"Are you here for the Human show?"
You star as three strange, wacky characters who are on a quest to save the world from an evil Purple tentacle. Weird? Thats only just the beginning. Along the way you'll attend a "human show" (kinda like a dog show, best hair, best smile, best laugh, judged by tentacles) meet the founding fathers and even cryogentically freeze a hamster.
Graphics: Powered by the SCUMM engine, the game features bright and colorful cartoon graphics. The art work is fantastic for its time period and has its own undeniably unique style thats sure to make you notice. Hi res, however, these graphics are not.
Story: One of a kind. Your hero's combined mission is simple, save the world. How they do it is not so simple. Each hero's ends up in a different era of time; one is in the present, another 200 years in the past and the third 200 years in the future. Your hero's are not the kind you've come to expect. A pocket protector nerd, a fat, early 90s valley guy and a slightly off kilter blond haired high school girl. The enemy is a purple tentacle who has mutated into an insane genius after drinking toxic sludge. Your weapons are a crow bar, a lighter that looks like a gun and spaghetti.
Sound: Compared to the modern era, privative. The game was designed to run on 1993 era sound hardware so the sound effects are simple and limited in number. What sound effects do exist are well implemented and refreshing comedic That being said, the voice acting is awesome. Every characters voice is perfected vocalized by real live actors. The first time you hear a character speak, you cannot help but think, "wow, dead on"
Gameplay: Point and click mouse based adventure game. Collect items and talk to other characters to solve puzzles. Each puzzle solved moves the narrative along. Repeat until game is beaten or you put skull through monitor.
Final words: This game is a comedy at heart. The dialog here is some of the funniest ever in a video game. You do not need to play the first game to appreciate this classic. Something to keep in mind is that games such as this take careful thinking and observation skills to advance; if you don't have either, or have both and no patience, than DOTT may not be the most pleasant gaming experience of your video gaming career.