Reviews

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  Revachol Dishwashers Union

  Mar 31, 2022

  [b] SPOILERS [/B] I could have done without the [spoiler] horror twist [/spoiler] mainly because I REALLY enjoyed simply wandering the beautiful park and soaking up the ambience. It took me back to spending warm afternoons in many of the parks in Paris. Though, I realise an adventure game about simply exploring a park and going on a date would not be everybody's cup of tea. Still, it's free and very well made. The ambience, the birdsong, the real-life locations are all great and like every Cloak & Dagger game, I'd highly recommend it!
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  Doomshorn

  Aug 23, 2022

  This studio puts out nothing but labors of love. An odd little piece of work, well worth the 45 mins to stroll through it. Very basic little point and click game with one maybe two actual puzzles, but the ominous doom that lingers is what it is really all about, along with some silly and macabre elements sprinkled in. Definitely pick up the 99 cent deluxe edition, it helps support the developer and you get a little 15 minute extra game, also silly and full of doom. Enjoy!
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  sparky_buzzsaw (Cam)

  Jan 31, 2023

  An interesting bite of a narrative-driven adventure game. It's free and short enough you could beat it over a cup of coffee, and the story, brief as it is, is interesting enough I think it's worth a look.
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  CJRackam

  Feb 14, 2023

  The developer (Cloak & Dagger) is getting some well-deserved attention thanks to The Excavation of Hob's Barrow. This appears to be their first game and, in that context, it's a nice piece of work. An idyllic stroll in the park, some unexpected weirdness, then it gets dark. Perhaps there is a moral here, about strange women hiding in parks, distributing ducks... The DLC is easily worth the cost.
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  Dr. Mircow

  Jan 24, 2017

  A Date In The Park is a 45-minute long point ‘n’ click adventure game made available for free on Steam. The story is about this guy, Lou, who visits Portugal and gets this date with a random woman, Catarina, he met at bar one night. She tells him to meet her by a duck pond in a park the following day, so you can now see where the title comes from. The next day, however, Catarina is nowhere to be seen, but Lou is determined to meet her by all means and keeps searching for her around the park. In time, Lou notices Caterina is actually leaving him clues, so he figures out that she is playing some sort of a game with him as he recalls telling her he likes mystery games. Basically, that is the premise of the story. Visually, A Date In The Park looks amateurish at best, perhaps downright ugly, but at least the visuals are kept consistent throughout the game, so for me that was not a problem. The sound design is minimalist with just ambient sounds of birds chirping in the background and there is no voice acting which, considering the effort put in the presentation, is perhaps better off. There are not too many puzzles in this game and the ones present are extremely easy to decipher, so walkthroughs are not neccesary. There is one puzzle which feels out of place though, and this is when Lou has to enter a building, unauthorised, to get an object. Now this leaves A Date In The Park more of an narrative experience than a traditional point ‘n’ click adventure game because even the interactivity with the environment and other characters is low. Aside from a receptionist who Lou never sees behind the counter, a gardener who can only speak Portuguese and has about two minutes of screen time, and someone at the end, there is no other human to ever interact with in the park. So the majority of the game consists of just walking around the park, making some observations, backtracking from different locations to solve a puzzle, or witnessing an event. Probably the most fun you can get out of the game is when you are given the chance to name a small ducky, as it can result in some funny dialogues depending on how you name it. Similarly, all the achievements are also easy to obtain as long as you visit or check everything, and should be able to unlock them in one playthrough. For achievement hunters, this is good news, hence why I wanted to point it out. In my case, there was one achievement which I missed because I did not bother to follow a certain path after a certain event. Of course, the selling point of the game is Lou’s journey strolling around the park looking for Catarina and, more importantly, the inevitable twist at the end. In regards to the journey, it is painfully mundane and uninteresting, except for two events; one at the pond and one outside a building, which raise some questions and can be a bit disturbing. In fact, the story, as a whole, is very thin. Appreciatively, an element of urgency is finally injected into the plot in the last five minutes, so we arrive at the big twist at the end. If you kept away from any spoilers, then you prepared yourself well for the full impact. Sadly, the ending is fairly uninspiring. It has a shock element thrown in for the sake of it that leaves you scratching your head more than anything. That is it. I believe the game could have gone with a few different endings based on your actions in the park, but no, you are stuck with this ending. The developer could have expanded upon the ending, and meaning of it, a bit more. In conclusion, A Date In The Park may be worth playing to witness its big twist and only ending which is, at least for me, underwhelming and not too cleverly executed. Overall, a very forgettable experience that you will surely forget within a few days. While the game is free of charge, the time with it cannot be refunded, so I am sparing you an hour of your free time by not recommending it. If you want something mechanically similar but better, and free as well, look no further than Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok available on Steam. I do believe A Date In The Park could have been a great freeware if the ending was expanded, had proper puzzles and more interactivity, but ultimately there are better alternatives out there than this little game has to offer.
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  ocsalev

