay, raised alone in a stiflingly risk-free environment aboard a spaceship, had ventured beyond the cossetted routines laid out for him and discovered that his world wasn't everything he thought it was. Such is the hurdle Double Fine has set itself with its fractured - or, yes, broken - development of Broken Age.īack in January 2014, we left parallel heroes Vella and Shay as their storylines finally converged. It may not be the longest delay in gaming, but a 16-month cliffhanger is still a tough burden to drop on your players, even more so when the cliffhanger in question comes at a critical juncture in a narrative adventure. Be warned - spoilers and discussion for act one lay below. Today, Dan returns to the second act to see what's changed. "Fans will be forgiven for expecting something a little more chewy, a little more experimental, from a developer who made his name by turning adventure games upside down," Dan Whitehead said in his review.
We reviewed the first act of Tim Schafer and Double Fine's return to adventure games early last year, and found it attractive but a little hollow. All Rights Reserved.The second half of Double Fine's adventure offers more puzzles, lots of repetition and a muddled conclusion.Įditor's note: Broken Age's second and final act is out this week. © and ™ 2014 Double Fine Productions, Inc. This one really hard puzzle that you won't get but you'll look it up online and not tell anybody.Unless you don't think they're funny, in which case we totally weren't trying to be funny. All-star voice cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black, Jennifer Hale, Wil Wheaton, and Pendleton Ward.Features music composed by Peter McConnell, recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.The player can freely switch between their stories, helping them take control of their own lives, and dealing with the unexpected adventures that follow. Vella Tartine and Shay Volta are two teenagers in strangely similar situations, but radically different worlds. Broken Age is a family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo.įunded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story of barfing trees and talking spoons.
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