Reviewers Liked
- Masterful use of subtext to tell two interlocking stories
- Non-linear gameplay structure offers freedom to explore
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Occasional unintuitive (dream logic) puzzles
- Some puzzles and objectives can be unclear
Dropsy
80
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Expert reviews and ratings
By gamingtrend.com
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Dropsy is a bit of an oddball game, so I wouldn't bet on it having wide appeal, but those who love it will really love it. It's a point-and-click title without written hints, making it inherently challenging, but because the quests involve helping...
By GameSpot
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Upon first glance, Dropsy appears as a simple and offbeat textless point-and-click adventure that seems to pride itself on its eccentric world and premise. But once you give that first hug and imbue its grieving world with a small act of generosity, there's no denying the monumental effect of its charm.
By CGM
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Dropsy initially caught my attention a few months ago when I read an article about it on The Escapist. From the initial images, the game looked trippy, scary, and...
By Bit-tech.net
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Developer: A Jolly Corpse, Tendershoot Publisher: Devolver Platforms: PC Version Reviewed: PC I wasn't sure what to expect from Dropsy. The Devolver published point and click “hugventure” about a nightmarish clown had all of the ingredients to...
By Destructoid
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I finished Dropsy about a week ago. Though an increased workload at the ol' day job slowed down this review, I'm grateful that I had extra time to put together these thoughts. Most would take that to mean that Dropsy is divisive in some way, but that's...
By VideoGamer
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Dropsy, a point and click adventure game about a circus clown, is quite the surprise. Coming after the genre got turned on its head thanks to the success of Telltale's The Walking Dead, and King's Quest returned sans the pointing and clicking, a...
By HardcoreGamer
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Longtime adventure fans should have little to no trouble decoding pictorial dialogue and should already be accustomed to carefully scanning each and every scene for objects, it’s just a shame that these caveats still persist in even in a modern point and click title with as much promise as Dropsy.
By PC Gamer
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An excellent stab at a traditional point-and-click, but with classic problems holding it...
By Diehard GameFAN
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Dropsy was a game I'd had on my radar ever since I first heard about it around a month ago. Part of that is because traditional adventure games have become a lot less high profile (and common) than they used to be, and good ones (that aren't horror...
By techtudo.com.br
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Se o objetivo de Dropsy era trazer de volta o clima e visual dos clássicos point ‘n click, ele certamente obteve sucesso. Mesmo que os puzzles sejam um pouco complicados de entender, o game traz um personagem encantadoramente perturbador e trama cheia...
By nrsgamers.it
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Dropsy, sprizzando gioia da ogni poro, conferma il trend positivo di Devolver Digital, che ancora una volta si dimostra un publisher di estrema qualità in ambito selettivo e di ammirevole onestà in quello del marketing.Il punta e clicca di Tendershoot e...
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