  Jan 29, 2017

  The gameplay reminds me a little of Gabriel Knight II and Dink Smallwood, it definitely has a 90’s atmosphere to it. Don’t expect too much of the game though, it will last maybe half an hour, 60 minutes tops. It’s a self-contained, linear story, don’t expect multiple endings as well. To sum up: it’s not a point-and-click game for everyone, but fans of the genre will most likely relax and enjoy the story.
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  ace bestos

  Feb 2, 2017

  This game has been in my library for ages and finally I decided to quickly go through it to collect achievements. Even though I used a guide the game was fun and ending was unexpected (I did feel something bad is gonna happen but not this wtf). Five minutes after uninstalling it I thought.. hey maybe there was another way to end the story? And sadly, no, there's only one ending. The game is nice but main character's action that defines his end is so minor that it would be great to make it an option. This game made me want to replay it, but by not adding another ending developers have missed a great opportunity. I still recommend this game, I enjoyed it and that's what really matters.
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  『AKI』

  Feb 4, 2017

  A simple point and click game which tells us a story about a guy finding her date partner in a park albeit with a twisted ending. Then again............ Not even Portuguese language can help me understand the ending. WTF!!!
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  Rapxtor

  Feb 6, 2017

  A nice point & click adventure, falling to the horror theme, if you have basic understanding of greeke mythology, you will get the various hints for this story to make sense to you, but still leave you with many questions, wich is good thing (at least to me) since improve the overall experience. The game have the basic mechanics of adventure game, simplistic graphics and short story, but still very interesting in the end, and since its free, worth the time if you like this kind of story and mechanics.
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  Bhone

  Feb 9, 2017

  I would have found the obvious ending more surprising, actually.
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  P'TrickZ

  Feb 22, 2017

  If you like Point and Click games with absurd storys you are in the right place! Pretty short and free for a decent and easy point & click :) !
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  Lenyn4K ♑

  Feb 22, 2017

  Short and brilliant, really nice atmosphere, strange walk in the park with an unexpected ending. I totally reccomend it, on top of that, the game It's free to play. You have nothing to lose and an awesome adventure to experience.
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  Ozzette78

  Feb 23, 2017

  Well, it just wasn't my cup of tea. I had to search for the spots to exit the scenes. I thought the story very poor. It certainly didn't suck you in. I hate to say anything bad about anybody that puts in the effort to make a game so thanks for letting it be free! But you may want to work on your interface/hotspots. Good luck. Thanks for the effort!
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  Ditech YouTube

  Feb 26, 2017

  I open this game and bugged won't get start and can't quit i mean wtf i press ctrl+alt+del everything is so big my monitor screwed up then i restart my pc and log in my steam using my atuthintication on my steam and log in now i'm wasting time to write this review 40 minutes time just gone from my life doing nothng
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  Pablo Diablo

  Mar 10, 2017

  solid old school game
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  Hemlock Tea

  Sep 28, 2017

  A great little point and click game that will probably leave with a lot of questions.
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  sfinx

  Nov 1, 2017

  A nice little game ,not hard at all ,and I'm sure it'll satisfy all the achievment hunters. An easy 100% and not too boring as well. Overall:6/10.
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  Fisto (Shan)

  Aug 6, 2018

  Not quite sure what to write In for one hell of a twist
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  Lucky Shot

  Feb 9, 2019

  Fly away, my little duckling, for this world is too cruel for you. :'( It's an excellent short game. It's free, but if you want to support the developers, you can buy the collector's edition and get an awesome dlc.
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  Ebony Messmer

  Aug 7, 2019

  Just ***king NO. This game left me feeling 'what the hell did i just play!' for weeks. Along with an occasional 'what even was that'. Please JUST DONT! For your own sanity.