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City of Fools

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65%Game Brain Score
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65% User Score Based on 52 reviews

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City of Fools is a single player open world puzzle game with horror, fantasy, mystery, comedy and others themes. It was developed by Absolutist Ltd. and was released on July 10, 2015. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

City of Fools has a completely nonlinear storyline, and a plethora of interesting details. The game features about 500 amusing locations, numerous hidden object scenes, 10 incredibly fun mini-games, more than 100 hours of gameplay in Expert mode and a comic plot. Find the mayor and complete your quest for laughs in the funniest hidden object quest ever!

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Audience ScoreBased on 52 reviews
graphics4 positive mentions
monetization3 negative mentions
  • Unique and quirky point-and-click adventure with a strong identity and humorous tone.
  • Large open world to explore with freedom to complete tasks in any order, offering a relaxed and casual gameplay experience.
  • Engaging puzzles and inventory-based challenges that are generally intuitive, accompanied by a satirical story and memorable characters.
  • Navigation can be confusing and tedious due to a lack of fast travel and unclear map/task indications, requiring note-taking.
  • The game involves a lot of repetitive fetch quests and backtracking, which may become monotonous and frustrating.
  • The ending is unsatisfying and anticlimactic, potentially leaving players feeling disappointed after the extensive gameplay.
  • story
    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally considered thin, caricatural, and somewhat frustrating due to its open-ended conclusion likely designed for a sequel. While some appreciate its quirky characters and non-linear structure centered around a journalist investigating a mayor and possible UFO cover-up, many find the narrative simplistic and overshadowed by numerous fetch quests and side missions scattered across a large city. Overall, the story serves more as a backdrop for exploration and puzzle-solving rather than a deeply engaging or satisfying plot.

    • “It has a peculiar story with even more peculiar characters.”
    • “Few words about story: you are a clever, sneaker-clad journalist sent to track down and then interview the mayor of Tundel City who is suspected of harboring an object sent by alien life forms.”
    • “"City of fools" - it's a return to the origins of the "quest" genre with a totally non-linear storyline and a number of interesting details.”
    • “The world and story are stupid, with the ending being anything but satisfying.”
    • “Story is ridiculous and basically has no ending (likely to open the gates for a sequel), which is frustrating and unsatisfying.”
    • “Caricatural and thin story.”
  • graphics
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics feature a distinctive, quirky, and stylized art style reminiscent of Tolkien-esque tales and claymation, which many find charming and humorously unique. While not highly realistic or graphically advanced compared to modern titles, the visuals effectively complement the game's whimsical tone and puzzle-solving focus. Some users find the animations and models intentionally crude, but this adds to the overall quirky aesthetic rather than detracting from the experience.

    • “Wow, I don't even know where to start, this game is just breathtaking, the visuals and cinematics are out of this world.”
    • “The graphics, while not on tier with 2023's Gollum, are incredible, and the art style is something straight out of a Tolkien-esque tale.”
    • “The art style is reminiscent of something akin to Aardman Animations claymation (but animationally much less sophisticated) and has a nice, jokey, humorous feel to it.”
    • “Graphics are annoying plastic animations and character models are intentionally appalling rather than funny.”
    • “The art style is reminiscent of something akin to Aardman Animations claymation (but animation-wise much less sophisticated) and has a nice, jokey, humorous feel to it.”
    • “The graphics may not look like much (it runs at 1024x768 windowed and 1366x768 fullscreen with black sidebars), but the game has various kinds of subtle and not so subtle humor that appeal to me, and that extends to the impeccable sound effects.”
  • humor
    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely praised for its quirky, silly, and sometimes irreverent humor, delivering witty jokes and amusing characters that add charm and fun to the experience. While some find the humor hits the mark and enhances the gameplay, others feel it may not suit all tastes or fully compensate for other gameplay drawbacks. Overall, the humor is a strong, enjoyable element for fans of lighthearted, wacky puzzle and adventure games.

    • “Very quirky and funny with easy achievements and trading cards.”
    • “The game is filled with humor, witty jokes and chic in their stupidity characters.”
    • “That being said, the jokes I did get were hilarious and if you can get over this little problem, I highly recommend this game, especially if you like these types of wacky puzzle games.”
  • gameplay
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is a classic point-and-click, inventory-based puzzle experience with some hidden-object scenes and mini-games, set in an open, exploration-driven world. While it offers no major innovations, it features intuitive puzzles and a quirky, unique style that makes the gameplay enjoyable without overly complex logic. Some achievements involve extensive item collection, but most items are not essential for progress.

    • “The mechanics are fine tuned to a tee.”
    • “The distinctive art style, simple mechanics, and exploration oriented progression are all solid ideas.”
    • “Although the plot isn't that detailed, the gameplay and puzzles were a lot of fun, and much more intuitive than some games (while I like having to think about things, I don't like having to twist my brain into a pretzel to make the logic work).”
    • “City of Fools is a quirky little game that offers no innovation to gameplay but still boasts a very strong and unique identity.”
    • “Most of the gameplay consists of gathering the correct inventory items and giving them to the correct NPC, however some of the puzzles are more like mini-games and there are also a number of hidden-object pictures as well.”
    • “Three are achieved through gameplay and the other three require buying all the stock out of the shops (which requires lots of money). Most of the items in the shops are not required or needed for direct gameplay.”
  • monetization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game’s mobile versions start free but require purchasing the full game and offer additional in-game cash purchases, whereas the Steam version has no monetization and provides a complete experience without extra costs.

    • “There are mobile versions of this game that start out free, but you have to purchase the full game and face additional monetization to obtain in-game cash.”
    • “The Steam version has no monetization, and none is needed, unlike the mobile versions which require extra purchases.”
    • “The monetization model on mobile feels intrusive compared to the clean, no-monetization experience on Steam.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Replayability is generally low, though there is some incentive to replay if you initially rush through the game and want to explore additional content later.

    • “No replayability.”
    • “This adds some replayability if you chose to bulldoze through the first time and want to go back and see the rest of the game later.”
  • music
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is generally considered unremarkable and repetitive, lacking distinctiveness or a memorable quality. Overall, it does not stand out or enhance the game's atmosphere.

    • “Music, aside from being repetitive, wasn't very remarkable either.”
    • “It doesn’t have the prettiest graphics, the trendiest soundtrack, or the most refined atmosphere.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features extensive grinding with tedious backtracking, making progression slow and repetitive. Its open-world design can be challenging to navigate without relying on the hint system.

    • “The game is tedious with lots of backtracking. It's quite open-world, so only with the hint system might you sometimes know where to go.”
  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere is modest and unpolished, lacking standout graphics or a memorable soundtrack, resulting in a less refined overall experience.

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City of Fools is a open world puzzle game with horror, fantasy, mystery, comedy and others themes.

City of Fools is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, iPad and others.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing City of Fools.

City of Fools was released on July 10, 2015.

City of Fools was developed by Absolutist Ltd..

City of Fools has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked City of Fools for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

City of Fools is a single player game.

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