A Charming, Outdated-College Journey
There are heroes so famend that their title alone can promote a recreation or a movie. On this bracket, we will title, in fact, Indiana Jones, Miss Marple, and Rambo as prime examples of franchises the place the character’s title is essential.
Within the gaming world, generally the promoting level is the developer or the creator; you would possibly see Sid Meier’s title earlier than a method title, or Tom Clancy introducing a tactical shooter.Â
Scott Whiskers is a brand new title on this lexicon of recreation heroes, however as that is the second recreation of his we’ve reviewed, I do know it received’t be his final.
Scott Whiskers is again for a brand new journey
A New Level-and-Click on Hero
There’s something undeniably cosy about enjoying a point-and-click journey; it jogs my memory of the completely happy days spent enjoying LucasArts video games within the 90s. Scott Whiskers’ first recreation – Scott Whiskers in: the Seek for Mr. Fumbleclaw which we reviewed in 2024 – reminded us of these halcyon days. So, it was with nice pleasure that we stepped into the boots of this hapless adventurer as soon as extra, this time in The Seek for the Golden Cat.
The story begins with Scott Whiskers transferring into a brand new house together with his feline buddy, solely to win a crossword competitors that grants him a two-week vacation in Guatemala. Nevertheless, this isn’t going to be a regular vacation spent sunning on the seashore and getting drunk on cocktails by the pool earlier than noon. No, as soon as on the resort, Scott finds out a few native village that has been cursed with dangerous luck after lightning struck their golden cat idol. As a result of Scott is a kind-hearted soul and falls in love with the place, he guarantees to search out the alternative Cat Idol, misplaced someplace within the jungle. And so, the journey begins…
The story and writing for Scott Whiskers: The Seek for the Golden Cat are charming and pleasant. It’s a story stuffed with humour, winks to the viewers, and full with loads of fascinating characters and animals to fulfill alongside the journey. There are a number of assorted areas to discover which have that old-school Indiana Jones really feel to them too.Â
It looks like a tighter, higher journey this time round in comparison with the final recreation, and I feel that’s as a result of the builders know the character and the world he inhabits significantly better now. Beforehand, I felt the sport had an excessive amount of dialogue at occasions and might be accused of being a bit waffly. However now? The dialogue feels extra streamlined and comical, in a extra partaking method. Total, I appreciated the story and the attraction of the story lots.
It’s best to know the drill by now
​​Hotspots and Head-Scratchers
The gameplay is precisely what you’ll count on from an old-school point-and-click journey. When it comes to motion, you’ll be able to’t freely stroll round; as an alternative, you need to click on on the display to direct Scott or work together with gadgets. You will have a number of goals on the go without delay too, and which means you must get used to returning to sure areas a couple of occasions, as is the norm for a majority of these video games. To help, you will have a journal to maintain monitor of all these interactions and a map so you’ll be able to simply journey to all of the totally different locations you will have found.Â
A contemporary factor, which is most helpful, is the ‘hotspots’ button, which highlights all of the issues you’ll be able to view or work together with in a stage. It is extremely useful certainly.
The puzzles vary from making good sense to being fairly obtuse. They’re excellently put collectively, however be warned: you’ll get caught. There isn’t any sort of trace system included right here both, so you have to depend on exploring and speaking to everybody to search out clues. I admit there have been some puzzles I wouldn’t have solved in any respect alone, and so, when in occasions of want I used to be grateful to my web mates for serving to me with an answer.
Graphically, I feel Scott Whiskers: The Seek for the Golden Cat has improved because the final entry, maybe as a result of the areas are extra unique this time. The colorful design is sensible, and it looks like a contemporary recreation, regardless that it has particular retro mechanics on show.Â
The characters are well-designed, that includes easy animations that work properly and the sound design can also be excellent, with some nice tracks that mirror the totally different areas you discover. I significantly just like the voiceover work; the actor within the English model makes Scott Whiskers sound kind-hearted – somebody you want to invite round for a cup of tea. The remainder of the solid additionally do a splendid job all through.
An excellent journey
A Nice Yarn for the Fashionable Adventurer
I do love a very good point-and-click journey, and Scott Whiskers: The Seek for the Golden Cat is a superb yarn. It looks like a beautiful household pleasant recreation, principally due to its themes and the healthful predominant hero. Nevertheless, youthful players could properly battle with among the puzzles as they could be a bit tough at occasions.Â
Total, although, you must take pleasure in becoming a member of Scott on his holidays. The query is, what epic journey awaits him subsequent time?
Vital Hyperlinks
Scott Whiskers: The Search For The Golden Cat Is Now On Xbox – https://www.thexboxhub.com/scott-whiskers-the-search-for-the-golden-cat-is-now-on-xbox/
Purchase from the Xbox Retailer – https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/video games/retailer/Scott-Whiskers-the-Search-for-the-Golden-Cat/9ND6XNKDVF1W
