For whatever reason, I haven’t played a good, honest point-and-click game in years, possibly decades (maybe not since the original Monkey Island, or even Hook on the Amiga?) so it’s fitting my return is with the sublime Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, a game which wouldn’t look out of place from the genre’s hay day – albeit with a slightly off kilter style that wonderfully complements its 19th century folklore story.
Something I’ve forgotten which makes these games special is the opportunity – no, necessity – to really take your time, poking and prodding the scenery and quizzing people over and over, motions which see you become truly rooted in the world.
Hob’s Barrow does this superbly – having you lodge above a village pub, a natural way for you to bump into locals and fellow visitors alike, is an inspired touch – and something else it does particularly well is the way you greet its strange cast.
Source – eurogamer.net
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