Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

One of best adventure games I played. I played it twice, and I love it so much. Beautiful drawings, funny dialogs, interesting puzzles. I am really looking forward to next games like this from this studio.

Solid 7. Charming, cute game. Not the most outstanding game in the genre, but see that developers really tried to create what they like. Interesting and not trivial point-n-click.

Utterly charming and fun and harking back to the glory days of Lucasarts and even Infocom. Still playing, and most of the time with a silly grin of nostalgia on my face. The puzzles aren't the hardest, some of the voice acting isn't exactly prize winning, but putting that at the top is just criticism for criticism sake. The game is simply fun end to end and if you long for the golden age of adventure games, this is beautiful trip down memory lane. EDIT: having now finished, I sadly have to take down the score. The game seemed to run out of steam or seemed incomplete. The rap scene... ugh. The ending... couldn't seemingly make up its mind whether it was supposed to be profound and moving or teasing a sequel or what. Still overall good fun, but bit of a letdown at the end.

Alas, gotta agree with the negative reviews. Had been looking forward to the game for quite a while - often checking their Kickstarter daily in the hopes of an update - and am pretty disappointed with the final product. The devs clearly are very talented in visual design as the graphics are amazing. Other than that there‘s not much else positive to say. The story meanders and is predictable, the puzzles are so easy it‘s not even funny and the high number of audio lines/dialogue/monologue the devs boasted about before release especially feel like a waste of resources as most of those have the quality of "Tick, Tock" when looking at a clock or "it looks, well, ancient" when interacting with an ancient armoire. The game is divided into chapters and most of those only have a handful of locations, meaning even if the devs had tried it would‘ve been pretty hard to implement a few more challenging puzzles. If you‘re looking for a pretty point‘n’click adventure with an uninspired story and the difficulty of a Telltale title you can give Gibbous a shot. Most fans of the genre will probably end up as disappointed of the game as I am though.

I've read some positive reviews before buying it and, ignored the negative ones. Most complains where about the voice acting and I don't really care about those things, much less from an Indie. Let me tell you this, GibbousIt's the first game I've ever asked for a refund on Steam! I would say that about 70% of the script of this game are either references or quotes from somewhere else. Whoever compares this game with any Lucas title clearly never played a Lucas title. The puzzles are simple, it takes about a minute to figure out each one, except a couple of badly designed ones. If you never played a point-and-click or you are 6 Year old or under, maybe you'll enjoy it. The only thing Gibbous and Monkey Island have in common is that both games are on Steam. When I hear that a game it's like Lucasarts, I get excited and, when I see it's just marketing and lies and, they don't deliver I get pissed off. BIG TIME! Quoting the guy that gave them a 10, Do yourself a favor and play something else ... like Lamplight City or Unavowed.