I am an old-school gamer, and by this I don’t mean I’m in any way an elitist, or classic games are better than modern ones; rather what I’m telling you is I’m old. Now a lady never reveals her age, but I’ll put it in the ballpark for you: I owned an SNES back when they were the best console on the market. I played the original Mario Brothers and Zelda as new releases and remember a time when text-based RPGs were innovative and popular; do you remember Zork" Now it may very well be my age which makes Sir Questionnaire ($2.99) such an enjoyable game for me, but I doubt it, especially since at the time of writing this it’s number two in our hot games. It is however, not a game for everyone, as you can see by the mixed feelings expressed in our forums. Personally, I feel if you are finding the game a little lackluster you’re not seeing it as the homage to vintage games that it is.
Whether developer OrangePixel set out to honor the classic games of my youth or not I can’t say, though I find it extremely unlikely they could develop Sir Questionnaire without great respect and affection for the earlier games it emulates. The opening screen already has you traveling back in time, with (purposely) pixelated images mimicking the low-res artwork of a less technological era. On your first play through you meet a few old wise men who give you the typical cryptic old man messages. This serves as the tutorial, not that a game as straigh...