4/1/2023 0 Comments Broken age nav scarf vella![]() ![]() It’s not quite up to Day Of The Tentacle’s time-travelling conundrums and there’s none of that game’s exchanging of items between characters but it further bonds the two worlds and adds an enjoyable layer to Broken Age that, if anything, feels underused. Puzzles here are more complex, their components placed farther apart, and now information gathered by one character might offer the solution to a poser blockading the other, a change that had us stumped on a Nav Scarf quandary for longer than we’d care to admit. It’s well worth playing through Act 1 again before you continue the story, then.Īct 2 also represents the second half of the difficulty curve, addressing a criticism of vocal adventure purists, who felt that Act 1 offered too soft a challenge. As you would imagine, there are also plentiful references to the first episode’s events and puzzles, along with all manner of callback gags, and having the lot fresh in your memory will provide clues as to how to progress this time around. There are also a few new faces along the way, none of whom make themselves unwelcome. ![]() Characters you’ve met before have been reshuffled and many have made amusing changes to their work/life balance. ![]() What you get instead is the chance to explore well-trodden paths in a new context, and with fresh eyes. That’s not to say that nothing has changed when you get there Vella’s new stomping ground, especially, has sustained enough damage to make it feel unfamiliar but there’s an undeniable pang of disappointment when you reach the end of the game with only four or five entirely new scenes to show for it. Act 2 is roughly twice the size of its forebear, in fact, but while it might be considerably longer, don’t expect much new territory to explore: the bulk of this episode is spent acquainting Vella and Shay with each other’s prior locations. So begins the bulkier, Double Fine-funded (the development of Act 2 was sustained by Act 1 sales after the Kickstarter pot ran dry) portion of Broken Age. ![]()
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