Darkestville Castle

Darkestville Castle is a creepy point and click adventure from Epic Llama/Buka Development. It takes you on a journey full of puzzles, mythical creatures and unusual conversations – all from the perspective of a demon. Here is what I made of it all.

For content starved fans of the classic point and click adventure, it's hard not to get excited about a new entry in the genre, particularly one whose visuals inspire a feel good nostalgic hit for all things LucasArts. Dig a little deeper though and you'll find this is an underwhelming imitator of the legends of yesteryear. Too many obscure puzzles and too many unfunny jokes prevent Darkestville Castle from being the Secret of Monkey Island successor it so obsessively wants to be.

An enjoyable graphic adventure heavily inspired by the great classics of the past, with a light-hearted approach to storytelling and plenty of puzzles to solve. It's not a new masterpiece but it can provide hours of entertainment for all the fans of old school adventure games.

Darkestville Castle is a standard point and click adventure that genre fans who are thirsty for more may enjoy but it's nothing special.

Darkestville Castle is a nostalgic game for sure. But play at your own risk as rose-colored glasses are not included.

While it brings with it some of their flaws, it is absolutely dripping with charm. Some of the corners are a little rough when it comes to character design and world building, but the story had me brushing past these inconsistencies without a second thought, not to mention that the Switch port itself is excellently done. If you're craving something in the vein of Monkey Island on your Nintendo Switch, I can't think of anything better than Darkestville Castle. Just brace yourself for the occasional esoteric puzzle solution.

Moreover, Darkestville Castle is a great reminder of why we love the greats. It awakes memories about the adventures of George Hobart, of the sleepless nights when we were trying to find out the solution for a difficult puzzle involving Sam and Max, about the endless discussions with friends trying to figure out together how to solve the misadventures of Guybrush Threepwood. Unfortunately for Epic LLama, Darkestville Castle will never be reminisced about as these epic experiences and will be forgotten shortly after finishing it.

Darkestville Castle is a must for fans of classic point-and-click adventures like Monkey Island. The game delivers good puzzles, simple gameplay and humor on point. Unfortunately the lack of translation in Portuguese ends up being a problem for the complete understanding of the full work for some players.

Darkestville Castle remains true to the classic adventure game genre, with coherent puzzles and a brilliant, quirky script. It may not be long for experts, but it's a fun experience that proves the genre can still entertain.

A fun an entertaining classic adventure. Not revolution in the genre, but it has everything that makes a good game.