Ransome the Clown acts as the Cartman of the troupe, constantly spewing *beep*ed out curse words. A lot of the best moments come from reading items and investigating objects rather than from dialogue, although there are some stand out moments here, too. As you would expect from the creator of The Secret of Monkey Island, the humour is mostly on point, resulting in several laugh-out-loud moments. It felt right and all the more rewarding for it. Despite getting stuck plenty of times, eventually working out the solution never felt like a random combination or a terrible joke. Never before have I reached the end of a traditional adventure game without screaming at the screen at the stupidity of the solution, but here we have a wonderful exception. You'll still be combining actions and items in very silly ways, but they all make a certain amount of sense. The puzzle solutions retain the daft spirit of old LucasArts titles but follow a much more coherent internal logic. From a technical standpoint, Thimbleweed Park can be seen as a new benchmark for the form. A lot of this bluster disappears after the first third of the game, when the writing and puzzling really hits its stride. It would be beautiful, if not for all the murders and such. This is totally unnecessary behind all the self-referential waffle is a cracking mystery in a beautifully realised setting that feels right at home in the catalogue. It doesn't exactly feel like arrogance, but it does feel like the actual developers are trying a bit too hard to deliver the fan service, as though earnestly trying to justify the game's existence. It's funny but it goes on for way too long and this happens several times throughout the game. Within the first 15 minutes you can find yourself in a long discussion of the merits of LucasArts' adventure gaming over competitors at the time, as well as modern games, taking a fairly smug jab at Sierra's back catalogue in the process. Thimbleweed Park is primarily aimed at genre fans so plenty of self-referential jokes were expected, but not quite so many of them were expected to arrive straight out of the gate, and they're pretty on the nose. Adventure games from the late eighties and early nineties always had a tendency to break the fourth wall many of the most meme-friendly gags dating back from this era were a direct result of characters addressing the player or acknowledging they are in a computer game. There's no doubt that ardent fans, not to mention Kickstarter backers, will love every second of it.
The twist ending was a little predictable but it perfectly fits the tone of the rest of the game: equal parts sinister, silly and self-aware. The plot is pretty brilliant, expertly walking the fine line between daft absurdity and compelling creepiness that Gilbert perfected with Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. You'll eventually play as five separate characters throughout the course of the game, each with their own hidden agendas and reasons to be meddling in a federal case. It's primarily a mystery thriller, although only in terms of plot the actual gameplay involves a lot less investigation work than one would assume given that our two starting characters are "agents" of some kind, bearing a striking resemblance to Mulder and Scully.
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