If you're not too familiar with point & click adventures or puzzle games, this is probably a much better fit for you. The Abandoned Planet didn't click for me, likely because I've played so many that my standards are high. Still, there was enough good there that I'm sure some people will enjoy it.

The art was fantastic. The sound and music were great when they were there, but it was a bit quiet at times. The character designs and world building were also really good.

On to the constructive criticism: I didn't enjoy was the gameplay. There was very little extra detail or interactivity in the world beyond what was used to string together the puzzles. The first 2 acts were far too easy and even forced hints on you, which felt like it was insulting the players intelligence. Moving around the world was a bit slow - it has that Nintendo-style issue of every interaction playing a little animation, so the gameplay is very click-wait-click-wait-click-wait, which gets annoying. The puzzles in the late game were a lot more enjoyable, but I feel they would have been more impactful if the game weren't sliced up so finely that the "keys" weren't so close to their respective "locks".

On the story side, I feel like if there was just a bit more lore-building that wasn't exclusively to advance the plot, this could have been something special. Like it was borderline "Outer Wilds"-style memorable, but just needed a bit more. I feel the missing piece was that other inhabitants didn't seem to have left a mark on the world beyond their contribution to the protagonist's journey. Perhaps writing a few short narratives from the perspective of the other characters that shaped the world would have helped?

Overall, do I recommend it? It depends: Have you already played most of the SCUMM catalog? Hard pass. Are you patient and/or relatively new to point & clicks? Go for it - it's good and priced appropriately.

If you're not too familiar with point & click adventures or puzzle games, this is probably a much better fit for you. The Abandoned Planet didn't click for me, likely because I've played so many that my standards are high. Still, there was enough good there that I'm sure some people will enjoy it. The art was fantastic. The sound and music were great when they were there, but it was a bit quiet at times. The character designs and world building were also really good. On to the constructive criticism: I didn't enjoy was the gameplay. There was very little extra detail or interactivity in the world beyond what was used to string together the puzzles. The first 2 acts were far too easy and even forced hints on you, which felt like it was insulting the players intelligence. Moving around the world was a bit slow - it has that Nintendo-style issue of every interaction playing a little animation, so the gameplay is very click-wait-click-wait-click-wait, which gets annoying. The puzzles in the late game were a lot more enjoyable, but I feel they would have been more impactful if the game weren't sliced up so finely that the "keys" weren't so close to their respective "locks". On the story side, I feel like if there was just a bit more lore-building that wasn't exclusively to advance the plot, this could have been something special. Like it was borderline "Outer Wilds"-style memorable, but just needed a bit more. I feel the missing piece was that other inhabitants didn't seem to have left a mark on the world beyond their contribution to the protagonist's journey. Perhaps writing a few short narratives from the perspective of the other characters that shaped the world would have helped? Overall, do I recommend it? It depends: Have you already played most of the SCUMM catalog? Hard pass. Are you patient and/or relatively new to point & clicks? Go for it - it's good and priced appropriately.