Liam Lambert, GIZORAMA - "I’m a huge fan of Adventure Time, as I’d need to be to truly appreciate a high quality licensed title. As a poor peasant boy without the funds to purchase most Nintendo hardware, my 3DS-less game library has been sorely missing any Adventure Time games, since most of them have been handheld exclusives. I was surprised, then, to hear of an Adventure Time game awaiting PC release, a platform which is rarely “graced” by the presence of tie-in games. Unfortunately, though the charm of the show naturally permeates through Finn and Jake’s Epic Quest, it lacks the inherent creativity and imagination it so desperately tries to recreate."
(CriticalIndieGamer) Finn and Jakes Epic Quest has quite a specific audience which is probably one of it’s biggest downfalls. Though, that probably doesn’t matter since anyone who liked Adventure Time has probably already bought it. The biggest thing this game has going for it is the Adventure Time brand, because there’s really nothing special about it. Strangely though, while it is generic it is also very playable. It isn’t a must have, but if you like dungeon crawlers and Adventure Time you could give it a shot. Hell, at least this one isn’t 30 quid.
Avoiderdragon: For those who’ve never watched it, Adventure Time is an animated series that mixes zany adventures and crazy characters with storytelling that switches between and surprisingly deep character development. It has gotten a good bit of popularity, mostly for the reason that it’s actually a good show. With such success, licensed video games are not far behind, which is exactly the case with this one.
Adventure Time has a surprisingly good track record when it comes to licensed games. Card Wars on the iPad is a surprisingly on-point sendup of TCGs (not unlike the episode it’s based on) and an addicting strategy game in its own right. WayForward’s Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage? offers a really fun take on the Zelda 2 formula (even if it is a little on the short and easy side), with gorgeous graphics and a light, funny story by series creator Pendleton Ward. The show plays around with video game tropes on a regular basis, so perhaps it’s only natural that it lends itself so well to interactive adaptation.
