Finished "Foolish Mortals" and now I'm dying for more!

The quest for the treasure of Arthur Flab... I mean Bellemore Manor continues!

After playing through Part One and Part Two of Foolish Mortals, where I was allowed to first roam the island, then explore the mansion respectively, Part Three proved to be twice as big with both settings available simultaneously. This took quite a bit of running back and forth, this time trying to find not seven, not five, but the classical three elements needed to continue the story.

Finally...

I noticed now how some environments changed after you completed a particular action, making way for further progress. What I enjoyed the most is that every action Murphy does is animated. In many games these days the screen would fade to black and you might hear the main character putting in some effort or other, to reveal the new situation without actually having seen it change. Not so in Foolish Mortals: here you see Murphy perform every action you make him do, and also see every item he picks up slowly disappear inside his vest or taken out again when he uses something.

I think these guys kidnapped Dalmatian pups in a former life...

I must admit now that I was stuck two times, where I had absolutely no idea what to do. Turned out in the first case I hadn't noticed a much-needed item simply lying around just waiting for me to pick it up. In the second case, however, I had to go back and pick up an item I had already used somewhere else again, thinking at first it had already proven its usefulness.

So much to see and yet so little to actually click on...

Part Four was again quite easy in comparison to the previous part. Immediately I figured out what I had to do here, and it reminded me of the endings of both LeChuck's Revenge and Tales of Monkey Island. Everything worked out in the end, though some story elements still confused me and I don't think I really understand how everything came to pass exactly.

Somehow this scene reminds me of The Goonies...

But with some suspension of disbelief I found myself very much enraptured by this story, the fun puzzles, and the fast-paced rhythm. I finished this game in 12,5 hours but it felt much shorter and I enjoyed every minute of it, especially the movie-like soundtrack fitting every action, revelation and discovery on screen. I certainly hope that David and Sophie Younger of Inklingwood Studios have more stories like this one to tell!

You can buy Foolish Mortals on Steam and GOG!