PC Critic Reviews

A year after the first half was released, Broken Age’s story has come to a conclusion that is absolutely worth the wait. [June 2015, p.88]

Broken Age: Act 2 wraps up Shay and Vella’s story in great fashion. The jokes are punchy, the twists are rewarding, and most of the puzzles are satisfying in a special way.

Act 1 was just an appetizer. Act 2 is the meaty main course that defines Broken Age — and not just because it finishes the story. It’s where Double Fine let loose and went crazy with the puzzles (and the complex train of thought you need to solve them).

With Broken Age’s release the Double Fine Adventure comes to an end, and the result is a standout game that delivers on its promises. Play it.

Something more than just a homage to LucasArts classics. Broken Age built its own identity brick by brick, drawing inspiration from its ancestors, but not mindlessly. [06/2015, p.56]

A warm, big-hearted and hilarious adventure game custom-built for a passionate fanbase. [July 2015, p.67]

Broken Age: Act 1 was so perfect that perhaps my expectations were inflated when playing through the second half. However, despite the challenges Broken Age is still very much a beautiful game with a heartwarming story.

Even with such an imaginative and refreshing world, Schafer's conclusion to this story ends up being a mere repetition to its previous episode, leaving us wondering, where did that spirit go?

The game formerly known as Double Fine Adventure is a fine adventure, but definitely one best taken as a whole rather than in two parts.

This is not Grim Fandango, not Full Throttle, not Monkey Island. This is Double Fine at its best, with a Point & Click adventure that achieves mixing the magic from those SCUMM masterpieces of the genre and the unique visuals of Tim Schafer's imagination and studio. It is a shame that the story slowly falls into its second part and the studio recycles too much the same scenarios, but Broken Age is what it is: A journey that evokes that magic we thought was lost.