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Quest for the Golden Duck

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46%Game Brain Score
humor
gameplay, graphics
75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

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Quest for the Golden Duck is a single player and multiplayer casual action adventure game. It was developed by Bigosaur and was released on January 23, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Run around the maze collecting coins while being chased by spooky monsters. Outsmart the enemies in 4-player co-op games, or play the versus mode as a monster to prevent the other team from stealing all the gold from the castle.

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75%
Audience ScoreBased on 12 reviews
humor1 positive mentions
gameplay1 negative mentions

  • Unique Pac-Man variation supporting up to 4 local players, offering both cooperative campaign and versus modes.
  • Campaign mode with a small story and puzzle elements that increase in complexity as you progress.
  • Functional multiplayer experience with no technical issues and easy-to-understand gameplay suitable for party play.
  • Controls are imprecise and differ from classic Pac-Man mechanics, leading to frustration especially with cornering and input handling.
  • Enemies like dogs move too fast, making gameplay occasionally annoying and difficult.
  • Lack of progress saving forces players to replay levels upon death or restarting, which detracts from the overall experience.
  • gameplay
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay can be frustrating due to input timing issues, where pressing commands too early causes unintended character movements, often leading to losing a life by accidentally heading toward enemies.

    • “Often enough you press too early (which isn't a problem in the original due to the mechanics I explained above), resulting in your character going anywhere or changing movement heading directly into the enemy following you and losing a life.”
  • graphics
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are described as decent and fitting a fantasy style, reflecting noticeable effort and creativity from the developers. While not outstanding, the visuals contribute positively to the game's overall atmosphere.

  • music
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's music is described as adequately crafted within a fantasy style, reflecting noticeable effort and creativity, though it is considered only average in quality.

  • humor
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game, particularly in versus mode, is appreciated for being funny, though its appeal is somewhat limited as the mode doesn't function well with two players.

  • story
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in campaign mode is minimal, serving mainly as brief introductions before each round, with the main focus on progressively challenging gameplay involving collecting all gold coins to complete levels.

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Quest for the Golden Duck is a casual action adventure game.

Quest for the Golden Duck is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac OS, Windows and others.

Quest for the Golden Duck was released on January 23, 2019.

Quest for the Golden Duck was developed by Bigosaur.

Quest for the Golden Duck has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Quest for the Golden Duck for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

Quest for the Golden Duck is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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