It took me a bit longer to finish than Full Throttle, but tonight I finished Day of the Tentacle. As with Full Throttle, there were a number of puzzles I remembered and way, way more I didn’t.

The control in Day of the Tentacle is a lot more painful than Full Throttle, in that you still need to use the old “Look/Use/Talk” type buttons which Full Throttle did a great job of streamlining (though that interface was only used on one other game), but it does the job.

The humour and inventive was one of the best parts of Day of the Tentacle, as was the time-traveling aspect which pitched you in three time periods in the same location — a number of puzzles in one time period were affected by occurrences in other time periods.

Next up will be Sam & Max Hit the Road, most likely, since I’ve already played the amazing Grim Fandango and Monkey Island games this year. The off-beat humour in Sam & Max is great, but some of the puzzles are a little out there which makes is a bit more difficult.