Broken Age: Act 2

Critic reviews

• USGamer

  Mike Williams · May 04, 2015

  5.0

  Together, Broken Age Acts 1 and 2 make a solid game that players will look back on fondly. Unfortunately, the second act doesn't live up to the promise of the first. Themes are dropped, puzzles seem a bit more obtuse, and the environments feel like a retread of the first act.
• TechRaptor

  Georgina Young · May 01, 2015

  5.0

  Broken Age Act 2 had a lot to live up to when it was supposed to be the second half of an amazing set up, but even without the comparison to Act 1, it just isn’t very good. I would compare it to The Phantom Menace, except I think George Lucas really cared about that film and tried his best to make it good. Instead Broken Age Act 2 just feels like everyone working on it hated and resented it, and wanted it out of Double Fine’s door as quickly as possible. When you even disappoint me, one of the most hardened Double Fine fans, you know you need to examine the wreckage.

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• Cheatcc

  Angelo M. D'Argenio · May 01, 2015

  6.8

  But even though all of these flaws it’s still an interesting and enjoyable game with a weird sci-fi meets Cthulhu premise that would have never gotten greenlighted otherwise, and that alone is reason enough to play it. Broken Age: Act 2 may stumble a bit trying to be something it isn’t, but what it is, is still gorgeous and enthralling, and I’ll put up with some frustrating puzzles and backtracking for that.

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• Gamezebo

  Jillian Werner · May 01, 2015

  9.0

  It’s just plain fun. The annoying puzzles in Act 2 don’t negate this. And while we sometimes felt Act 2 was just a lightly modified Act 1, if you enjoyed the first half, there’s only more to love here. Unlike Shay, we don’t want to get off this ship. But, like Vella, we wouldn’t mind a few more explosions.

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• Hardcore Gamer

  Geoff Thew · Apr 30, 2015

  7.0

  As a complete package, the game is beautiful, funny and well-designed. Its world is full of imaginative characters and environments, and its story is a rollercoaster of a mystery built around a truly unique hook. Unfortunately, as a standalone title, this act just doesn’t work. It suffers from serious pacing issues and feels baffling and empty without the immediate context of its prologue.

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• Destructoid

  Caitlin Cooke · Apr 27, 2015

  8.0

  The story in Act 2 goes in a strange direction, and feels rushed -- especially compared to the first act, which has an even progression and was much more cohesive. ...The puzzles, as frustrating as they are, come from a place of creative invention that defines the point-and-click genre. I choose to treasure its high points-- the charming characters, ingenious dialogue, and silly childlike whimsy.

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