Saturday 20 April 2024

Alrightgames: Simon the Sorcerer

Simon the Sorcerer

1993 / PC adventure game / 1 player

****

A step backwards from PlayStation RPGs technically, but she may have appreciated the low-effort respite and enjoyed the familiar fairy tale trappings and PG humour (Monkey Island may be a bit dark, for now), though her lack of literacy meant I had to go with the dreaded speech option for the whole game. I resisted looking up walkthroughs until desperate, so she got the authentically frustrating point-and-click-on-everything-everywhere experience.