![]() ![]() One of my favourite themes when discussing adventure games is how they balance gameplay and narrative. Day of the Tentacle, on the other hand, took its distinct visual style and coupled it with a boldness of pure storytelling-the intro alone is well over ten minutes long. The strong opening of The Secret of Monkey Island comes from its clarity of purpose and the immediacy of interaction. ![]() It was one of the coolest things I’d ever seen on a computer screen. Then there was a credit sequence with the silhouette of the car, headlines blazing, leaving a trail of destruction across the countryside. The thick bold lines and flat shading of Purple Tentacle as he sipped the ooze and set the story in motion was like nothing I had experienced up before in a video game. The establishing shot of the mansion with its wild, bendy architecture was mesmerising. As always, spoilers! Day of the Tentacle was first released in 1993, so…ĭay of the Tentacle was magical to 13-year-old me. ![]()
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