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Adventure Game Scene of the Day - Friday 13 November
Casual Friday
I’m not sure whether I’m treading on Diego’s Hybrid turf. But here goes.
Emerald City Confidential has never had a place to call home. I think of it as a very sophisticated casual game.
AG reviewed it in 2009. (You can find the Emerald City Confidential review here.)
My opinion is that neither the reviewer nor the commentators thought of this as a real adventure game despite the fact that they place it in that genre.
It may not be totally fair, but I think the review and most of the comments thought of the game as a sophomoric adventure.
Sophisticated casual
Sophomoric adventure
You can see where I think the term Hybrid might come into play.
Regardless of the genre into which you decide to place the game, it is a wonderful game.
The Emerald City is, of course, the land of Oz. You will meet familiar characters, although with hard to decipher pseudonyms such as Dee Gale. Roughly translated as Dorothy of Tornado fame. Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion also appear. Some favorably depicted. Some not.
There are no HO scenes, which is why some may categorize this as an adventure. The puzzles are not terribly difficult, and the game is relatively short by advenure standards. Which is why some may think of this as a casual.
I think of this game as similar to any of the Drawn games. You could make a case for those either way as well. Me? I’m going to come down on the side of casual.
If you are looking for light adventure…or if you are looking for challenging casual… this is a game you must play.
For whom the games toll,
they toll for thee.
It is also the very first game by Wadget Eye that I ever played! 
Very good game of course, with very characteristic graphic style and good in both storyline and chatacter development.
I’ve always thought of this as an adventure-light game. It was fun to play but not very difficult. I liked the characters and the settings, and the story was decent, too. The Mac version had a couple of scenes with the characters minus the background, but otherwise it was a nice little gem - emerald, of course.
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” -Bill Watterson
Yeah, it was a bit tongue in cheek and you’re right about the second part of Broken Age but it’s also true that lately a lot of games have been more centered on the story and less on the puzzles. Even great games like the latest Broken Sword felt for the most part easier than the first episodes.
Whenever I play older games I get stuck far more often.
I don’t remember any HO screens in Emerald City (I hate Hidden Object games with a passion so I hope I’d remember)
What? no attention for today’s nature 
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