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Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam #1281589
09/11/22 05:37 PM
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I am about an hour into this point-and-click biff-em-up hybrid, and while I expect to dip in and out and so won't get to the end anytime soon, there is plenty of colourful cartoony adventuring mayhem to be had.

You play Brok, an investigator alligator and ex-boxer somewhat reminiscent of Wally from my child-ish years (except for the punching). You also apparently get to play as Graff, the son of his deceased wife whom we 'meet' in an early dream, but as yet I have engaged with but not been Graff. I have though biffed a bunch of things, escaped from a burning building, and dodged some laser grids in a type of mini-game in order to break into another.

As the Steam page says, the game takes place in "a futuristic 'light cyberpunk' world where animals have replaced humans, privileged citizens live under a protective dome from the ambient air pollution while others struggle to make a living on the outside". Exactly the sort of place where brains and brawn will stand you in good stead.

The point and click aspects will be familiar. A cursor enables you to move Grok around his third person world and interact with numerous objects and characters. It will either be look, take or talk, depending on the hotspot. The space bar highlights all the things you can interact with. Find things, talk to people, fiddle with stuff. Interrogate the inventory, examine items, review phone calls and messages, combine things, consume things.

And if all else fails, hit something.

The brawling elements might also be familiar. Like Brok, things you fight or just wallop have health bars when you enter action mode, so you can monitor how any pugilistic endeavour is going. Win to choose power ups and get rewards, find items to boost various combat aspects, block and punch and use special moves and wield weapons. Lose and it's game over but you get to try again. Level up to beat bosses and enemies.

Or choose the skip button and avoid it all.

If you play the relaxed mode, you get a button which enables you to skip fights. You can still do them, but the click the button and avoid option is there. It also offered me the option to skip the laser beam puzzle. A nice touch I have to say.

Again, referring to the Steam page there are multiple endings, times when you can switch at will between the playable characters, choices that impact the story line and puzzles that can be solved with your brain or your brawn. Plus 15 hours or so of playing time.

To date it's well voiced, musically accompanied, and while there is not a lot of background movement in many scenes, the detail and the cartoon aesthetic serves things well.

I look forward to more time with Brok.


Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time for some gaming!
Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281591
09/11/22 05:55 PM
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Thanks for the First Look flotsam!

Thanks, Drac!

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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281595
09/11/22 06:16 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Drac!

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281644
09/12/22 09:34 AM
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Thank you for this first look, flotsam! thumbsup

And thank you too, Drac. wave

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281673
09/12/22 06:45 PM
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I am happy to learn about the action skip button! I really wanted to play this game, and thought maybe I could struggle through the action. But after watching the trailer I didn't think I'd be able to. Now I am excited to give it a try!

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281690
09/13/22 01:36 AM
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Its a good feature skeeter93 yes


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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: flotsam] #1281692
09/13/22 03:03 AM
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Thank you for First Look flotsam thumbsup
[And thank you also, Draclvr.]


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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281889
09/15/22 06:00 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Drac.


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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281890
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I just got the Gator in Investigator 🤯

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281894
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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1281897
09/15/22 08:42 PM
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While "point-and-click biff-em-up hybrid" doesn't sound like it would be my new favorite game category, a skip function actually makes me curious about this game.

Thank you Draclvr!

Brok The Investigator for iMac #1282822
09/29/22 03:21 AM
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I saw flotsam's first look review of this game and thought it sounded like fun, only to be stymied by not having an appropriate machine to play it.

I therefore contacted Cowcat Games, and Fabrice Breton tells me that a Mac version is in Beta testing and may be available as soon as next week.

I thought this might be of interest to some fellow boomers.

catrub


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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1282831
09/29/22 08:31 AM
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Thank you for that information, Lex! Good to know. wave

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1282842
09/29/22 10:09 AM
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Thank you, Lex. Fabrice is very good at making his games available for as platforms as possible. I think he eventually make his first on playable on platforms too.


Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time for some gaming!
Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1282869
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I started the game... I set it on the puzzle setting. So far I have bashed a few things, but as the fights get harder I will skip. The optional quests and collecting food and coins and things threw me a bit, I'm not used to that. I've never been great with optional content or multiple endings, it stresses me out that I am doing it the 'right' way. I don't know how long the main objective will take, so I am a bit stressed it will end before I can finish the other stuff. That's made me not go back to the game yet. I know, I just need to relax and enjoy the game, but I can't help it.

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1282873
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Thanks for your feedback about the game, skeeter93. I hope you will be able to settle in and enjoy the game. Optional quests and such sound like more of what you get in an RPG, so I understand that it takes some getting used to if you are more of an adventure gamer.

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1282874
09/29/22 07:39 PM
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Thanks for sharing your feelings about the game skeeter93! That is really not my type of game play either. Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of developers are trying to turn us adventure gamers into rpg gamers.

Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1282885
09/29/22 10:23 PM
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Oldbroad, I'm an RPG gamer and even I want my adventure games to be adventure games!


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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1284272
10/19/22 07:50 AM
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Just to let you know this gamed is now available for iMac catrub


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Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1284274
10/19/22 09:51 AM
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That's great, Lex! Thank you. I know Cowcat is very good about making his games available on as many platforms as possible.


Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time for some gaming!
Re: Brok the InvestiGator, a First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1284377
10/21/22 02:38 AM
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Irritatingly, I found out a few days too late to get an early 15% discount... cry


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