Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
Step into Twinsun's fantastical world in this action-adventure remake! Little Big Adventure - Twinsen's Quest brings brand new visuals, new music by the original composer, and smoother gameplay to the iconic classic released back in 1994.
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest is a exploration, puzzle and platformer game
developed by [2.21]
and published by Microids.
Released on November 14th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 686 reviews of which 619 were positive and 67 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 15.62€ on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 4460
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 970
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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My initial contact with the LBA franchise was in 1998, when I bought Twinsen's Odyssey from a newspaper stand. It was the first Zelda-like adventure game that I had ever played and it turned out to be fundamental in shaping my appreciation for the genre as a whole. Twinsen's world quickly became one of my favorites for all of its zany characters and endearing charm. I never got to play its predecessor as a child, though — hell, I didn't even know that there was a prequel to Odyssey in the first place. Only when I grew up to my teenage years did I find out about its existence. After playing it, I realised it wasn't as entertaining as the second, but I still enjoyed the experience. I've waited many years to play another one of these games, so you can imagine my enthusiasm when Twinsen's Quest finally came to be. But is it a worthy remake? Let's see. LBA's plot is a straightforward tale of rebels resisting a tyrannical government. The game's world of Twinsun is divided in two hemispheres that are separated by an icy mountain range and bathed in constant sunlight by two suns. The planet is home to four main species of sentient creatures, which resemble humans beings, rabbits, elephants and spherical humanoids. The megalomaniacal Doctor Funfrock rises to power and imposes a global dictatorship, creating clones and monsters that enforce his will upon the population. He seeks to harness the power of the Sendells, a race of magical beings who reside in the planet's interior and protect it from harm. Twinsen is the heroic protagonist, who discovers his father's past as a wizard of the Sendells and utilises the powers passed on through his lineage to fight back against the tyrant. The main alterations made to the original plot were the inclusion of Luna, Twinsen's sister, who motivates him to save her from kidnapping, and the fact that Zóe, his love interest, assumes a more active role in the resistance movement. It's a story suited for children, honestly, and it's still as charming as it was back in the day, in my opinion. One of the most iconic elements of the original games was their sound design. I'm not exactly an expert on audio engineering, but I liked the work done by 2.21 here. Everything sounds nicely enough, despite the occasional glitches — more on this later. You can even hear some of the classic effects in this remake, like Twinsen's jumping sound and the peculiar bubbly throw of his magic ball. The voice acting is also pretty well done, with Twinsen sounding quite like he did in Odyssey and Funfrock coming off as a crazy prick. People complained about Luna's childish demeanor, but I didn't loathe her presence in the story — she's young and I suspect she'll have greater development in a potential sequel. I also think the soundtrack deserves proper applause, given that the catchy songs I liked so much at the time were gracefully rearranged. The first big and obvious change we see in this remake, however, is the new visual style, which confers a more colorful and detailed appearance to the game's environments and characters. I've always considered the original's graphics to be rather drab and dull looking, so I quite liked this fresh coat of paint. Granted, there was some criticism thrown at it, particularly regarding the design of certain objects. I can agree that sometimes, depending on the camera angle, things may look rather odd or confusing, but overall I think this art style contributed to a nice reimagining of the story. Some folks complained that the vivid colors erased the aspect of decay inflicted to the world by Funfrock's regime, but I could still see signs of degradation in the streets and buildings of Twinsun. My only real gripe in this department is the frequent occurrence of visual glitches. Like its past iteration, Twinsen's Quest is an isometric action-adventure game not dissimilar from Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Twinsen gets to explore different towns and islands, talk to NPCs and collect quest items to complete missions. He is also able to acquire money to purchase a limited amount of stuff, but there is no character customisation, nor build variance. Players fight monsters with melee attacks and with the signature projectile weapon mentioned earlier, the magic ball. Combat is pretty simplistic and sometimes cumbersome, and it is often advisable to simply avoid confrontations altogether because dodging enemy attacks is a bit unreliable. There aren't any character stats or level ups, but the magic ball is upgraded three times over the course of the campaign, allowing Twinsen to face stronger opponents. While the levels, quests and foes created for the original title remained basically the same, the remake did change the mechanics of gameplay in a significant manner. Now, two major things were reworked. The first one is the movement system, which became much more streamlined. Back in the original, there were four stances that defined how Twinsen would move himself, so players had to constantly switch between these stances in order to walk, run, fight or sneak around. This posture framework was entirely replaced with a fluid system of walking, running and punching, while sneaking was completely phased out. This caused