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A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam #1252943
07/27/21 09:43 AM
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I am about two and a half hours of playtime in, and it's a definite mixed bag.

Inspired by ancient European fairy tales, Lars is out to rescue his sister from the evil forces that have spirited her away. A cartoon puzzle adventure awaits.

I like the look, and the the soundscape is perfectly fine. The puzzling has so far been largely situational (what do I do here and how do I do it) but there are multi-part clues to one conundrum that gets full marks.

The interface though is way too fiddly. The game plays with the keyboard or a game controller, the mouse being completely redundant. The game tells you at the start that the best experience is a game controller, but having switched back and forth neither overcame the fiddliness. I eventually settled for the keyboard, but it never felt comfortable.

The autosave feature is the other major contributing factor to the mixed bag. I never like not being able to save when I want to, and the inability to do so here meant I had to replay parts of the current chapter more than once simply because I wanted to quit. Part of that was a product of the nature of the conundrum solve; I had had enough of trying things to move forward and wanted a break. While I knew what to do to get me back to where I was, the fact that I had to do it again irritated me.

The area I just finished involved not only finding things, and discerning things, but also doing certain things before certain characters came back to discover what I was doing. It doesn't need a twitchy finger, but you do need to identify a plan and then execute it in a timely fashion. Failing can be a part of working out not failing.

An upside is that there were occasions where I was caught (and killed) but I returned not to the start of the area but to a later point in my endeavor, and still with the items in my inventory that I had acquired before my demise.

So far I am liking some aspects and not really liking others so much. A mixed bag, as I said.


Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time for some gaming!
Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1252944
07/27/21 09:49 AM
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Thanks very much flotsam (and Draclvr) smile

Can't say it sounds very appealing to me. Rather too much in that "mixed bag" ....


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Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1252945
07/27/21 09:59 AM
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The lack of a save at will feature is generally a deal killer for me.


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Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1252947
07/27/21 10:04 AM
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Thank you very much for the first look, flotsam. A very balanced appraisal. smile

And thank you too, Drac. wave

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1252964
07/27/21 01:24 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Drac!

It sounds a little disappointing but I have actually already bought the game. I have the first but never played it yet either. Can't. Stop. Buying. Games.

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1252991
07/27/21 07:21 PM
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Thanks, flotsam!

Thanks, Drac!

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Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1253076
07/28/21 06:56 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Drac.


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Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1254702
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I just bought the bundle of both games. Gave up with the first one pretty quickly as I got REEEEALLY fed up with dying and I'm not nimble-fingered enough to do all that running and jumping stuff especially using only the keyboard. I have a feeling the same will happen with the 2nd game, it's all way too fiddly.
Not quite sure why anyone makes this sort of game. Does anyone actually enjoy playing?

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1254708
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I do, lynthorpe! I love them and play them almost exclusively.


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Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1254783
08/22/21 01:45 AM
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Oooops sorry lol Just reading the other comments seemed like no one really liked them and I know I'm very picky about the sort of games I like to play. couldn't get on with Tohu either.

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1254951
08/24/21 09:33 AM
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Ok I'm back cap in hand. I'm actually quite enjoying the 2nd game but I have got totally stuck in episode 5. I have looked at the papers in the drawer after getting the key but I cannot get out of the close up of the papers. Does anyone know how I get back to the interior of the shed?

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1254954
08/24/21 10:13 AM
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Lynthorpe, it's all just a matter of preference!! I know a LOT of people who feel the same way you do!

Anyway, your question would best be asked in the Adventure Games Hints and Help forum.


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Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1254978
08/24/21 03:44 PM
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Glad you gave it another try lynthorpe. That is not my favorite type of gameplay at all but I still attempt to play them. smile

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1255209
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Well I sorted my previous problem but I've given up now as I can't get past the owls. I've spent hours at it and it's all too frustrating. Not good with quick time stuff so this now another game confined to the "never-to-be-finished" pile.

Re: A First Look at Creepy Tale 2 by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1255244
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Sorry to hear that. I haven't attempted this game yet but sometimes I'll just leave a game like this unfinished but installed and try again here and there until I get lucky smile.

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