Randal's Monday
Platforms
- PCNov 12, 20146.7playscore6.018 Critics7.3992 Players
- AndroidSep 5, 2016NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.818K Players
18 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
Randal’s Monday has a clever premise that deserves better treatment than it does in this crude, baffling adventure. Though its visuals and acting perfectly fit its ‘90s-era slacker aesthetic, Randal’s Monday lacks the sharp writing necessary to make its odious hero amusing. But it fails the most at being a competent adventure, presenting players with nonsensical puzzles so confounding that the built-in hint system is a necessity instead of a crutch.
Chuck Osborn · Dec 01, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewRandal’s Monday features a ton of content and a decent amount of play time. Not to mention it’s unique and fun. When you factor in other games like The Walking Dead cost the same price and do not have nearly the same amount of puzzles or items, Randal’s Monday is good bang for the buck. Point and click adventure games are not for everyone and Randal’s Monday is not without some flaws but there is no denying this game has plenty of redeeming qualities.
Nicholas Plouffe · Nov 22, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewRandal’s Monday is a mostly functional point and click adventure that buries itself under a mountain of flat, meaningless dialog. It doesn’t help matters that the game is structured to imply a higher caliber of writing. Removing the main character it would be a bland, forgettable experience. As it is it’s only memorable for how poor of an attempt it is to cash in on a franchise.
Dave Payerle · Nov 19, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewAs we know by now, adventure games are not doomed to be mere fossils. Telltale and many other devs have reimagined the genre in many new and exciting directions that honor the legacy of those that came before but without the design baggage that so plagued them in the first place. Randal's Monday is blind hero worship that ignores decades of design theory and leaves an unpleasant aftertaste thanks to its thoroughly unlikable, homogenous cast.
Jeremy Signor · Nov 15, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewAn adventure can survive dropping the ball in many ways, even get away with skimping on puzzles, but when they're bad, the whole experience suffers like a hamster in a microwave. Or the person who thought that was a good idea, when Weird Ed Edison sees what they did.
Richard Cobbett · Nov 13, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewThe premise behind Randal’s Monday certainly had promise, blending Groundhog Day with a shameless protagonist whose actions only send him deeper down the rabbit hole, but it only really shows glimmers of that potential. More classically styled Point & Click adventures are always welcome, but this is a game that’s sadly mired in overindulgent references and contrived puzzles. This one’s only for die hard fans of the genre, who’ll happily sit, scratching their head for hours on end.
Stefan L · Nov 10, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewRandal’s Monday might not be the next great adventure game, but by focusing on the same humor and style as Clerks, it has a charm to it. ...Still, the gameplay flaws are apparent, especially in the sluggish pacing and occasionally bad puzzle design. For every superb demonstration of classic adventure creativity, there’s an example of lazy construction. ...in a genre that’s been lost to the ether for years, that’s definitely something.
Alex Carlson · Nov 07, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewThe game mechanics and art-style for this adventure mightn't work for everyone, even if there are a few modern elements when it comes to the interface. ...Randal's Monday is almost akin to a playable museum, where the more extensive your nerd knowledge is, the more fun you can have with the game. It's just a shame that the classic mechanics will hold it back from a wider audience.
Martin Eiser · Nov 25, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewRandal’s Monday is a novel attempt at comedy videogaming, but in messing up the crucial element of a game - that being the interactive experience - it will leave most players frustrated and gagging to play something sensible.
Ryan Davies · Nov 14, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewRandal’s Monday gets so much right it’s depressing that it gets the crucial gameplay part wrong. The voice acting, story, dialogue, graphics, music, humour, modern adventure game mechanics, that’s all impressive and lovely. Then a couple of hours in it’s like Nexus Game Studios lost their book titled “How To Create Good Adventure Game Puzzles”. The puzzles are illogical, obtuse, require far too many steps to get even basic items, expect the player to just magically know that things will happen or objects will be somewhere, and often don’t have any sort of satisfying payoff.
Chris J Capel · Nov 07, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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About the game
A kleptomaniac, a sociopath and a horrible friend. Randal is potentially one of the most scurrile protagonists since the invention of the hoverboard. Randal's Monday is a crazy space-time odyssey in classic adventure design, spiced up with countless geek culture references of the last 30 years.