Game #1035: Lemony Snicket's - A Series of Unfortunate Events

  Now I really want to read these books...

 Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events is yet ANOTHER bargain bin licensed game based on a movie I didn't watch. Hey! These last few games I've been playing were like 2 a pop so I said why not, let's waste some pocket change. But hey, at least it's not another LOTR videogame wannabe.

 First impressions were most definitely not good. Cutscenes had an obnoxious amount of slowdown, movement was super janky, to the point you must be PERFECTLY still when you press circle to push things otherwise the game won't register the input and the game starts off making you find objects. Yeah.... I thought I was gonna hate the game. But... but it grows on you, the game is decently fun, I promise.

 The game follows a very strict formula all throughout: Find certain specific items around the environment you are in, sometimes they are hidden in plain sight, otherwise you might have to solve a simple puzzle or platforming challenge, and once you find everything you assemble the items together through a boring minigame and then you clear an obstacle that required this new tool, rinse and repeat. But as formulaic and dull as that sounds, the game keeps throwing different challenges at you, so it's not boring at all.

 The puzzles can be pretty decent, particularly the ones in which you must actively switch between Klaus and Violet to proceed and the platforming gets the job done. Where more work could've gone was into the combat, as fighting enemies ranges from boring, mostly the bosses, to a bit lame. You either mash square with Klaus to punch them to death or mash square with Violet to shoot them to death. It's not very involved and most of the enemies are repeated over and over again. Boss fights aren't even hard, but they have too much health making them boring. The best approach would've been, considering how easy they are, to make them fall after you hit them three times.

 I've played better licensed games, but I thought that A Series of Unfortunate Events is a decent, uncomplicated time, and, hey, it made me want to read the books, so that's gotta count for something.

 6.0