Review pixelcrypt 2/5 · Oct 29, 2024
Bizarre comedy point and click
The Bum is a comedic point and click freeware game with an absolutely bizarre sense of humor. It is much in the line of Monkey Island, but instead of Guywood you are a dirty homeless guy that speaks through a sock on your hand.
It has some decent puzzles, never too outlandishly incomprehensible. The pacing is the weirdest part, I’ve …
The Bum is a comedic point and click freeware game with an absolutely bizarre sense of humor. It is much in the line of Monkey Island, but instead of Guywood you are a dirty homeless guy that speaks through a sock on your hand.
It has some decent puzzles, never too outlandishly incomprehensible. The pacing is the weirdest part, I’ve never played an Adventure Game Studio game with so much programmed-in pauses. It kinda drags the game down - a lot - but I think the strange dragged out pauses during all the dialogue cutscenes reveals the developers bizarre sensibilities in comedic timing.
I’m not a big comedy point and click guy, especially the absurdist type. So this is probably more up others’ alleys than mine. But I enjoyed the puzzles enough to finish so it’s a very light recommend.