Future Boy!

IF-Review
Hugo's Heroes
I guess the bottom line is that I expect more when I pay more. If I downloaded a game like this from the archive, I would be both more impressed and more forgiving, because this would be one hell of a game to get to play for free. When I've paid, though, I find myself looking through "customer's eyes," and I expect to see no bugs or serious design flaws. As good as this game is, it doesn't reach those standards. It's probably true that Future Boy! is superior to many games that were commercially released at twice the price, but that doesn't let it off the hook. (It just means that those other games deserved, and probably got, even sharper criticism.) But because the author of this game belongs to a small, friendly community of which I'm a part, I find myself asking whether it's fair to apply those standards in this case. In the end, I've decided that it is, but I hope I've drawn enough attention to this game's many strengths to make it clear what an impressive accomplishment it is, despite its problems. Tessman continues to release patched versions of the game, which makes me hopeful that many of its bugs will eventually be squashed. For adventure game fans, Future Boy! may be a little pricey, but it is worth playing.
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Just Adventure

The bottom line of this review is that, when taking aside the multimedia section, FB! is an average game that suffers from more than a few inconsistencies when speaking in terms of game design. Also, its story is far from being composed by the substance dreams are made off. Nonetheless, it should be considered that FB! has raised the bar so high in terms of graphs, sounds and voices that this sole fact may be enough to keep you interested in the game for a considerable amount of time. Mainly recommended for newbies in the IF subgenre that might be willing to play games offering a smooth transition from the typical graphical adventure to the text-only based IF.
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