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Tick's Tales

Some strong storytelling and puzzling don't save the game from bland visuals and frustrating mechanics.
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68%Game Brain Score
story, humor
graphics, character development
73% User Score Based on 55 reviews
Critic Score 45%Based on 1 reviews

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Tick's Tales is a single player action game. It was developed by Digital Bounce House and was released on June 9, 2016. It received neutral reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Tick must prove his worth to pull the legendary Sword of Blergh from the stone if he's going to win the heart of Georgia McGorgeous and save their town from the evil goblin Bloodclot!

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73%
Audience ScoreBased on 55 reviews
story4 positive mentions
replayability1 negative mentions
  • Charming, humorous and nostalgic point-and-click adventure with a style reminiscent of classic 80s and 90s games like King's Quest and Monkey Island.
  • Well-designed puzzles that are mostly logical and enjoyable; the gameplay is straightforward and accessible, making it a good entry point for fans of the genre.
  • Good pixel art and visuals that evoke retro aesthetics, along with a fitting soundtrack and solid sound design.
  • Very short gameplay length, typically 1.5 to 3 hours, which reduces replay value and may feel insufficient for some players.
  • Achievements are broken and the developer has abandoned the game, resulting in unresolved issues and lack of updates or communication.
  • Some puzzles require pixel hunting or unintuitive solutions; the music can be distracting or low quality, and save system limitations create inconvenience.
  • story
    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story of Tick's Tales is a lighthearted, comedic adventure inspired by classic games like King's Quest, featuring charming humor and cultural references. While it offers an enjoyable and engaging plot for genre fans, it is relatively simple, somewhat clichéd, and not deeply memorable. Overall, the narrative provides enough entertainment without being particularly complex or extensive.

    • “The story of Tick's Tale is comedic and honestly quite charming.”
    • “The story is well told, filled with humor and lots of modern cultural references.”
    • “The plot is silly, but still compelling.”
    • “The story itself uses enough clichés to last a lifetime, although it never really became clear whether it was a meta joke at the genre's expense or simply not very deep or self-aware.”
    • “The story was a bit lacking in my honest opinion.”
    • “Overall, it was a reasonably fun play but nothing very memorable with mediocre storytelling and characters.”
  • humor
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a charming and humorous tone with witty dialogue, playful cultural references, and parody-style jokes, often embracing cheesy and fourth-wall-breaking humor. Its humor is lighthearted, cutesy, and reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventures, delivering a fun and enjoyable comedic experience, though not always deeply memorable. Overall, it successfully combines humor with engaging puzzles and nostalgic pixel art.

    • “Super cute game with lots of humor to go along with the point and click, puzzle fun.”
    • “The story is well told, filled with humor and lots of modern cultural references.”
    • “Great dialogues and it's also funny to choose 'wrong options' on purpose.”
  • graphics
    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features charming retro-style pixel graphics that effectively capture a nostalgic, classic adventure feel, appealing to fans of the genre. While the visuals are more detailed than expected for pixel art, they can sometimes be unclear and lack interactive cues, which may hinder gameplay for some players. Overall, the graphics suit the game's style but won't satisfy those seeking modern visuals.

    • “Tick's Tales is a retro-style, pixel graphic, point & click adventure game.”
    • “The graphics suit the game, and are more detailed than you might expect for such a thing.”
    • “It's so fun and perfectly reminiscent of the older pixel graphic games, yet updated in ways such as humor and navigation.”
    • “There's no hot spot indicator, and the cursor doesn't even change at all when you mouse over something that can be clicked on, but you need to click on a number of seemingly random bits of scenery (or just muddy bits of things that don't look like anything since the graphics aren't very clear) to get key plot items.”
    • “Some strong storytelling and puzzling don't save the game from bland visuals and frustrating mechanics.”
    • “If you are looking for the latest graphics this will definitely disappoint you but as long as you are expecting pixel graphics you won't.”
  • music
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's music receives mixed feedback, with some praising its nostalgic, varied, and fitting soundtrack, while others find much of it repetitive, overly upbeat, or mismatched with the point-and-click adventure style. Overall, the soundtrack is considered catchy but uneven in quality.

    • “This was a pleasant point & click game with a catchy soundtrack (short tunes).”
    • “The puzzles are neither too hard nor too easy, interesting story, good sound effects & soundtrack and really awesome pixel art.”
    • “Aside from that, the music/sounds are varied and reasonable, and they do their job.”
    • “I get that the music of the game is inspired by the classics, but honestly a good majority of the soundtrack is just absolute trash in my opinion.”
    • “The music really sounds like it was taken out of a platforming game instead of being made for a point and click adventure game.”
    • “Music is not that good.”
  • gameplay
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a nostalgic and engaging experience with strong storytelling and puzzles, though it is relatively short and marred by some frustrating mechanics. Despite its charm, the game has been abandoned by developers, leaving players with unresolved cliffhangers and no updates since 2021.

    • “At around 1-2 hours of gameplay, it's not the longest adventure out there, but it has a nostalgic feel that really sets it apart.”
    • “The game takes about 3 hours to play through at $8, that's about $2.67/hour of gameplay.”
    • “Some strong storytelling and puzzling don't save the game from bland visuals and frustrating mechanics.”
  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development received mixed feedback, with some users finding the character designs mediocre and expressing a desire for more effort and depth in their creation.

  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The optimization aspect is briefly mentioned in relation to system information and performance reports, indicating a focus on monitoring how the game runs on different hardware. However, detailed insights or evaluations of optimization quality are not provided.

  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users generally find the atmosphere engaging and well-crafted, with a solid immersive quality that enhances the overall experience, reflected in a strong rating of 80.

  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers little to no replayability, providing a limited incentive for players to return after the initial playthrough.

    • “No replay value”
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Tick's Tales is a action game.

Tick's Tales is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Tick's Tales.

Tick's Tales was released on June 9, 2016.

Tick's Tales was developed by Digital Bounce House.

Tick's Tales has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Tick's Tales for its story but disliked it for its graphics.

Tick's Tales is a single player game.

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