![]() ![]() The Neverhood launched back in 1996 by Dreamworks Interactive. ![]() You'll wish the Neverhood would never end. Challenging puzzles and situations will provide you with hours of play, and Klay-men and his cohorts supply plenty of character-thanks to superb claymation graphics. The Neverhood is an excellent adventure/puzzle game. Jazzy music enlivens the game's pace at key moments, but is thankfully absent when you're faced with perplexing situations (like the hall of records that seems to go on forew) that require deep concentration. The sound effects are simple featuring a nice variety of interactive noises, such as bells, oficers, and footsteps. ![]() That's a very minor quibble, though, in this otherwise exceptional-looking game. The claymation graphics look great in long and medium camera shots, but some images grow a little fuzzy during close-ups. The other characters in the Neverhood are also visually arresting. He runs, jumps, spits, belches, and swings his way through the game. A dizzying range of seamless facial expressions and physical antics brings Klaymen to life. Klaymen and his world were actually sculpted from clay. The Neverhood's fantastic graphics steal the show. The premium here is on exploration, but the absence of a "smart cursor" that changes shape when it passes over clickable objects certainly ups the challenge. While some of the puzzles are perplexing, none of them have solutions so obscure that you'll burst a blood vessel trying to solve them. This is no twitch game, so brain power, not quick reflexes, is what you need.
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