some controversy, but I never really considered sneaking to be of much importance before. Also gone are the tank controls, by the way — Twinsen now moves in the direction of the pressed key —, and I liked this adaptation. Finally, the second big change was the subtraction of the game's mana bar, which determined if the magic ball would bounce on surfaces. With magic points removed, the ball always bounces now. This made the remake a bit easier, I'd say. Unfortunately, I came across numerous flaws during my playthroughs. None of them really prevented me from finishing the game and unlocking its achievements, but they were disappointing and indicative that this project could have spent more time in the oven. The first category of problems comprises the visual and audio glitches. I mentioned them quickly earlier: explosions fail to appear when enemies perish, the magic ball gets stuck in the environment, NPCs fail to vocalize their lines, subtitles do not display what the characters are really saying, and so forth. I also include here the shoddy quality of certain animations, or the complete inexistence of them. Twinsen seems to be rather stiff and awkward in his movements, and there are no animations for embarking on and disembarking from vehicles and boats. These particular issues, of course, aren't game breaking, but then we have the second category: combat flaws. Despite the fact that the controls were overhauled, I still found Twinsen to be rather sluggish, and this made him more vulnerable. His dodging maneuver takes some time to be executed and frequently fails to save him from projectiles. The new aiming system for the magic ball can be unreliable depending on the topography of the level. Many times I struggled to throw it in the correct direction when Twinsen was in an elevated position. The AI of enemies sometimes simply stopped functioning, which made them non reactive to my attacks. I also felt that the lock-on mechanism constantly disengaged from my targets if I moved just a bit away from them — not to mention that dodging while locked on simply doesn't work adequately. These problems are quite annoying and require correction, but aren't as severe as the ladders that catapult Twinsen outside of the level, or the statue in the Temple of Bú that got stuck on top of a pillar, forcing me to reload a previous save. So, yes, although this remake could be more polished, I still think it's a worthwhile experience. I consider it a fun introduction to the franchise because its merits outweigh its flaws. Hopefully the developers learned some valuable lessons with this project and will use them to create a more robust reimagining of the second game. I'll be looking forward to it.
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LBA was a game I got on PS1 in 1997, a childhood classic that stuck with me for years. This remake of the game is both excellent, and disappointing. What's good: It is a faithful recreation of the original down to some funny little egg easters. They removed the fairly useless behavior types for Twinsen. You don't have to go into agression mode to hit something, there's a button for that. You don't have to go into athletic mode to run, there's a button for that. You get the idea, the game is more modern and making full use of how many keys we have available to us. This in turns makes Twinsen much more easy to move, and more reactive to controls. The difficulty has been adjusted to make the game slightly less frustrating and hard than it used to be. What's meh: The story has been slightly edited to include Twinsen's little sister, Luna. In the original game, Twinsen had prophetic dreams that got him arrested and pushed him to become who he is, especially because he got his girlfriend Zoe arrested and he needed to save her. Now, instead of Zoey, it's Luna getting arrested and that we need to save. It doesn't change much and the goal was likely to flesh out the start of the game a little more than it used to be, but it adds so little that it feels irrelevant overall. That change means we also lack two cinematics, one at the beginning, one at the end, that I was eager to relive with improved graphics. The end one especially, that hinted at LBA2, is missing. Game just ends after a cutscene. The game is a lost opportunity to give a bit more hints about some actions that were really not clearly explained in the original. Essentially, there are things that if you don't know, you're going to be trying every item to see if it does something. What's not good: Bugs. Hopefully to be resolved soon but there are some game breaking bugs when Twinsen uses "holes" and secret passages, getting stuck mid-air, or in the walls. Game waits for the animation to complete and Twinsen to exit the map, but sometimes, it just doesn't happen. There are also some bugs using the magic ball and being stopped mid animation, ball can get stuck somewhere, or Twinsen will repeat the throw leaving you vulnerable for a few more frames. Saving doesn't save where you are, it saves when you entered the map. There's also only one autosave erasing itself every save. Both things mean if you die or fail something, it's very unlikely you have a save just before it happened, instead you often have to redo an entire map. Art direction is strange. They went with a "scrapbooking" feeling for the world and characters, where it was fairly cartoony before. A rounder, more polished look. Now things feel a lot more cluttered, and the camera often doesn't help. Is it pretty ? That's up to you to decide, but it certainly lost the charm of the original game. Conclusion: I like the game. I want to see LBA2 done this way too, and if you don't already know the game, it's a fun one to play. Might be a little short and expensive for the price considering the replay value is low. My biggest gripe is with the art direction, I feel the game could have used the original style more and making it prettier, just using better character models than was doable at the time. Overall, I had a lot of fun replaying this and I don't regret the purchase.
