Daedalic Entertainment and Swiss developer Koboldgames have today released Journey of a Roach on PC and Mac. Journey of a Roach is a unique take on the point-n’-click genre, combining classic adventure puzzles with unusual gameplay mechanics, farcical humour and cartoon styled environments.
Daedalic Entertainment’s Journey of a Roach is a videogame that wins points based on its subject matter alone. It’s the story of two cockroaches that have survived a nuclear explosion and the issues they face with everyday life following the extermination of most life on Earth. There’s more personality bleeding from these two insects without ever saying a word than there is in any number of po-faced military simulations; more humour and more social commentary than most big budget videogames. It’s almost as if playing the videogame is a bridge between the highlights.
Journey of a Roach as the name indicates is the story of a cockroach named Jim who lives in a post-apocalyptic world. This is no ordinary cheap, but one the size of a human and insects now dominate the world. Jim's mission is to find the last flower on earth and the result of all the elements is a beautiful tale of how good ideas. Without dialogue in voice or text, the story is told through symbols.
AWESOMEoutof10's Neilie Johnson spends some time in a post-apocalyptic world filled with all sorts of creepy crawlies without a single can of Raid bug spray. "Journey of a Roach is worth your time, as long as you don’t get hung up on the game’s bigger picture. The search for coherence is likely to be repaid by disappointment due to confusing cutscenes, opaque character communication and meandering progression. If however, you focus on the game as a strange collection of fresh ideas, it’ll reward you with several hours of unexpectedly good entertainment."
Why do I love the idea of playing as a roach so much? I'm sold!!