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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

88% positive of 147 Steam reviews

Released: 2018
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG

Made by Lucasfilm Games. Published by Lucasfilm, Disney.

About the game

Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.

Tagged by players

Point & Click
1990's
Retro
Adventure
Comedy
Pixel Graphics

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What players say

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Wow, completed this with a walkthrough and geeze, these adventure games were some ol’ BS. It becomes even more shitty when you realise LucasArts had a hint line you could call up at the time for money. Went back to the guide whenever I didn't know what to do, which was basically at every moment. It was still interesting to play though because you can clearly see the progress from Maniac Mansion to future Lucas Arts…
5.5 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
A quirky, ambitious adventure that shows both the charm and the rough edges of early LucasArts games. It’s packed with humor, creativity, and that classic point & click spirit, but it’s also very much a product of its time, with more obtuse puzzles and trial-and-error than later entries. Still, there’s something undeniably fun about its weird premise and open-ended approach, making it a worthwhile experience if…
20 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
It's so unnecessarily difficult and confusing that it just becomes not fun anymore. And I'm not trying to say that if a game is difficult then it's automatically bad, I'm just saying that if a game is TOO difficult then it becomes not fun to play.
16 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.
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