![]() Another issue is that the cutscenes and conversations aren’t skippable even after you’ve beaten the game, and there really should be an option to just skip the stuff or at least let us hit a button and have it move to the next bit of dialogue faster even if it cuts off the voice, after I hear something once I don’t want to hear it a bunch more. One is that there’s no instant move option, this isn’t always there for games like this but I prefer when it is, in some games you can simply double click on an exit to a room and instantly teleport through the exit simply to get through things a bit faster rather than waiting for the character to move towards it. There are a couple downsides to the game though. The game ends up still being linear but those choices give it a little more flair. For instance the first one in chapter one of the game is that you can get an object of someone’s affection to them or create a love poem that they’d like, you do this to get an item you need to finish the chapter. In this game in every chapter there are two ways to do one of the main things you need to do in the level, sometimes that means two different solutions to a puzzle other times it means two different sets of puzzles you can solve to move forward instead. ![]() But there is something kind of unique here, most games like this are fairly linear or you’re able to do things in different orders but you still have to do the same things. It’s fairly standard fair when it comes to these things. The gameplay is simple, click to walk places, you pick things up and use them or trade them for other items. It’s also a fairly bright and colorful game, each planet you visit has its own unique visual style and color palette which is nice. ![]() I don’t find the occasional jankiness of it abhorrent, instead I find a bit of appeal to the slight jank that shows up every now and then, not sure why but it’s cute to me. The movements of the characters aren’t so bad they look like South Park’s older stuff, but they’re sometimes kinda janky looking to, not often but enough that it’s noticeable. One of the easiest areas to see this is Henry’s gloves, they have a flared cone at the arms, they don’t flop or move around, they act like they’re metal, unmoving, which gives it the cardboard feel. A big part of that is because of the sharp angles and the fact that nothing flutters or moves beyond their range. The games graphics are interesting, they have this cardboard cutout appearance to them in visual style. Later in the game there is a little bit of an issue with one of the character’s voice acting as it seems they were talking into the mic at different distances but it only happens with one character near the end of the game. Each level has around three to ten people that you can talk to, it’s not a lot but it’s more than most games in this genre. When I refer to areas I mean planets, to which there are a few. Even the side characters have voices, though there’s not a lot in any individual areas. One of my favorite voices in it is the Void Dweller which sadly only shows up for a short period of time, she was just fantastic. The game is fully voice acted which is nice. However, unbeknownst to his mother, he’s off to save the Far Stars with the aid of, umm… himself, yeah, and a lot of… what’s the opposite of help? Well whatever it is, that from a ton of other people, people are so useless. But he’s still a kid and doesn’t even have a proper license so his mother is very not okay with the thought of him striking off on his own. Henry wants to explore the Far Stars like his mother did, she was one of the main cartographers that charted the planets. In the game world there is a divide between the star system, there’s the Near Stars which are the closer planets that have long ago been charted and are seen as part of the civilized world, then there’s the Far Stars which just been charted and are treated as resources instead of individual societies. This is not ‘Futurama’, but they are still the Planet Expressing this shit. He’s a teenage boy who is working with his mother in their mail transport business, their spaceship based mail transport business. You play as the titular Henry Mosse, or as I regularly call him Henry Moose. Henry Mosse and the Wormhole Conspiracy is a point and click game.
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