I was a Playstation kid. I started playing when I was 3, almost 4 years old on a Playstation 1 that my parents got after my uncle had lent his. I would spend hours on the Tomb Raider games, later on I would tackle famous platformers like Spyro the Dragon, Crash Bandicoot, Pac-Man World and Ape Escape 1. My dad would play Dino Crisis, Silent Hill or Final Fantasy VIII-IX (I actually disliked 9 as a kid and played 8 a lot more!), but this is just a small list of games that accompanied my childhood.

Like with the case of American McGee’s Alice, I wasn’t subjected to point-and-click games and they aren’t part of my long past. I got into them in my teen years, although it’s hard to tell which was my first.

I can definitely say that my favorite to this day remains Grim Fandango.

Though not a pure “point-and-click” game, this version did add controls through a mouse. I own the remaster on console and it still remains the best masterpiece from LucasArts
No, I have not played Monkey Island.

More “modern” games of the genre I also enjoyed were Donald Dowell and the Ghost of Barker Manor, The Last Door and the white chamber, the latter which I wouldn’t recommended for people who can’t handle gore, for sure.

It makes me sad that this genre has become a niche over time. I like puzzles, I also like stories told in compelling and novel ways, so it’s no wonder it is among my favorite genre of games. Sadly, I haven’t played as much as I’d like, either because I don’t know where to find good titles or I have little time to commit to that.

So, while I was trying to find videos to watch while doing other stuff, I decided to check out Deponia from this Youtuber who used to stream some games played not so well.

Rufus can perish for all I care. I like Toni, instead, she deserves better.

I was immediately hooked on it. Truthfully, the guy playing it is a disaster and he was slow on either reading comments or finding solutions, so I decided to get the game on Humble Bundle for 3 bucks.

I didn’t want to spend the money, at first: Daedalic Entertainment isn’t a studio I particularly like after what happened when Lord of the Rings: Gollum came out, so giving them money was the last thing I wanted to do.

Sadly, I couldn’t find the game anywhere else, but in the end, I only paid 3 bucks for the complete journey, which has extra stuff, not the full price of 30, big bucks. A win, I guess?

I will try to play through the first game and see how much I end up liking it.

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