Ein sehr gelungenes Spiel zum gleichnamigen Comic. Als Fan von Point and Click adventure games ein must have. Tolle Story, grafisch schön umgesetzt mit lustigen Konversationen und kniffligen Rätseln. Freut euch auf viele grübelreiche Stunden.

Oftmals ist es kein Kinderspiel bei den kniffeligen Aufgaben um´s richtige Eck zu denken. Bleibt man jedoch dran, erlebt man durch die Vollvertonung und diverse Sequenzen sowas wie eine mit Liebe zum Detail umgesetzte interaktive "Comic-Erstverfilmung".

Ein Puzzle-Adventure, das sicher nicht das Genre neu erfindet, aber doch vieles richtig macht, ohne dabei grobe Fehler zu begehen. Technisch nicht unbedingt State of the Art, zeichnet sich das Spiel vor allem durch ungewöhnliche Story, frische Charaktere und freche Ideen und Dialoge aus. Besonders Larissa hat mich total begeistert.
In erster Linie wird das Spiel wohl Fans der zugrundeliegenden Webcomic-Serie begeistern, aber auch wer die Comics nicht kennt, wird sicherlich seine Freude daran haben. Ich hab sie jedenfalls gehabt.

Das ist ein wirklich schönes Spiel geworden. Es ist Streckenweise eine Herausforderung was die ganzen Rätsel angeht, aber nicht zu schwer, das man es nicht schafft. Die Handlung greift auch schön ineinander und was mir spielerisch gefällt, ist der Szenenwechsel und das schlüpfen in mehrere Charaktere, was dem Spiel eine komplexität verleiht.

Schönes Projekt!

Ich kann das Spiel einfach nur weiterempfehlen, es ist sehr schön gemacht man sieht dem Spiel an das sehr viel Herz drin steckt. Es gibt Charaktere die man einfach mögen muss und wieder welche die einem zum Lachen bringen. Die Texte und Rätsel sind gut und witzig gemacht, manche sind einfach und bei anderen ist Köpfchen gefragt. Auch die Stimmen und die Musik gefallen mir sehr gut. Also wenn jemand etwas sucht zum Rätseln und gerne eine Story dahinter hat, dann ist das Spiel genau das richtige.

Huge fan of the webcomic. That said, the game was pretty disappointing to me. If you like the webcomic and are always hungry for more like me, then it may be well worth it to go through the game for seeing more of the characters and all that- but they don't quite shine as well here. I finished to the end in anticipation of an interesting story, but the ending felt very abrupt and anticlimatic.

Where to start? The graphics are...okay. The animations were pretty awful. They were very stiff slow and choppy and kept making awkward pauses in the dialogue that really interrupted the flow of the action. The sound effects? My ears were bleeding (especially that one re-used kiss sound effect oh god).
The voice-acting (in English) was all over the place, some of them were okay or pretty good (thankfully Larisa was still pretty awesome) while some sounded like grandpa in a skype call with a $2 mic.

The actual dialogue was pretty amusing. Again, Larisa is best.
The point-&-click stuff was pretty neat, though some parts were a bit too nonsensical/abstract to really solve except hoping to stumble onto it by chance. Then again, I haven't played too much point-and-click, so maybe I'm just really bad at them. I often got stuck trying every combination over and over only to finally realize I overlooked the simplest actions.

The minigames were simple but challenging enough to be fun imo. Plus, the CD's were a nice touch for when they could get too frustrating.

Personally, I would have really enjoyed it if the game's story took place more in the actual setting of the comic and used more of their existing characters that fans would love to see. It would be awesome exploring places that fit into the comic, like the school, cloud's house, the forest, the various places of the city- lots of potential there. Frankly it was hard to feel invested in that medieval setting with its short-lived characters who were little more than walking parodies of a genre.
If they made another game established more firmly in the comic's setting with more of its characters, I'd likely go back for more despite the various technical drawbacks. (please please fix that kiss sound effect though or it'll turn otherwise cute scenes into really cringey moments D:)

So, overall...I feel they could have invested much more time and effort into the quality of the animation and sound. Either that or lower the price to match what was put into it. Definitely room for improvement in the character models but was passable. Would definitely be more appealing with more focus on the comic's setting/characters imo. Good for some laughs and basking in Larisa's firey glory but probably not recommended for people unfamiliar with the webcomic. (then again, I'd recommend them the comic first).

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Edit:
In hindsight, just thought I'd throw this bit of clarification in. I really wavered over giving this a thumbs up or thumbs down because, honestly, that depends on the context of whether you're going in as a Sandra and Woo fan or not.

On one hand, I don't regret buying and playing it- I wanted to support the author anyways, and it was interesting to go through as a fan. I'm also being a bit of a critical arse in that spirit, out of that sort of respect and expectation of a series I love. I would hope that other fans will invest in this as well, and hope a sequel may be made that will outdo the first.

That said, I ultimately concluded that this game will probably not appeal to the average Steam user to happen upon it, and decided to vote within that context.

