- Point-and-click, Platform, Adventure, Indie
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure for the modern era! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling platformer Dan in a race against time to prevent all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
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Unpretentious, epic, plot-driven and cool.
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- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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GameGrinMay 202010/10I cannot express enough how much I enjoyed this game. It does require you to be a fan of both point-and-click and platform games, but if you are, then this is an absolule diamond-studded must buy.
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ExpansiveSep 2020We need more games like Lair of the Clockwork God, especially at a time when the world isn’t in the happiest of places. There’s enough unique, interesting, and different about this game to get you hooked, but it’s the humour that’ll keep you and make you stay to the end. Thanks for giving me something to smile about, Size Five Games. Playing this made me realise I’ve definitely not been doing enough of that this year.
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FingerGunsSean DaviesSep 202010/10A cohesive and complementary blend of point-and-click adventure and 2D platformer, Lair of the Clockwork God is a real rib tickler that’s capable of delivering real emotion when it aims to. This is Ben & Dan’s magnum opus and one of the most essential games of 2020.
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Nintendo LifeStuart GippSep 20207/10Lair of the Clockwork God is a difficult one to score. What it does well is brilliant – the humour is great, with constant jokes both quickfire and slow-burn – but the gameplay is a more complex matter. While it's not bad by any reasonable metric, it is awkward in places.
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Push SquareStephen TailbyNov 20207/10That's not to say the gameplay isn't good. Both sides of the game are fun to play, and again, controls are well thought out, allowing you to hop between the two to make progress. Most interesting is when the duo have an effect on each other, such as crafting upgrades for Dan using Ben's inventory items. There's a lot going on here, and while it's occasionally a little clumsy, its humour and ingenuity make it a success.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Size Five Games
- Publisher
- Size Five Games, Ant Workshop Ltd
- Released
- February 21, 2020
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 9 h main story
IGDB rating 8.2/10 from 5 ratings.
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