The Little Acre

To be honest, the game is pretty short and not too difficult (I finished it in a bit less than 2 hours), but it must be played just because of the gorgeous hand-made animation and all the love, dedication and work behind it. The music is also remarkable and the characters are quite charming, but sadly I had no time to empathise with them as much as I'd like. Anyway, this game is worth a try, and I'm sure I will play it again in a not too distant future, just the same thing I used to do with Don Bluth's movies when I was a child.

I've been waiting for this game to release for a little while now and set aside some time today to play. What I can say is that it's technically quite impressive, the music is very fitting, hand drawn graphics take me back to the days of Revolution's point and click adventures and the theme and story are entertaining and gripping. Unfortunately there is an elephant in the room, as the game is easily completed within three hours. Paired with the very linear storyline means there is also not much in the way of replayability. I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys point and click adventures with a beatiful theme, or if you are new to the genre. It will leave a smile on your face. If however you are the kind of person who enjoys deep story, more of a challenge or really want to sink into a long, epic adventure, this title is probably not for you.

I wouldn't describe Acre as a game, but as an interactive animated short instead, with a Saturday-morning cartoon venier. If you're okay with an hour of gameplay and little challenge, then it might be worth grabbing on sale. Pros + Hand drawn animation, old school style. The environmental art is its strongest part. + Fully voice acted, decent casting + Impossible to get stuck; has a hint system if you need it + No cumbersome inventory, combining items, or backtracking required + Provides a few QOL features like double clicking to skip walking to exits, or to skip non-important dialogue + One of my favorite credits sequences, straight out of a Pixar movie. + Family Friendly Cons - One hour of play, not counting an extra run for achievements - Can't skip cutscenes, most dialogue even on subsequent playthroughs. Annoying when trying to speedrun - Little challenge. Boils down to finding wh

Little game, big soul Little Acre is the latest game from my favorite adventure series creator Charles Cecil who was behind Broken Sword series. Broken Sword 1 and 2 are my favorite point&click adventure games and I was very excited about Little acre. This game is very simple and cute, hardcore adventure fans might not like it because it’s not a challenging game, but I personally loved it very much. You don’t always need to be stuck on one puzzle for hours to have fun. I personally like logical puzzles more than challenging illogical ones. It’s hard to get stuck in this game for long, but my oh my it’s a beautiful journey. The graphics are hand drawn with nice animations, the environments are gorgeous and characters are cute. The gameplay is traditional point&click. When little Lily finds out that her father has disappeared she embarks on a journey to another world to find him solving p

A short little point-and-click adventure, with rough edges. The major strength is the excellent voice acting, artwork and animation. The very short, and often disjointed, narrative is the largest weakness of the game. The Little Acre is a game about Aidan who, searching for his missing father, accidentally travels to another dimension. And his young daughter Lily who follows after him in her own attempt to rescue her father. The story is the largest weakness of the game. It is short, and it feels like many things were planned but never made it into the game. At the start you are simply tossed into the story and left to figure out the details from implicit references, as if you knew the characters, their relationships and what had happened. You don't, and therefore some of the early puzzles make little sense. As the game progresses, the second problem of the story becomes apparent. The

Short version: 65% The Little Acre has plenty of superb characters, animations, and charm. It seriously lacks story content though, almost as if it wanted to be only the first episode of a larger series, but somehow decided against it. Long version: The Little Acre strives on its beautiful animation and backgrounds, plus on its memorable characters and great dialogue. Just do not expect anything large in scale: you can count the entire cast on one hand and the game lasts maybe an hour at best. The length is smaller issue compared to the shortcomings of the story. We spend most of our time with the protagonists—a single father and his adventurous daughter, who both end up on a cartoonish fantasy world—but we never really learn any background information on a single story element. Essentially, this is a game where things happen and it hopes that the cute animations and wonderful characte