Rate top gamesBacklog? What backlog? I’m rubbish at this, aren’t I? I’m supposed to be smashing my way through a seemingly endless backlog of games, yet I keep grabbing the latest shiny ones anyway. To be fair, though, this game speaks to the very core of my being. I’m from the north of England, and it’s not often that you get a game based here. In fact, I’m pretty sure this may indeed be the first one. If it’s not the first, it’s definitely the most memorable, anyway.
It’s hard to know if I could actually recommend this game to anyone else, solely because all the jokes seem aimed directly at me. You have to have lived a dull little Yorkshire life in a dull little Yorkshire town to get all the stupid little nods and winks and pie jokes. But let’s pretend that is you, and you are indeed from a dull little Yorkshire town, or have at the very least spent some time in one. I would suggest you go out and buy Thank Goodness You’re Here immediately.
The comedy in Thank Goodness You’re Here is sometimes a bit too “random” in parts, but when it hits, it’s legitimately hilarious. There are times in the game when my wife would give me a nudge because I was laughing too loudly or give me a sideways look for the utterly bizarre shit that occurs. There’s a fishmonger who sells smoking fish (complete with cigarettes or a pipe!) rather than smoked fish. There’s a bitter enmity between people who prefer big pies or small pies. There is even a man with really long arms who wants you to pour soup on his face. These are some of the more normal parts of the game.
Gameplay-wise, Thank Goodness You’re Here is a simple affair. You go around the town of Barnsworth, politely slapping people who seem to be very excited about your existence. They then ask you to help them with seemingly mundane tasks that always take a turn for the incredibly weird. That’s about all there is to it, really, but the game does a lot with such simple mechanics. It looks bloody lovely, too. The characters and town are charmingly drawn, the animation is fantastic, and the voice acting is spot-on. Strangely, for a game set in Yorkshire, it’s the Scottish repairman I enjoyed the most.
There’s really a lovely comforting charm to how everything is so recognisably northern: the people arguing about bins, a lad with a big head being called a bellend at school, the importance of a cup of tea. I utterly enjoyed the two hours it takes to complete Thank Goodness You’re Here (or 15 minutes if you’re unlike me and follow instructions), and I’m quite excited to play it all again for the bits I’ve seemingly missed.
https://questtozero.com/game-review/thank-goodness-youre-here-review/
It’s hard to know if I could actually recommend this game to anyone else, solely because all the jokes seem aimed directly at me. You have to have lived a dull little Yorkshire life in a dull little Yorkshire town to get all the stupid little nods and winks and pie jokes. But let’s pretend that is you, and you are indeed from a dull little Yorkshire town, or have at the very least spent some time in one. I would suggest you go out and buy Thank Goodness You’re Here immediately.
The comedy in Thank Goodness You’re Here is sometimes a bit too “random” in parts, but when it hits, it’s legitimately hilarious. There are times in the game when my wife would give me a nudge because I was laughing too loudly or give me a sideways look for the utterly bizarre shit that occurs. There’s a fishmonger who sells smoking fish (complete with cigarettes or a pipe!) rather than smoked fish. There’s a bitter enmity between people who prefer big pies or small pies. There is even a man with really long arms who wants you to pour soup on his face. These are some of the more normal parts of the game.
Gameplay-wise, Thank Goodness You’re Here is a simple affair. You go around the town of Barnsworth, politely slapping people who seem to be very excited about your existence. They then ask you to help them with seemingly mundane tasks that always take a turn for the incredibly weird. That’s about all there is to it, really, but the game does a lot with such simple mechanics. It looks bloody lovely, too. The characters and town are charmingly drawn, the animation is fantastic, and the voice acting is spot-on. Strangely, for a game set in Yorkshire, it’s the Scottish repairman I enjoyed the most.
There’s really a lovely comforting charm to how everything is so recognisably northern: the people arguing about bins, a lad with a big head being called a bellend at school, the importance of a cup of tea. I utterly enjoyed the two hours it takes to complete Thank Goodness You’re Here (or 15 minutes if you’re unlike me and follow instructions), and I’m quite excited to play it all again for the bits I’ve seemingly missed.
https://questtozero.com/game-review/thank-goodness-youre-here-review/
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