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Tad the Lost Explorer

Tad the Lost Explorer is a nice-looking 3D platformer that sends you around the world to solve puzzles, discover treasures, and prove that you are a great explorer. There are issues with some of the puzzles where completing it doesn't trigger the next event correctly, so you may need to replay sections.
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49%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
71% User Score Based on 14 reviews
Critic Score 56%Based on 3 reviews

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About Tad the Lost Explorer

Tad the Lost Explorer is a single player casual platformer game with comedy and kids themes. It was developed by Gammera Nest and was released on November 15, 2022. It received neutral reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Your favourite explorer, Tad Stones is back! Embark with Tad and his friends on a new journey through different cities where you will encounter challenging puzzles in your quest to get the emerald tablet.

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71%Audience ScoreBased on 14 reviews
graphics3 positive mentions
gameplay2 negative mentions
  • The game features charming and diverse settings including Central America, Chicago, Paris, and Egypt with good level design and appealing art style.
  • Combines 3D platforming with 2D sections and puzzles, delivering a lighthearted, humorous experience suitable for kids and fans of casual platformers.
  • Offers generous checkpoints, a level selector for completionists, and encourages exploration with collectibles, making for an engaging, family-friendly adventure.
  • Several technical issues such as missing sound effects, inconsistent music playback, hitbox problems with the final boss, and occasional glitches like falling through geometry or stuck completion percentages.
  • Certain gameplay sequences like the boat chase and stealth sections are frustrating due to poor design, unclear objectives, or reliance on luck, detracting from overall enjoyment.
  • Some worlds and characters are less polished or enjoyable, notably Egypt feeling empty and the flying physics for Ramona being awkward, reducing the appeal and smoothness of the game.

  • gameplay

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay features a visually appealing mix of 3D and 2D elements with more mechanics than expected, offering a generally enjoyable experience. However, the shift to simultaneous sneaking and racing in later chapters introduces frustrating gameplay changes that detract from the original puzzle-platforming appeal. Overall, the charming blend of 3D and 2.5D platforming adds lightness and variety to the game.

    • “A charming 3D platformer with some 2.5D levels, mixed so well which brings lightness to the gameplay and the overall experience.”
    • “Unfortunately, the next chapter starts with some truly unwanted gameplay, apparently a combination of simultaneous sneaking and racing, replacing the puzzle-platforming.”
    • “The first part is all about pyramids, looks rather good in 3D, even better in 2D (except for a pervasive blur that cannot be turned off), offers more mechanics than anticipated, and is decently amusing.”

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their quality, lighting, and visual appeal, contributing positively to the gaming experience. However, some character models are noted as imperfect, and visuals are occasionally overshadowed by gameplay and dialogue issues. Overall, the graphics are a strong aspect of the game.

    • “Fun and humorous game to play with pleasing graphics.”
    • “The graphics and the lighting especially feel stand out although not perfect on some of the character models, but that’s neither here nor there.”
    • “Good save points and graphics.”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story is decent and follows a plot similar to the movie, offering exploration of fantastic and mysterious locations, though it is not particularly deep or complex.

    • “Explore fantastic and mysterious locations over a storyline similar to the movie.”
    • “There is also a decent story.”
    • “Story can be okay even if it isn't much.”

  • humor

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features a quirky and lighthearted sense of humor that adds to its charm, making it enjoyable and fun to play. Users appreciate the amusing elements alongside the pleasing graphics.

    • “Such a quirky game, so funny and so cool!”
    • “Fun and humorous game to play with pleasing graphics.”
    • “The game has humor in subtle details you can notice.”

  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Users report that the music in the Chicago city map frequently cuts out when reaching high rooftops, causing it to start and stop repeatedly due to unclear audio boundaries, which they find to be a noticeable and overlooked bug.

    • “In the Chicago city map, the music stops playing when getting on a high roof. Some roofs are at the edge of the music area, causing the music to constantly start and stop, which is really weird that nobody in the game studio noticed this bug.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game experiences occasional minor glitches, such as incomplete mission triggers and occasional clipping or falling through level geometry, but these issues are infrequent and typical for most games. Overall, stability is decent with only small disruptions.

    • “The boat chase not unlocking/registering as complete. In some places, I would get stuck on or even fall through bits of the level geometry.”
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56%Critics’ scoreBased on 3 critic reviews
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Tad the Lost Explorer is a casual platformer game with comedy and kids themes. Common tags for Tad the Lost Explorer include 3D, 2d, educational, exploration, family friendly and others.

Tad the Lost Explorer is available on PC, PlayStation 5, Mac OS, PlayStation 4 and others.

Tad the Lost Explorer was released on November 15, 2022.

Tad the Lost Explorer was developed by Gammera Nest.

Tad the Lost Explorer has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Tad the Lost Explorer for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Tad the Lost Explorer is a single player game.

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