Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

Day of the Tentacle is yet another one of LucasArts's masterpieces. The humor, the sound, the graphics, and the puzzles blend together to make Day of the Tentacle a must-play for any adventure lover.

Day of the Tentacle is yet another one of LucasArts's masterpieces. The humor, the sound, the graphics, and the puzzles blend together to make Day of the Tentacle a must-play for any adventure lover.

"Day of the Tentacle" är kanske inte lika stort som Monkey Island 2, men problemen vållar minst lika mycket huvudbry och det lär dröja ett bra tag även för den mest inbitne äventyrare attlösa spelet.

This adventure is so entertaining I could have happily replayed it immediately when I zapped back into the game to take a couple of screen shots. It has lots of very amusing game characters, some of whom will be instantly recognisable, and some crazy mixed up puzzles that require the manipulation of objects in the past (or present) in order to achieve some purpose at a later time. And, yes, you do need a good supply of imagination to get that bottle of vinegar, to conjure up a storm, or to rearrange a statue to suit your purposes. In this game you are able to coerce non-playing characters into doing things for you, but the direct approach isn't much help. You'll need to find ingenious ways to get them to play along.

Todos recordamos, mantenemos en nuestra retina y conocemos a la perfección aquel clásico de Lucas, de nombre Maniac Mansion y que fue una de las primeras aventuras gráficas llegadas a España y traducidas al castellano.

Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle is the sequel to the classic adventure Maniac Mansion. Manic Mansion tells the tale of a mad doctor possessed by a meteor from outer space. The game combines cartoon like animations with humorous dialogues that poke fun of popular pop culture. This sequel is no exception.

Insane, mutant tentacles. A frozen hamster. Three distinct playable characters. Time travel. Fake barf. Truly, this game has it all.

No se puede acabar este análisis sin comentar que el máximo responsable del juego no es otro que Tim Schafer, que también participo activamente en el desarrollo de Full Throttle y del que pronto veremos publicado su nuevo trabajo Pyschonauts, él, junto a Ron Gilbert, genial autor de las primeras entregas de Monkey Island, colaboraron mano a mano en la creación de esta obra maestra.

Ein Tentakel strebt nach der Weltherrschaft und bedient sich dabei der niederträchtigsten Methode, die man sich vorstellen kann: Politik! Das neue Adventure von LucasArts ist ein spielerischer Hochgenuß mit geistreichen Gags, patenten Puzzles und einer haarsträubenden Handlung.

Wer das Tentakel indes noch gar nicht sein eigen nennt, sollte auf alle Fälle zugreifen. LucasArts setzte mit diesem Spiel neue Massstäbe für witzige Adventures, und da hier weder Waffen noch Fäuste eine Rolle spielen, ist es auch jüngeren Computerspielern sehr ans Herz zulegen.

Mit Day of the Tentacle ist es LucasArts wieder einmal gelungen, seine Vormachtstellung im Adventure-Genre zu festigen, und an diesesm Spiel müssen sich noch lange alle Adventures messen lassen!

Although not as graphically clean on a 68040 Mac as Full Throttle (another animated game from LucasArts), Day of the Tentacle still offers loads of fun for the entire family. It may be a bit childish for high school and college-aged students but it's a definite break from the violence found in many computer games. 68040 Macintosh gamers should not be too concerned with the jaggies because the plot, animation, soundtrack and voices more than compensate for any graphics shortfall. Day of the Tentacle will put a smile on your face and make you a hero all at once! It's time to save the world again!

Graphismes cartoonesques, bruitages idiots à gogo, scénario complexe et réalisation impeccable font de ce jeu d'aventure un excellent titre.

Mit Day of the Tentacle hat Lucas Arts mal wieder bewiesen, dass sie früher die besten Produzenten von Point & Click Adventures waren. Zwar ist das Spiel eben nicht sonderlich schwer, aber es macht einfach Spaß und man wird bestens unterhalten.

Day of the Tentacle ist nicht nur das beste Fun-Adventure des Jahres, sondern kratzt sogar hartnäckig am Monkey Island-Thron.

Wer auf richtig abgedrehte Adventures steht, wo ein Gag den anderen jagt, ist mit Day of the Tentacle bestens bedient.

Maniac Mansion vous vous souvenez ? Mais si voyons un effort… En 1987 ? Un groupe de jeunes tous tarés, qui investissent la maison d’un savant bleu d’insomnies ? La piscine nucléaire ? La Cadillac spatiale ? Les tentacules amatrices de hard rock ? Toujours pas ? Bon et bien quand même, apprenez que Day of The Tentacle est la suite de ce jeu, mais vraiment, comment vous le situez… Ah si ! Monkey Island vous connaissez ? Et ben voilà, c’est l’un des game designers de Monkey Island 2 qui revient un an après les dernières turpitudes de Guybrush nous faire partager ses délires. Autant le dire tout de suite ça décoiffe !

It may be that you've recently completed Full Throttle and are thirsting for more of the same, well you won't find fun like that in Discworld's or Simon the Sorcerer 2's direction, you'll find it in DOTT, and for a bargainous price to boot! An essential purchase.

Humor, great voices, and a great story...I can't ask for anything more. And apparently neither can the fans. Rumor has it that the LucasArts guys are just trying to figure out how to come up with a sequel for this one, and we'll see it. If Sam & Max: Freelance Police flies, well, here's hoping.

Day of the Tentacle plays excellent enough just as a mad cartoon running smoothly pretty much on its own. And seeing what kind of 'non-interactive games' were released in the following years, it's still far from that puzzle-wise. Still, in retrospect, this is a kind of 'beginning of the end' - the day the market leader gave up. Bitter, but very sweet.

Is the game good, then? I can’t help but love it. The puzzles are some of the best that LucasArts ever developed, and the visual design of the game is just great to view. My main gripe with the game is the whole "which item in which period???" part of the puzzles, but newcomers to the game won’t notice this for quite a while and, like I did, should find a highly enjoyable (and severely underrated, if you ask me) classic hiding below the surface. If you want a fun, no-frills attached p’n’c LucasArts classic, you can’t go wrong with Day of the Tentacle. Just don’t expect to be replaying it too soon, as you’ll be sorely disappointed by the lack of difference a further playthrough brings to the table.