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Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is the new Adventure Time game for PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and 3DS (as far as I know, all versions have identical content). I have played all 5 chapters and the bonus dlc chapter, and gotten all the trophies except 2. It was EASILY my favourite of the 4 Adventure Time games. (Why'd You Steal our Garbage was mega short but ok, Explore the Dungeon was steaming Tree Trunks Excrement, and Nameless Kingdom was a basic but servicable Zelda clone) But this game? Is like a long episode of Adventure Time.
EVERY LINE IN THE GAME IS VOICED BY THE VOICE ACTOR FROM THE SHOW. And being as this is an old school adventure game, there is a metric ton of dialogue. It's not written by the show's writers, but it shows great knowledge of the show and references a great number of episodes and situations in plot points and throwaway lines.
So the setup of the game is that Cuber has called you to play some playable Graybles and figure out the theme that runs through all 5. Finn and Jake have decided to run a detective agency with some device left by their father (planted by Magic Man) You start out in Finn and Jake's treehouse (where you can explore all the different rooms and listen to excerpts from Starchie's radio show). The different chapters have somewhat nonsensical plots (Lumpy Ice princess has LSP becoming ruler of the ice kingdom after she lures Ice King away with a fake Fionna and Cake book tour, all so she can make Lumpy Prince come to life)
Gameplay is simple but engaging. On PS4, the L1 button will show a glow on interactive objects, and then you press square to use the currently equipped item, X to examine, or circle to talk to the character. Pressing the touch pad goes the the inventory, where you can combine items to make new items to solve puzzles. That mop head will make a nice beard for someone, but he said he wanted a black beard
The game is logical and not obtuse at all. Everything makes sense in an Adventure Time sorta way.The game is funny. Not as funny as the show at its best, but always amusing and sometimes laugh out loud funny.
The only bad part of the game is "Combat Time". A few times a chapter, you have to hack and slash with Finn and build up a combo meter to unleash Jake special moves like "Jake Suit" It is completely mindless and shallow, but it is infrequent and relatively inoffensive.
The graphics might be off-putting at first, but I got used to them rather quickly, and the game is very colourful and certainly runs better than its Telltale contemporaries.You would probably not get much out of this game if you're not a big fan of the show, because it is a very simple, straightforward game, but it captures the SPIRIT of the license better than any licensed game I've ever played.
The game is a good length too. It took me about 10 hours to finish the main 5 chapter game.
The bonus chapter on PSN for $4.99 is absolutely worth it too. It adds another 2 hour chapter where you play a parallel story as Marceline. You have the same gameplay, but you can fly, scare people and drain the red from objects. The environments are new ones not in the main game like box kingdom and wildberry kingdom.
Anyway, hopefully this is helpful to someone looking for some info on this game, as there's not much info out there. There are some playthroughs on youtube to check out, and a demo on PS3/PS4 as well of the first chunk of Chapter 1. Check it out if you're a fan!
EVERY LINE IN THE GAME IS VOICED BY THE VOICE ACTOR FROM THE SHOW. And being as this is an old school adventure game, there is a metric ton of dialogue. It's not written by the show's writers, but it shows great knowledge of the show and references a great number of episodes and situations in plot points and throwaway lines.
So the setup of the game is that Cuber has called you to play some playable Graybles and figure out the theme that runs through all 5. Finn and Jake have decided to run a detective agency with some device left by their father (planted by Magic Man) You start out in Finn and Jake's treehouse (where you can explore all the different rooms and listen to excerpts from Starchie's radio show). The different chapters have somewhat nonsensical plots (Lumpy Ice princess has LSP becoming ruler of the ice kingdom after she lures Ice King away with a fake Fionna and Cake book tour, all so she can make Lumpy Prince come to life)
Gameplay is simple but engaging. On PS4, the L1 button will show a glow on interactive objects, and then you press square to use the currently equipped item, X to examine, or circle to talk to the character. Pressing the touch pad goes the the inventory, where you can combine items to make new items to solve puzzles. That mop head will make a nice beard for someone, but he said he wanted a black beard
The game is logical and not obtuse at all. Everything makes sense in an Adventure Time sorta way.The game is funny. Not as funny as the show at its best, but always amusing and sometimes laugh out loud funny. The only bad part of the game is "Combat Time". A few times a chapter, you have to hack and slash with Finn and build up a combo meter to unleash Jake special moves like "Jake Suit" It is completely mindless and shallow, but it is infrequent and relatively inoffensive.
The graphics might be off-putting at first, but I got used to them rather quickly, and the game is very colourful and certainly runs better than its Telltale contemporaries.You would probably not get much out of this game if you're not a big fan of the show, because it is a very simple, straightforward game, but it captures the SPIRIT of the license better than any licensed game I've ever played.
The game is a good length too. It took me about 10 hours to finish the main 5 chapter game.
The bonus chapter on PSN for $4.99 is absolutely worth it too. It adds another 2 hour chapter where you play a parallel story as Marceline. You have the same gameplay, but you can fly, scare people and drain the red from objects. The environments are new ones not in the main game like box kingdom and wildberry kingdom.
Anyway, hopefully this is helpful to someone looking for some info on this game, as there's not much info out there. There are some playthroughs on youtube to check out, and a demo on PS3/PS4 as well of the first chunk of Chapter 1. Check it out if you're a fan!
