Randal's Monday
| Randal's Monday | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Nexus Game Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | PC |
| Release date(s) | November 12, 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
Randal's Monday is a dark-comedy adventure game, released in 2014.
Game-play
The game relies on a series of 'guesswork' puzzles.[1] The game contains references to media such as Portal, The Twilight Zone, The Shawshank Redemption, Back To The Future, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Fraggle Rock. The game has different-colored lines of dialogue and emphasis on humor, like classic Lucasarts games out of SCUMM VM.[2]
Plot
The plot centers around a character named Randal, a sociopath and kleptomaniac, who becomes stuck in a Groundhog Day-esque loop. The game's dark humor has been compared to that of Hector: Badge of Carnage.
Development
Randal's Monday was the first video game of Nexus Game Studio.[3]
Jeff Anderson, who played Randal, described the game as a homage to early 2D Lucas Arts titles. While this game contains a character named Randal, it bears no relation to the character from the films Clerks and Clerks II, added by named Randal and played by Anderson.[3]
Critical reception
The game has a Metacritic rating of 57% based on 30 critic reviews.[4]
PC Gamer wrote "Randal's Monday gets it painfully wrong, mistaking convoluted and crazy for funny and logical to the point of being tedious and infuriating to play even with an in-game walk-through for when you've had enough."[1] Meanwhile, IGN said "Randal’s Monday has a clever premise that deserves better treatment than it does in this crude, baffling adventure".[5] GameSpot concluded "Randal's Monday is blind hero worship that ignores decades of design theory and leaves an unpleasant aftertaste thanks to its thoroughly unlikable, homogeneous cast."[2]
References
- 1 2 "Randal's Monday". PC Gamer.
- 1 2 Jeremy Signor. "Randal's Monday Review". GameSpot.
- 1 2 Randal's Monday - Interview Jeff Anderson & Jason Mewes [ENG] on YouTube
- ↑ "Randal's Monday". Metacritic.
- ↑ Chuck Osborn (1 December 2014). "Randal's Monday Review". IGN.