App Army Assemble: Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space – “Should you join this sci-fi journey?”

Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Area is a sci-fi point-and-click journey that follows the titular character by means of 5 episodes. It sports activities a stunning aesthetic that feels concurrently new and retro. However, in fact, appears to be like aren’t every thing. How good is the sport itself? We handed it over to our App Military to see what they thought.

This is what they mentioned:

Eduard Pandele

Do you want Lucas Arts’ old-school point-and-click adventures, Futurama and retro sci-fi motion pictures? Do you need to get away from the present local weather apocalypse for at the very least just a few hours? Properly, then, I assume you may love this. Except you need your puzzles arduous as nails – as a result of just about the one factor I disliked on this sport was that the puzzles had been extra on the simple aspect, and the issue got here extra from squinting on the display to seek out the gadgets you wanted in a list that turns into fairly crowded.

The interface is ideal for cell (faucet onscreen; if that space/merchandise is interactive, you may see the choices you might have). The humour was good, too (though the obsession with Mexican meals was slightly grating after some time). Total, a enjoyable, humorous and refreshing sport that is (amazingly) made by a single man. Labour of affection? Sure, and it reveals. Go play this now and possibly we’ll get to undergo more room adventures

Oksana Ryan

This is likely one of the finest puzzle/point-and-click video games I’ve performed shortly. It has a great storyline, although I assumed the chapters had been slightly brief, and the easy mechanics of the sport made it simple to play. The gameplay is straight ahead and it took no time to get used to it. The graphics are vibrant and imaginative, with a comic book e-book look to them and along with the great voice actors, they make the sport very satisfying. The puzzles are typical level and click on and though not overly troublesome, they provide sufficient of a problem to maintain me entertained. All in all a sport I’d undoubtedly advocate.

Mark Abukoff

A extremely refreshing point-and-click sci-fi journey/romp. Fascinating and quirky characters. Plenty of taco love. Dashboard hula woman. Plenty of enjoyable sci-fi places. Enjoyable and never too troublesome puzzles. The graphics look good. The music jogged my memory of Pulp Fiction, which is all the time a winner for me. Voice performing was interesting. The controls are easy and work simply superb. There’s a recent spirit and sense of enjoyable that units this aside from plenty of others within the style. Plus loads of gameplay to look ahead to. Fortunately advocate.

Bruno Ramalho

Properly, I assumed the smaller display can be an issue, however no worries there, every thing level and clicked simply completely. I’m a fan of point-and-click adventures, since The Secret of Monkey Island occasions, and Dexter is sort of good I have to say. Good cheeky humour, some breaking of the fourth wall on some jokes and the puzzles are satisfying and never very troublesome. There’s a whole lot of strolling backwards and forwards to get all of the gadgets/solutions that we have to go ahead, however it’s all in good enjoyable.

The voices are fairly good, particularly Dexter, and solely discovered a strangeness to the woman’s voice, however it grows on you. A sci-fi story is all the time a pleasant contact, and one will get curious to know what comes subsequent. The contact controls work very properly and had no issues discovering issues to work together with in every scene. I even favored the primary episode, which may be very brief and works like a tutorial for those who aren’t accustomed to point-and-clicks. Good contact total. I actually loved this one. Identical to watching an animated film, Bravo!

Adam Plur Prepare dinner

Dexter Stardust graphically is an absolute magnificence to behold! This can be a very well-animated sport that flows alongside actually properly. With clean transitions from cutscene to gameplay, Dexter stardust takes you on a logic-filled journey by means of house, with an immersive story and the best controls we’ve come to count on from a great point-and-click sport.

I’ve to say that is one in every of my extra favoured video games of the style lately! How playable is it you marvel? I couldn’t assist however play by means of all 5 episodes (together with bonus episode #0) in simply 2 sittings. Total the sport was a success with enjoyable little puzzles and nice comedian reduction. 8/10 would advocate it, in the event you’re somebody who needs a point-and-click sport with old-school feeling however with new-school graphics then that is the sport for you!

Jim Linford

I’m actually liking this sport total. It has a pleasant environment to it. A type of 1950 house journey fashion sport combined with Star Wars, Hitchhikers Information to the Galaxy and Futurama. The voice performing is a bit ropey however it works. Whereas I really like the concept of those video games in principle, eventually the interior logic of the sport throws me for a loop.

There have been just a few occasions the place this has occurred to me. However I feel it’s simply my lack of expertise in all these video games I admit I’m not a point-and-click vet. Nevertheless it’s not irritating. Additionally, the logic to the puzzles is simply logical. The controls work properly.

Transfer your finger round and any gadgets/individuals you’ll be able to work together with will present a menu with 4 other ways you’ll be able to work together with them. Every display is sufficiently small so you’ll be able to decide up on what it is advisable to accumulate or work together with. Music is nice for the sport and I can inform a whole lot of love and energy has gone into this.

The story is nice with the world-building and the cutscenes they’ve. I’m actually loving it. As a fan of sci-fi, I don’t know the way complicated or easy the sport’s problem is total as I’m not a point-and-click skilled. I’m nonetheless early into it. Nevertheless it undoubtedly has hooked me in. I’d give this a advice.

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