The Secret Monster Society

I'm honestly not so sure what I paid for. I played the first chapter of the game, the graphics and music was ok, though I had a bug while trying to lower the audio down. note that at the beginning of the game the narrator tells the story of the game and it cannot be lowered through the in game audio settings. to add to it, at the audio settings you can see 3 different bars to mess with, but it seems only one of them works (the sfx one) as a master volume to all sounds in the game. the plot was rather..a bit childish and strange? the puzzles were fairly easy for me personally, but I guess it's ok if the game was meant for a certain age. overall the game was ok, the real problem was it ended too fast! and apparently I need to pay more to play the second chapter! when the game was that short! it takes around one hour to finish it without the second chapter of the game, which for me was a total waste. would be forgivable if we didnt have to pay in order to play the second chapter too. so I...

[b]Abandonware.[/b] As much as I'd like to recommend The Secret Monster Society, I just can't because of the devs. The game was supposed to be divided into 4 chapters and yet only two of them are out and there's no news from Deceptive Games for a year and a half now. Well, I guess I know where the name "Deceptive Games" comes from now (wink wink). Sure, I paid for only two chapters and I don't mind waiting for the rest of it, but the least they could do is answering and letting people know if they just abandonned or postponed it. Who likes unfinished stories ? I will gladly edit my review when I heard any news or announcement from them. I was waiting to finish the game to post an overall review, but after such a long time I'll settle for the released chapters. The Secret Monster Society is a short Point & Click adventure game mostly targeting a young audience but it's like cartoons : you can enjoy them at all ages and understand more jokes and references as an adult. I actually liked...

While the first chapter is somewhat short, having completed it in about one and a half hours, it did leave me wanting more. I did have some minor technical difficulties with the audio being very loud, and crashing twice (once when putting on the sunglasses after scaring off the catsaur thing, and once while exiting the game); I never felt like it was detrimental to the experience. The game has only been out for a short while, so I'm sure the devs will fix whatever caused those issues. I had fun, so I am eagerly awaiting the next chapter. :)

An amazing call back to classic point and click adventures. Influences from classic old school adventures from the likes of Discworld and Lucas Arts titles are crystal clear so if that is your cup of tea then jump in. Memorable cheeky characters, great art and interesting puzzles to solve. Very story driven with some Nickelodeon's "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" flavour added to the mix. A pretty entretaining throwback to a genre not very common nowadays.

I loved this game and am really ready for chapter 2

Family friendly game that isn't too complicated. My 5 and 8 year old like this game quite a bit and are looking forward to the rest of the chapters.

Excellent game so far! I've played through Chapter 2 as it came out and can't wait for Chapter 3. Positives: Charming characters, cute art style, intrigueing world-building lore and environmental storytelling, and a wit that can be appreciated at a decently high reading level. Negatives: There are numerous spelling errors in the captions and some slight bugs in the programming that cut out audio and speech sometimes, and the game is rather short and doesn't have the greatest depth when it comes to puzzles. To improve the game I would recommend a proofread of the speech captions and a once-over for the bug-fixes, checking that all audio and animaton cues are in the right place. It's polish like that that would push this game into great status whereas it's resting comfortably in the 'good' category. As a sidenote, what would make this game go above and beyond and make it excellent would be to involve more emotional themes, the main character doesn't feel like they have any stakes in...

I think this is not worth the money, way too short and not even funny. They should remove the line 'The Secret Monster Society is a comedy adventure game in the vain of 'Monkey Island' and 'Day of the Tentacle'.' Not even close...

too childish and too linear. not at all what i was expecting.

Cool point and click game, not a big click gamer but its a cartoon so I had to try it. Over all, its decent, will update later