This game was just awesome! can't wait for the sequel

Kind of on the short side and lacks some of the witty humour the genre is generally known for. And yet I enjoyed it. Lovely 80s fantasy soundtrack, pixel art, and general mood. There is one bug where the narrator just skips all the time together with his textbox, but I found save and load (Which is a seamless transition by the way) fixes it.

It is truly a shame that the planned sequel will never see the light of day. For this seems to be just a prologue for that one.

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A fairy tale in the best traditions of Point & Click games of the 90s. Without complex puzzles, with good music and a pleasant, kind story. Unfortunately the game is a bit short. But if nostalgia is tormenting you, it’s worth playing!

A nice 2-3 hour story. Checks all the boxes of an adventure game

Un point'n'click court, mais sympa.

L'histoire est assez simple et linéaire, les énigmes sont abordables, et il ne pose pas réellement de difficulté. L'ambiance est sympa, très sereine et gentille ; ça change un peu ! D'autant qu'il n'est pas très commun d'avoir des point'n'click dans un setting de high fantasy.

Même si le design des sprites est très basique, les portraits sont jolis, et l'ambiance globale des paysages est très chouette, colorée avec des couleurs vibrantes et une ambiance nature qui me rappelle un peu King's Quest, et surtout Legend of Kyrandia (voire un peu Loom, d'une certaine façon). La DA est plutôt rétro, mais fonctionne bien.

Un regret : la fin tease une suite qui n'a jamais vu le jour. Tant pis.

Au final, c'est un petit point'n'click sympa, sans prétention, assez court, mais qui fait passer un bon moment.

If you enjoy indie games that have a home-made feeling to it, this is perfect for you.

A very nostalgic little fairy tale game, that secretly teleport players back into early 90x

(Completed this game on itch.io, please ignore my playtime)

Wonderful game, short and sweet. I loved it!

You join Finn the Bard on his quest to write 'the greatest ballad ever' as he undertakes "The King's Challenge".

The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge is an adventure point & click game from the developers of Quest for Infamy, it's done in a retro-esque style that reminds you of the King's Quest games. The artstyle is a pretty pixel style with detailed backgrounds, artworks and little less detailed sprites. The gameplay includes going around the world, gathering things, using those things to do other things and get other things and playing songs on your lute.

The game is pretty fun and definitely worth investing the four hours it took me to complete the game 100%. There were some annoyances, like not having an autosave and the fact that the game crashed on me multiple times, which resulted in lost progress and repeated steps. Though, the game was quite easy to re-do steps in, as long as you remembered the stuff you were supposed to do.

The soundtrack was lovely and I very much enjoyed the narration and the fact that all of the characters were voiced, though some of the characters had very annoying voices that made me grind my teeth lol. The songs Finn was playing were also very nice and I wish there were full songs of those clips.

In the end, definitely recommended to play this game! I am super glad that I got this game from my streamer friend, VitriolPlays, and she has told me multiple times how awesome the devs are as well.

Small quest game with retro visuals. If you like retro graphics this should be quite pleasing. The quest is ordinary for the most part and only takes a couple of hours to complete, though I did look at a walkthrough sometimes. The music puzzles can all be done after finishing the main story by reloading your file, if you don't want to try to learn the songs during the game but still want all the achievements. A nice way to spend a few hours, might make you hate pixies.