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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2.2 hrs on record
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 @ 5:24am
Product received for free

What can I say? My first impression was of Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town was mixed. Whilst the graphics looked appealing to me it, at the same time, seemed slightly childish. Not sure, what to expect of Willy Morgan, I still dived right into the game and decided to give it a try after all. After all, it's a point and click game, so there is not much that could possibly go wrong, right? Anyway, I always loved solving mysteries, although mystery games might be either a hit or a miss. Luckily, my experience with Willy Morgan was rather pleasant, and whilst this game definitely has its flaws, I still managed to enjoy it.

Oh Dear Father, Where Are You?

Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town opens by introducing the protagonist Willy Morgan. Ten years ago, his father went missing and never returned. However, one day, he receives a letter from his very own father with a task. You see, the letter only briefly mentions that something went wrong, and thus, Willy is supposed to visit Bone Town. However, there are still things at home he has to take care of, although he starts his journey right away. After all, he wants to find out what happened to his father and, more importantly, is looking for him. When arriving at Bone Town, Willy quickly notices that everything seems suspicious and he cannot trust anyone.

The Execution of The Plot

Admittedly, this is a part I didn't exactly like about Willy Morgan. It's by no means a bad game, however, the playing time is so short that the story feels rushed at some parts and I couldn't relate to the reveal at all. Of course, the development of the plot isn't the main aspect of a point and click game so I could still look over it. Unfortunately, there is no building up to it either but Willy just investigates Bone Town and the game dumps all the reveals at once at the end of the game. On the other hand, I have to admit that I may have expected too much of the story.

Regardless, Willy Morgan kept me curious enough so I wanted to find out what happened to Willy's father and implemented one or two aspects I didn't see coming. After all, the game fulfills its purpose and delivered a few entertaining hours to me.

Investigating Bone Town

Well, admittedly the player has two main locations they can investigate. The first one is the home of Willy whilst the second one is Bone Town. However, while being at home, the player does not get any new insight into the plot but solely prepares their journey. I found that it was a good way to introduce the game, although that means that the development of the plot suffers instead as there is less time available for it.

Anyway, gameplay-wise, Willy Morgan works like a typical point and click game where the player investigates various rooms and, along with that, picks up items and combines them to create useful objects or simply use them while advancing with the game.

Linear Game

Willy Morgan is a rather linear game where the player has to fulfill a specific task to gain more evidence or create a needed item. Whilst there are multiple tasks available at the same time, the player can only advance with the game when completing them step by step. When reaching a new destination, the player has to go to another location to pick up needed items for the task so this game requires the player to go back and forth quite a lot. Especially as the second location is quite big and contains a lot of areas I spent most of my time there.

However, this means that it was easy to get stuck when the player doesn't know what they are supposed to do. While the game is quite straightforward most of the time, it was still a hassle when I didn't know how to advance so I had to try out multiple solutions until one of them worked. However, I didn't have any problems with this aspect most of the time.

Unfortunately, I got stuck at one part of the game and couldn't figure out what the solution was. The odd thing here was that I even tried to look up various walkthroughs and guides but the option still didn't pop up for me when I copied their steps, so it was probably a bug. Anyway, this issue appeared close to the end of the game so I just decided to watch the last couple of minutes in a Youtube video instead. Luckily, it seems like this issue didn't happen to everyone, although it still greatly bothered me.

Puzzles

This aspect probably isn't very surprising, given that it's a point and click but Willy Morgan implements puzzles. I found that those were very simple and I often read that they were too easy for many players. Anyway, I still think that they're essential as the game adds more interaction to its players this way. However, be warned that they might not necessarily require most players to think outside the box.

Map

Something I found utterly useful was the map in Willy Morgan. Especially during investigating the second location, there were way too many areas available. Thus, the map allows the player to fast travel to any previously visited location. On the other hand, this means that I only used the map for traveling and never manually visited any place anymore. Anyway, I easily get lost in games so I am still grateful that this feature got added to the game. After all, no one wants to go through five areas to finally reach the desired one, and then having to walk all the way back.

Graphics and The Immersion

As aforementioned, Willy Morgan implements lovely graphics, considering it's an indie game. The style may seem childish but it's quite charming at the same time. Anyway, I liked the design of each location and, along with that, investigating them. I found that every area was entirely different from each other with some being funky and others being rather dark. In addition to that, the player can experience Bone Town at night, as well as daytime which gave the game a nice touch as well because the town looks rather spooky at night. Unfortunately, only a small part of the town is available during the night, however, investigating might be much more complicated at that time.

So, what do we have in the end?

Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town surely does not appeal to every game lover and doesn't come without its shortcomings, however, it's still a lovely game that offered me a couple of entertaining hours. This game is not a bad game, although it could be better executed if there was more room for the story development. Regardless, the mysteries kept me curious and I wanted to know what happened to his father while I was on guard the whole time as there seems to be more to the mystery as it seems at first. That being said, Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town is a charming point and click which will delight any fan of its genre, although the game itself is fairly short.

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4 Comments
Wyvern-of-the-Rising-Sun Apr 20, 2021 @ 11:30am 
Love this Game very much. Reminds me of good old Monkey Island Times.
Great Review, thank you. :steamhappy:
๐ŸŒธ Mar 18, 2021 @ 9:55am 
Thank you :lifeheart:
[FX] Lord Humungus Mar 17, 2021 @ 7:10am 
A great review once again from Lady Blossom. :susanaflower:
Ceaseless Duality Mar 17, 2021 @ 6:02am 
:steamthumbsup: