Dark Zero: Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Review

Dark Zero writes: "Has anyone else played a point and click adventure recently, has anyone else been saddened by its 101 short fallings? Have you then stated this disappointment to your friend only to hear them say "Man, try Sam and Max, its really good!" Gamer word of mouth and its choice of light hearted cartoon universes as a basis, have seen that Tell Tale games are slowly but surely marking themselves on the map, as one of the most interesting point and click developers out there. This incidentally, is why I found myself jumping at the chance to review their latest title, Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People.

The game places you quite obviously as the lead character Strong Bad. For those not familiar with the animations, most episodes see Strong Bad receiving an E-mail from a fan on his outdated computer, and then replying in his trademark style. The same is true here, you start by answering the E-mail suggesting you should beat the snot out of Strong Bad’s long time nemesis, and generally nice guy Homestar Runner. After taking a relatively circuitous route, Strong Bad achieves his goal, despite the trials and tribulations along the way. I’ll say I giggled, and I’ll say I marveled at some of the attention to detail of the game, that sees some relatively funny dialogue being triggered, after doing an action as pointless as looking at some loose soil. And I’ll agree I enjoyed the characters remarking on some point and click adventure hallmarks. I.e. characters forgetting what you said to them 2 seconds ago, so they can repeat a piece of important dialogue again and again. But I have to review this as an actual game, for new comers, fans, and as an actually money worthy experience. And ill admit now, it falls short of entertaining."