Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a charming and entertaining point-and-click adventure game, with logical puzzles, a lighthearted story, and truly hilarious dialogue.

86%Game Brain Score

humor, story

grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 334 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 8 reviews

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In Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, players control pirate heroine Nelly as she investigates the disappearance of birds and defeated rivals. Using point-and-click mechanics, players explore various settings, solve puzzles, and interact with quirky characters. The game features a unique cast, witty dialog, and a charming art style inspired by classic adventure games.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet screenshot

95%

Audience ScoreBased on 342 reviews

humor177 positive mentions

grinding4 negative mentions

Charming and humorous writing with clever dialogue that often elicits laughter.
Engaging and logical puzzles that are accessible without being overly challenging.
Beautiful hand-drawn graphics and excellent voice acting, including a notable performance by Tom Baker.

The game is relatively short, typically taking around 5-6 hours to complete.
Some players found the puzzles to be too easy, lacking the complexity expected from classic adventure games.
There are occasional technical issues, such as lag in controls and unresponsive inventory interactions.

humor
177 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in "Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet" is widely praised for its charm and cleverness, featuring a delightful mix of campy British wit, quirky characters, and engaging dialogue that often elicits genuine laughter. Reviewers appreciate the game's ability to deliver humor without resorting to crude tactics, making it a wholesome and entertaining experience reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventures. Overall, the game is described as funny, heartwarming, and filled with clever puns and references, ensuring a lighthearted and enjoyable gameplay experience.
- “Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a delightful adventure game with fantastic humor, a surprisingly large cast of characters (with great voice acting), and puzzles which are, indeed, quite fair.”
- “It's truly funny throughout, with clever puzzles, great voice acting, beautifully drawn locations, good UI, and a love for birds.”
- “Had me genuinely laughing out loud every 5 minutes or so, and left me feeling warm and happy.”
story
116 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story of *Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet* is a whimsical and humorous adventure that follows a pirate/animal lover on a quest to rescue endangered birds from the villainous Captain Widebeard. While the narrative features clever dialogue and engaging characters, some players found the plot to be linear and lacking depth, particularly in the latter half. Overall, the game is praised for its lighthearted tone, excellent voice acting, and enjoyable puzzles, making it a fun experience despite some narrative shortcomings.
- “A beautiful adventure game, clever, funny, with excellent voice acting and an innovative storyline.”
- “Absolutely loved it, great story and characters, fantastic artwork, funny jokes and sly references, so inventive - I only wish it was longer, I wanted to stay there!”
- “Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a charming and entertaining point-and-click adventure game, with logical puzzles, a lighthearted story, and truly hilarious dialogue.”
- “The plot didn’t really gel with me and ended limply; the characters are a bit too stereotypical, and it felt a bit slow and stiff to play.”
- “Storyline was shallow, especially in the second half.”
- “Needless to say, there is no curious-what-happens-next story-wise factor which all Monkey Island games had.”
graphics
63 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics in the game are generally praised for their charm and visual appeal, featuring a unique art style that enhances the overall experience. While some players noted that the graphics are somewhat simple and reminiscent of children's games, they also appreciated the bright colors and engaging designs that suit the game's humorous tone. A few minor graphical glitches were reported, but overall, the visuals, combined with solid voice acting and music, contribute positively to the game's enjoyment.
- “The graphics are gorgeous.”
- “The art style is pretty unique and charming.”
- “Beautiful graphics, lots of great locations, terrible puns, loads of lovely regional accents, interesting puzzles, fabulous music...”
- “Just imagine the 'Star Wars' movie with fancy modern graphics, but with every fight scene replaced by a black screen and a narrator's voice saying, '...they fought desperately and fiercely, but the villain was defeated and captured...' It's still good, but not very exciting, right? Especially after some expectations.”
- “I did encounter a couple of graphical glitches; during one part of the Guttering Howls section, Nelly walks in front of and through something she should be behind, and in the penultimate chapter, the inventory panel goes a bit wonky, but is still usable.”
- “While the game never takes itself too seriously, and the graphics are kind of simple, there is definitely a big meaty adventure game and story in there.”
music
