Day of the Tentacle (originally released in 1993) is a game that I had not played before this remastered version. However the beautiful animation that was almost like a 90’s cartoon come to life and the silly humor were more than enough to keep me hooked from beginning to end. I’ll come right out and say it, I had to use a walkthrough for this game. Some of the puzzles were incredibly tough and I have no shame in throwing that out there. It did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the game though, in fact I liked it so much that I have changed my laptop wallpaper to the one offered by the official site for the game.

I think The Well-Red Mage said it best when he described the humor in this game as “Dad Jokes”. They make you laugh and cringe at the same time, which is not the type of humor everybody is into so be aware that things do get quite a bit cheesy.

So onto the game, you play as a group of three that find themselves in quite the perilous situations. Bernard, Hoagie, and Laverne are palling around with a bit of a mad scientist named Dr. Fred Edison. This lands them a trip in the time machine to three separate destinations (one of which being the present) and from there it is time to point and click adventure your way back to the present day with all characters and defeat the tentacle foes!

So what is it with these tentacles? Well there is an evil purple tentacle and a chill green tentacle who wants nothing to do with Purple’s world domination plot. Green calls in a favor to Bernard to stop Dr. Fred from putting him down along with Purple, thus allowing Purple to escape and getting the lot of them into the whole situation.

Day of the Tentacle is the sequel to Maniac Mansion, a game that I haven’t played through entirely but I really enjoyed the bit that I did play. The amazing part about my time playing Maniac Mansion? It happened right there on Day of the Tentacle Remastered!

The full game is available on an in-game computer and I was hooked all the way until I got very stuck and decided I should get back to the main game. I am not sure if this was a feature in the original before the remaster, but I thought that was an incredible addition to the game. I actually didn’t even know that Day of the Tentacle was a sequel at all until doing some research after completing the game. I did notice the subtle similarities between the games and assumed there had to be some sort of connection between the two.

There is some really cool functionality with the three characters being in different times in Day of the Tentacle, you are able to send objects back and forth between the times as you desire and objects you get in one time may be necessary to move on in the other. Hoagie finds himself back in colonial times with the nation’s founding fathers among other characters and figures, Bernard is in the present with Dr. Fred, and Laverne is in the dystopian future with the tentacle overlords. It is easy to swap back and forth between the three by a simple click on the picture of the character in your items menu....



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Day of the Tentacle (originally released in 1993) is a game that I had not played before this remastered version. However the beautiful animation that was almost like a 90’s cartoon come to life and the silly humor were more than enough to keep me hooked from beginning to end. I’ll come right out and say it, I had to use a walkthrough for this game. Some of the puzzles were incredibly tough and I have no shame in throwing that out there. It did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the game though, in fact I liked it so much that I have changed my laptop wallpaper to the one offered by the official site for the game. I think The Well-Red Mage said it best when he described the humor in this game as “Dad Jokes”. They make you laugh and cringe at the same time, which is not the type of humor everybody is into so be aware that things do get quite a bit cheesy. So onto the game, you play as a group of three that find themselves in quite the perilous situations. Bernard, Hoagie, and Laverne are palling around with a bit of a mad scientist named Dr. Fred Edison. This lands them a trip in the time machine to three separate destinations (one of which being the present) and from there it is time to point and click adventure your way back to the present day with all characters and defeat the tentacle foes! So what is it with these tentacles? Well there is an evil purple tentacle and a chill green tentacle who wants nothing to do with Purple’s world domination plot. Green calls in a favor to Bernard to stop Dr. Fred from putting him down along with Purple, thus allowing Purple to escape and getting the lot of them into the whole situation. Day of the Tentacle is the sequel to Maniac Mansion, a game that I haven’t played through entirely but I really enjoyed the bit that I did play. The amazing part about my time playing Maniac Mansion? It happened right there on Day of the Tentacle Remastered! The full game is available on an in-game computer and I was hooked all the way until I got very stuck and decided I should get back to the main game. I am not sure if this was a feature in the original before the remaster, but I thought that was an incredible addition to the game. I actually didn’t even know that Day of the Tentacle was a sequel at all until doing some research after completing the game. I did notice the subtle similarities between the games and assumed there had to be some sort of connection between the two. There is some really cool functionality with the three characters being in different times in Day of the Tentacle, you are able to send objects back and forth between the times as you desire and objects you get in one time may be necessary to move on in the other. Hoagie finds himself back in colonial times with the nation’s founding fathers among other characters and figures, Bernard is in the present with Dr. Fred, and Laverne is in the dystopian future with the tentacle overlords. It is easy to swap back and forth between the three by a simple click on the picture of the character in your items menu.... To read the full review please visit here https://thewellredmage.com/2017/09/05/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered/ And be sure to follow on IG, Twitter & FB @SublimeReviews or just follow my blog at http://www.sublimereviews.wordpress.com