Recent reviews by WeeAddy

Pinstripe is a good example of indie games that can surprise you. I checked it out based purely on the fact that some of the cameo voice actors (Dan from NSP, and JackSepticEye) retweeted the announcement of the release of the game on Twitter. From there, I just bought it on a whim to surprise myself, having no idea whether or not I'd like it. Have to say, I loved it.

The gameplay itself is very basic, it's mostly walking around and interacting with the many NPC's, who provide you with the help to get you from point A to point B, or just to give you a chuckle. Humour is subjective, but I think the game does it quite well with the characters it has, albeit it is a little odd to have the antagonist - who seems so feirce and horrifying at first - calling you childish names. It's an interesting mix between creepy as all Hell, but ridiculously stupid - and I love it. The game takes itself seriously, whilst not at the same time.

The premise is that your daughter has been kidnapped by Pinstripe, a man/spirit thing who intends to adopt Bo and make her his own daughter. Why? It's never really explained. No idea what his grudge is against our player character Ted, but we'll ignore that for now. But he seems like a terrifying entity of pure evil, but then a little bit into the game, he'll call you something silly like a "freakishly looking douche," or something. It might put some people off to take you out of the immersiveness a bit for a silly insult, and even other NPC characters who fart while they talk, but it's all down to personal taste, and I think adds to the games charm and keeps it from just being drab and dull the whole time for the sake of a gritty story.

The voice acting matches the writing, and is brilliantly done by all involved. Lines are delivered with just the right amount of care where needed, as well as the right amount of sass and sarcasm.

The gameplay, stated by the dev himself, isn't very much to look at -- the game is mostly about the story. But I did find it fun wandering through the environments trying to find what secrets I could, some were easily missable if you're just running through not paying attention. The game is mostly exploring the maps, but it combines a slingshot early on for use in those maps, and it's how you progress through most of the game. The inventory system is a bunch of clues you find along your way to help with various puzzles later down the road, all of which are easily solved by examining the clues correctly (which I got stuck on one time), and it never seems to hard, or too easy. Sprinkled in are a few cool mini-games, which serve as a nice distraction for a simple reward like frozen oil drops, these include timed lock mechanisms, a flappy bird kind of game, and spot the difference - all of which don't take long at all to complete and don't completely intrude on the game.

All in all, really fun game. There's more I've yet to explore, such as playing through using the meaner responses (as you can respond to some NPC's with specifically story-based "nice" or "mean" responses, which may or may not effect your ending -- haven't tested that yet), and exploring the games few golden padlock doors. There's also various items you can acquire in the game with the frozen drops that you can't get on your first playthrough, and I definitely want to try and grab them if I can.

I definitely recommend the game. It takes around 2hrs or so to beat for your first time, so I do wish it was a bit cheaper, but I'm still happy I got it. It's a fun experience to go on, and if you're in to story games, it's a nice little story about a father and the search for his daughter that'll be sure to brighten your spirits with its charming characters. And maybe weird you out a little too. Sack juice, anyone?

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