41 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
63%
29%
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The music in the game is generally well-received, with many praising its catchy and enjoyable soundtrack, particularly the humorous end credits song that serves as both a parody and a walkthrough. While some players noted that the in-game music can be subtle and occasionally goes unnoticed, the overall production quality, including voice acting and musical composition, is considered top-notch. Additionally, a few users pointed out similarities between the main menu music and Disney's "Under the Sea," adding a playful touch to the experience.
- “I love this game, the plot, the characters, even the soundtrack is absolutely amazing!”
- “Everything from the music to the voice acting was spot on.”
- “The soundtrack is above average and fits very well with the game.”
- “There is not much music in-game.”
- “What's there is nice enough but often goes unnoticed, except the hilarious end credits song that acts both as a walkthrough and parody of the game.”
- “And if you can get that damn sugar biscuit song out of your head, you’re a better man than I.”
gameplay
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is generally enjoyable and features clever mechanics, such as the ability to ask a bird companion for guidance, which helps players navigate the game smoothly. While the game offers fun puzzles and witty humor, it is relatively short, averaging around 5.5 hours, and may not justify a full-price purchase for some. Players have noted minor bugs and interface issues, but these do not significantly detract from the overall experience.
- “This game was a lot of fun, got a little frustrated at the beginning dealing with a tiny bug, but after that, it was smooth sailing, fun puzzles, great gameplay, full of witty puns and jokes.”
- “Most importantly, the game goes out of its way to try and improve upon the core game mechanics of the old-style adventure games.”
- “Gameplay is simple and you can reveal all the 'hotspots' in a given area if you wish, which saves from all that horrible pixel-hunting many games in the genre have.”
- “If you like this sort of game, it's okay, but the gameplay is pretty short if you're buying at full price.”
- “5.5 hours of gameplay... not what I expected from an adventure game.”
- “Gameplay-wise, it has a couple of bugs, like objective-location hints stopping working or occasionally the inventory remaining open, but a save/reload fixes that.”
emotional
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is described as a charming and heartwarming experience, filled with humor and wholesome interactions. Players appreciate its lighthearted nature and the ease of engaging in conversations, contributing to an overall joyful atmosphere.
- “Charming, funny, heartwarming.”
- “I love that almost every conversation you can just start with 'hello.' It's such a wholesome, happy game.”
- “Still a lovely experience, wholesome and very funny.”
atmosphere
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is characterized by a charming and nostalgic vibe, enhanced by superb voice acting and a simple yet effective drawing style. However, some players feel that the frequent shifts between a "fun little pirate adventure" and a "festival for nerds" disrupt immersion. Overall, the charismatic atmosphere contributes significantly to the enjoyment of the gameplay.
- “The drawing style is simple, but atmospheric; the voice acting is mostly superb, and the few birds one gets to see up close are truly adorable.”
- “Even for an old point-and-click veteran, for whom there seemingly cannot be any new puzzles anymore, the game is still a lot of fun to play because of the charismatic atmosphere and a little sense of nostalgia.”
- “What I enjoyed most was the voice acting; it really helps set the atmosphere.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users find pixel-hunting to be a tedious and boring aspect of the game, suggesting it detracts from the overall experience. In contrast, the extensive dialogue is praised for its engaging quality, never feeling tedious or dragging on.
- “Pixel-hunting is boring and tedious and has no place in any game.”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game exhibits some stability issues, including graphical glitches such as character clipping and a malfunctioning inventory panel, though these do not significantly hinder usability. The reviewer noted these problems while playing on Linux Mint 17.3, leaving uncertainty about their presence on other platforms.
- “I did encounter a couple of graphical glitches; during one part of the Guttering Howls section, Nelly walks in front of and through something she should be behind, and in the penultimate chapter, the inventory panel goes a bit wonky, but is still usable.”
- “I played the game on Linux Mint 17.3 and I don't know if these glitches are in every port.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The reviews do not provide relevant information regarding optimization, focusing instead on the quality of voiceovers and performances. Therefore, no specific insights about optimization can be summarized from the provided texts.
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers notable replayability due to its achievable achievements, encouraging players to replay to collect any they may have missed.
- “It has some replayability as the achievements are all actually achievable, so I will play through again to get the ones I missed.”