MacGuffin's Curse
- Release Date:
- Apr 19, 2012
- Metacritic:
- 73
- Developer:
- Brawsome
- Publisher:
- Brawsome
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac Linux
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About This Game
When fugitive magician Lucas MacGuffin bungles a museum robbery, he finds himself:
- magically bound to an ancient amulet;
- up against a city in full high-tech security lockdown; and
- suddenly dealing with the worst body hair problems he's ever had.
And with the city's most powerful billionaire after his blood, a jaded Private Investigator on his (now-literal) tail and the rent long overdue, he'll need every ounce of ingenuity he manage.
Along the way he'll need to befriend a hilarious cast of characters, convince the city its most beloved citizen is a terrifying criminal mastermind, and hardest of all, teach his daughter it isn't funny to fill the fridge with dog food.
From the award-winning indie developers behind Jolly Rover (Australian Game of the Year, 2010 Freeplay Awards), MacGuffin's Curse is a story brimming with humour, personality and heart.
Key Features:
- Friendly for all players - Enjoy a quick, fun logic puzzle fix, or lose yourself in a sprawling full-length cartoon adventure.
- 150+ Puzzle Rooms - Inspired by classic top-down console adventures, these increasingly mind-bending challenges will push your logical thinking skills to the limit!
- Challenge Without Frustration - Stuck on a room? P.I. Strump is on the line to help you along (at least between thinly veiled insults) with a seamlessly integrated hint system.
- 90+ Sidequests - Meet the colourful nightlife of Feyre - a carnival city under curfew - and earn their trust with bizarre, legally questionable favours!
- Charming Hand-Drawn Art - Collect 50 lavishly-illustrated comic panels to piece together - each expanding on the scandalous secret backstories of key characters!
- Razor-Sharp Dialogue - With witty banter straight the golden age of point-and-click adventure games, you'll want to chat to every stranger and examine every park bench!
- Insanely Catchy Soundtrack - From spooky strings to acoustic gypsy power-rock, this fun, upbeat score is destined to have you humming along!
- Extensive Replay Value - Post-game challenges, hidden easter eggs, unlockable comics and developers' commentary will keep you coming back long after the credits roll.
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User Reviews
As soon as I transformed into the poorly drawn Furry warewolf I was done. It's like someone's terrible DeviantArt account come to life.
Surprisingly addictive and fun Sokoban puzzle adventure. Comedy and werewolves make for a great combo! What worked: - Wacky story. Implementation of the narrative in a game that is 95% a puzzle always makes the experience better. Instead of feeling like you’re grinding out room after room, having a goal, side quests, conversations, loot and other extras makes it feel like an adventure. Here we got a loony universe with moustache-twirling villain and generally so over-the-top characters that it all turns out to be a lighthearted, humorous journey with a clear plot that is fun to follow while solving all the puzzles. - Puzzles themselves are of pleasant challenge level. Not brain-breaking hard, but definitely requiring some thinking, especially as the game progresses. - Interesting mechanic of switching to wolf form in order to find solution. Human Lucas and wolf Lucas are capable of different things, so constantly switching between the two is a part of puzzle-solving here, and i...
This is a very entertaining puzzle game. A really simple concept was put forth by the developer of moving boxes and pushing buttons in order to advance to the next room. Some puzzles were simple and easy to see, other took quite a bit of thought on which boxes to be moved first and/or which box should press down that button. While these thoughts are running through your head, you also need to make sure you can swap from different forms (wolf and human) which allow you to do certain things in each form that you can't do in the other. Good humor, interesting back story, and excellent puzzles kept me hooked throughout this game and allowed me to finish it completely. 10/10
Time Bought: 2 months after release Money Spent: $3.50 on steam sale Worth The Price?: Yes Position In Game At Time Of Review: minor gameplay, just escaped the museum Ok so you turn into a werewolf and human. Sounds cool huh!? Well, not really. The devs just picked a werewolf for you to turn into. They could have easily picked a vampire or robot or grilled cheese sandwich. Great, now I'm hungry. Well, this game is a puzzler. The basis of this game is going from room to room and switching between both personas, which have different attributes, to solve the puzzle in each room. This game is made for the elementary kids and not for adults. Even the constant jokes are G level rated. I would get this for my elementary kids IF the pc port wasn't glitched!! That's right, it's broken :/ You automatically move objects that are near even if you don't want to. Example, you move a safe where you want it but cant back up without automatically moving the safe back again :/ This is no...
Pushing block puzzle game with a great story and secrets to find - played it 100% and loved it!
Cool game :D
A box pushin', puzzlin' good time. Also there's a decent back story and side story going on.
This is a really interesting gem of a indie game. It reminds me of the old "Chip's Challenge" game that used to come bundled with Windows. It originally put me off, as I didn't care much for the art. It has grown on me. Though it isn't perfect and has its issues. This is truly an under appreciated indie puzzle game that should receive more attention.
A great puzzle game, mainly about box pushing, with a charming story and good humour.
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FAQ
How much does MacGuffin's Curse cost?
MacGuffin's Curse costs $9.99.
What are the system requirements for MacGuffin's Curse?
System requirements are not available for MacGuffin's Curse.
What platforms is MacGuffin's Curse available on?
MacGuffin's Curse is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.
Is MacGuffin's Curse worth buying?
MacGuffin's Curse has 94% positive reviews from 49 players. Metacritic score: 73/100.
When was MacGuffin's Curse released?
MacGuffin's Curse was released on Apr 19, 2012.
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