This game is an obvious recommendation to those that like the web-comic “Sandra and Woo”, but I will also recommend it to those that enjoy classic style point and click adventure games with likeable characters.

There’s little doubt in my mind, that you will find enjoyment in the game if you have already fallen in love with the main characters of the comic, but knowledge of the comic is not required to enjoy the game, if you are up for a cute and silly adventure game with a group of likeable preteens.

Negative:
Let us begin with the negatives, as I like getting those out of the way first.

Some of the animations are a bit stiff, didn’t really bother me much, since I feel the most important thing in the adventure game is the dialogue, and I enjoy playing some adventure games from the 2000s. (And not because of nostalgia. :P I actually only got properly into adventure games a few years ago.)

The minigames. The minigames are skippable, so again not a big negative, but yeah, a lot of them were more on the annoying side for me breaking away from the humor and fun of the main game. You might experience them more as a fun variation in gameplay, depends on taste.

Larisa’s face looked a bit creepy when she stood facing the camera directly. I don’t know if it was just a poor choice of design for her face, or if it was an intention to give her a “crazy eyes”/ “crazy look”. The thing is, Larisa doesn’t look crazy in the comics. Her actions, and the things she says is often absolutely crazy, but she doesn’t look crazy at a glance. I feel that she does in this game… Then again, that might just be me.

Last negatives are only relevant to the webcomic fans:

Some of the best side characters are missing. I admit, this negative is a bit more a personal preference, but it is especially annoying since my least favorite side-character Landon has a sizeable role in the story. I’d much rather have seen Cloud’s mom and sister or… Well really anyone other than Landon. :P The guy is dull compared to the rest of the cast...

Positive:
The game captures the world of the comics very well, and Sandra and Woo fits very well into a point and click adventure game, even before they get sucked into the “game world”. Since the “real world” in the comic already operates under a different set of rules from our own, natural laws and the fourth wall can be broken for the sake of comedy. Given the protagonists and the world, some of the sillier solutions in this kind of game makes sense, since you are thinking “If I was an imaginative child, how would I solve this?”

The game is fully voiced which is nice, though there are sometimes some words that don’t match the subtitles 1:1, but that kind of stuff occurs in a lot of games. Since I didn’t notice any points in the game where what was said and what was written had opposite meaning, then I don’t see any issue. Giving voices to characters from a silent medium is always a challenge. On the one hand fans might be excited to finally hear the characters they love… On the other hand, the voices can’t possibly fit what everyone assumed they sounded like when they read the comic. In my case, I think the voices fit, especially the boys and Sandra. I was surprised that Larisa had an accent, I mean I knew her parents were Russian, but I just assumed she was so young when she came to the country, and given she hung out with kids without accents that she would have grown out of it? By no means an up or a down, and I probably will continue to picture her without one. Just shows how difficult it can be to match people’s expectations, when you go from different medias.

The characters are likeable, adorable, and fun. From Cloud trying to be a hero and save his girl, to Larisa being bored whenever she can’t cause chaos, to Woo being his mix of lazy and mischievous, to Sandra being sweet and cute and still very much proactive when she has the opportunity. Okay I don’t like Landon, but he is very much faithful to his portrayal in the comics… I just hope that if they make a new adventure game that Larisa and Landon will have broken up in the comics as he has outstayed his comedic potential a long time ago. :P The jokes with him both in this game and in the comics are pretty much just going on repeat… The personalities of the characters are very much present in the game, and leads to some funny dialogue. Like trying to use handcuffs on Cloud when playing as Larisa (which doesn’t do anything else), she mentions that Sandra would probably kill her. And since the dialogue is the most important thing for me in an adventure game, it is nice to say it fits very well.


I’ll just leave a link to the webcomic here in the end, in case any one wants to check that out too. 😊 Sandra & Woo[www.sandraandwoo.com]

This game was pretty fun. Very challenging, I must admit I needed a guide more than once! But even so I was able to get by often and challenge my thinking and solve things all on my own. The story is based on wacky happenings but still captivating nonetheless. The minigames test your memory and spatial reasoning. The backgrounds are excellent and while the animation is sometimes choppy the characters come alive just like the point and click adventure games of yore. I must admit I haven't played one in a long time but this game definitely brings back memories. And if you're a regular read of the Sandra and Woo comic series I definitely recommend this; it was very neat seeing characters come to life in new ways! Overall, fun story and good adventure gameplay with fitting voice actors (usually) and good music, sometimes VERY catchy. I would recommend this game and am glad I played it.

Sandra and Woo a web comic series now have a game. The humor of this game is absolutely hilarious with many references that are quite subtle. Larisa your (not so) friendly neighborhood pyromancer is an even amazing character with her russian accent. Other than the odd and stiff animation, this game is amazing. It also stay true to the web comics. (Wish the gods could have a role or two or even a cameo) Buy this game if you're a fan of the web comic and like point and click adventure games.

An average point-and-click. Linux build seemed a bit buggy and could have used some more polish. The accompanying game guide is a nice feature but it does not make up for in-game problems.