Review (perhaps subjective because of my fanaticism over the old series) ---
The over 30 years old Handymen return with their own Video Game this time!
After 1 year of wait, people outside the Czech Republic can finally get this marvel. And I mean it, because if you knew them, if you watched them, you know it must be defined as such. The game is very well made, taking in consideration all the main points of the more famous series. It has all the fun of the series, only that this time, it's up to you to guess what must be done. In the video for example, there is the Car Repair section of the game, but there's more. The game is a mix of more minigames, to test your abilities, alone, with the family or friends. These tests are Logic, with the Car repair part, Perception with the Jigsaw Puzzle part, Memory with the Fashion Show part and finally even Geometry with the Mini golf part. And the last one is not your standard minigolf.
Ultimately, I think the game is ideal for family purposes, because there are many challenges you can have with other people, for example, how fast you are to build a puzzle? Can your friends, parents, brothers or sisters beat you? This is what makes this game strong. While it's certainly a title you could think about not getting, especially if you haven't seen the series, I think it's completely worth it.
Score :
Graphics : 8.5/10 - This game is not supposed to be an action Movie with special effects, so doesn't include explosions and actions and whatever. However, the graphics of the game are still very nice. The two Handymen are made marvelously, the items in the environment look like in the series, the movement of the handymen even is actually the same.
Gameplay : 9.5/10 - The game has many minigames and challenges that appearently look easy, but they become challenging. It's kid-friendly, so there is actually no way of losing the game, however to earn the highest scores, you must play it more and more, and become perfect at it.
Sound : 10/10 : the game features the very same music from the series. And if you know the music, you know it's great. Perfect even. It fits the environment, the funny part of the game excellently and that's why I give it a perfect score.
Overall : 9/10. Not the perfect title, but it's almost perfect. A must buy if you ask me.
Note : I didn't include a "Story" section because there isn't one aside from what you can see on this video, and other similar scenes. It however includes funny developer comments here and there ;)
Woah, over 50,000? Thanks once more people! ^^
21st November 2011 : 93,000 views in a year. You guys and gals are awesome! :D
1st December 2011 : 100,000!!!
Where do they sell that game?
WillyOeverland 6 months ago
@WillyOeverland : You can buy it on Steam, meaning you'd get a virtual copy though. From what I heard, it's available also in boxes in Europe, even if I never saw them. Don't know for other continents or countries in general, so your best bet is Steam.
DarkLauron 6 months ago
Is it worth me to buy this game?
TheGanja100 8 months ago
@TheGanja100 I'd say it's totally worth it. It has many mini-games and you can enjoy it for sure. Even more so if you are for example with a family around, some kids perhaps, I don't know. Eventually, if you have doubts, I'd suggest you to check some episode of the series here on youtube, it's really fun and the game keeps that comedy. If you won't enjoy the episodes though, then I guess you can skip the game. Hope this helped :)
DarkLauron 8 months ago
umm... which one is Pat and which one was Mat?
aanguyen99 1 year ago
@aanguyen99 Pat should be the one with the yellow shirt, Mat the one with the red... or is it? :P
DarkLauron 1 year ago