100 Word Review - #11 - Poker Night at the Inventory

How can I lose?

Poker Night at the Inventory

Genre - Casual, Sports

Metascore - 71%

Developer - Telltale Games

Other Games by Developer - Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Jurassic Park: The Game

My Current Playtime - 4.9 hours

My friend Tom commented that the fact that this game costs actual money makes him want to throw up blood. This is quite a solid observation. ‘PNatI’ is, quite simply, poker - poker with characters from other (mostly ‘Telltale’) games that crack wise about your terrible poker skills. There is an option to turn the chatter down to a minimal amount. If there wasn’t, I would’ve gone insane. The poker is fine, as it’s poker - you can’t really go too far wrong there. I would feel a lot more comfortable if this was given free with any Telltale game.

My Score - 4/10

100 Word Review - #2 - Puzzle Agent

Many of the puzzles are just slight alterations of earlier ones

Puzzle Agent

Genre - Adventure, Casual

Metascore – 70%

Developer – Telltale Games

Other Games by Developer – Sam and Max, Back to the Future: The Game


My Current Playtime – 2.7 hours            

Anyone who’s played a Telltale game before should know what to expect – constant pointing and clicking. This is pretty much a knock off of the ‘Professor Layton’ games on the DS, and doesn’t come anywhere close to the quality of it. I completed it in less than 3 hours, in which there were only 37 puzzles. The puzzles are easy and repetitive and the art style is distracting. The story redeems slightly and the voice acting reminds me of the excellent ‘Fargo’. If you want a good puzzle game, get your hands on a DS emulator and ‘Professor Layton’ ROM.

My Score – 3/10