Interesting, attractive, but short – Chronology - Deluxe Edition Review
Update - it’s sad that there haven’t been any other Part updates in over a year. I would even be willing to pay for an update at this point.
Pros:
- special abilities of professor and snail make the game very interesting, especially given that the snail is a secondary character.
- puzzles were not too easy or too hard (although I like them on the easy side)
- beautiful graphics
- choice of mostly European languages (English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Brazilian Portugese, and either Russian or Polish... I don't know)
- the story is sweet, engaging, and the relationship between snail and professor is endearing
- wasn't buggy
- I like that there's basically no tutorial, and you don't necessarily know what's going to kill you.
- unlimited lives, game generally starts you very close to where you died, rather than all the way at the beginning (except one or two spots)
Cons:
- no Asian languages
- the evil professor looks vaguely like a "yellow peril" caricature of an old Chinese man (I'm guessing the Co that made this is not American, so it's not an accusation, just an observation/criticism)
- there seemed to be no point to having an up/down control for professor
- the ending was kind of lame. I like some fanfare
Overall I really enjoyed this and look forward to updates. Hopefully they will be free or cheap.
Review by fatstuffalicious on
Chronology - Deluxe Edition.