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The LBA games still give me some great nostalgic memories, which is why they probably forever will remain among my favourite games of all time. For a long time a Little Big Adventure 3 game seemed like impossible but at least some slightly enhanced versions of the classic games + this remake of the original game have come out, so perhaps an LBA3 game might be made after all at some point. Little Big Adventure - Twinsen's Quest pretty much follows the same story as the original, except for some unnecessary changes with Twinsen having a sister and she's kind of replacing Zoé. Zoé is still there though, just do not understand why they felt the need to change this. LBA1&2 had an unique art-style and I can imagine it's hard to capture that same atmosphere with modern graphics. At first I really did not like the new graphic style but at one point it starts to grow on you. I still think the game could have been more gloomy like the original games though. The gameplay is more or less the same aside from the frustrating controlls of the original ones. It does make the game a bit more easy but I think it's a welcoming change. Overall I think Twinsen's Quest is a nice remake. It does bring back a few memories, it's fun to play and hopefully we see more of LBA in the future.
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One of my favorite childhood games, beautifully remade and sensibly modernized. Really hoping for a remake of the second game as well!
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It'd be very hard to capture the original's feel. It's not as childish as the sequel, it's more serious, it dealt with ideas like dictatorship, censorship, oppression, etc. Even though it did contain some infantile elements (silly voice acting in part, animal-like characters), the game felt mysterious, even gloomy at times. Amazingly having just turned 30, LBA1 was unlike any other 1994 game I can think of. Higher resolution than most regular games, CGI cutscenes, 3D characters, moody and elaborate orchestral music, atmospheric sound effects (I still remember my first time hearing the ocean waves in Citadel port, or the Hamalayi snow crunching under Twinsen's feet, and being sooo immersed). I don't think the remake stood a chance at fully capturing the feel or the multifaceted beauty of the original (because it was lightning in a bottle), although it does improve on its more frustrating elements (combat annoyances, bullets knocking you back, wall-hitting, Bu puzzles, no detailed maps, etc.) It brings back a more infantile tone, akin to LBA2, as it does feel aimed at kids way more than LBA1 was. The polygon count is low, I mean I was looking at the inventory screen and was struck by how even the original's items seemed higher-poly (or the cutscenes, which use ingame models, seem lower poly than the original's). Animations too, I give the upper hand to the original - in the remake, if Twinsen faces one way and you press the opposite direction, Twinsen just instantly faces the other way, with no inbetween frames, which seems janky. The music too seems less memorable than the original's - even though the melodies are largely the same, they seem less complex or elaborate somehow, less impactful, like there are some missing notes or something... I know I sounded rather negative thus far, but the remake does have its own beauty too. I love the seamless islands, they look beautiful. Just looking at the Citadel or Principal island maps, I was struck by how pretty they looked. Twinsun Cafe on Tippet Island also looks stunning. Heck, some might even prefer the minimalistic stylization of the remake, which feels more deliberate as a style than the original's isometric repetitiveness. Though a bit pricey I think, I do recommend it, because it's far from bad, and I love all things LBA. Most of all, I'd love for more people to (re)discover the original!
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