Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest

I am a veteran and fan of both Ms-DOS Little Big Adventure games. I played through both games, LBA2 several times. When the news of the LBA remake broke I became extremely excited. I played the demo and then decided to pre-order. The re-imagining of the game turned out extremely well. It retains the third-person look, but but with revised controls. I really like the colorful, vibrant new world, the new locations and the expanded story. At first the look of the world itself, as well as Twinsen, Zoe, Luna and the inhabitants of the world, is a bit unusual, but you soon grow to like it. As I progress through the story and rediscover previously familiar locations I am simply amazed at how well the visual atmosphere has been created. Right from the start in the Bu Temple you can see that a Read more

Little Big Aventure - Twinsen's Quest is a third-person action-adventure game where you play as a Quetch named Twinsen, as he goes on a quest to rescue his little sister Luna from the clutches of the evil Dr. FunFrock. The game will allow you to travel across almost the entire planet, where you will encounter many characters who can use Twinsen's help, or who will be able to help him on his quest. For those of us who have played through the original, you will find a very familiar experience with only a few modern changes to the gameplay. Instead of the original's 4 behavior modes, you now toggle movement between sprinting and walking, and toggle aiming an overhead lob or straight pitch of the magic ball weapon, as well as a toggle to lock-on to a target. Running into walls no longer Read more

I have very mixed feelings. On one hand, it's a game, world, and story that deserved a new installment for a long time. Visually, it's very pleasant and strongly cartoonish, though it completely fails to recreate the atmosphere of the first LBA—the somber mood and color palette that conveyed the dire situation the characters faced. It reminds me more of the cheerful tone of LBA2. One of the stronger aspects is the music—modernized but retaining motifs from the original. However, here too, the sense of dread and grittiness is somewhat missing. A major point of criticism is the unnecessary changes to the story. Second—bugs! Bugs, bugs, bugs! Firstly, the Polish translation—it’s not bad; it’s atrocious and incomplete. There are also bugs where characters direct you to someone for Read more

I wrote fanfics at school and did a clay model of Twinsen at primary school back in the 90's, so a remake coming out, I was very happy. Seeing some of the changes to Zoe and the new character Luna made me worried but after completing the game, what do I think? Gameplay wise the game is very easy. AI was always dumb and exploitable but the range of attacks has been lowered so you rarely get hit. The map being one big giant map is really cool and there are some new locations and new objectives, not many, but it's there. The temple of Bu has a section completely removed. Movement is fluid and can easily be exploited for speed runs, I skipped an entire part of the temple of bu by just running and jumping. Melee combat is awful, most attacks don't connect or feel good, the sword feels very Read more