I wouldn't describe Acre as a game, but as an interactive animated short instead, with a Saturday-morning cartoon venier. If you're okay with an hour of gameplay and little challenge, then it might be worth grabbing on sale.

+ Hand drawn animation, old school style. The environmental art is its strongest part.
+ Fully voice acted, decent casting
+ Impossible to get stuck; has a hint system if you need it
+ No cumbersome inventory, combining items, or backtracking required
+ Provides a few QOL features like double clicking to skip walking to exits, or to skip non-important dialogue
+ One of my favorite credits sequences, straight out of a Pixar movie.
+ Family Friendly

- One hour of play, not counting an extra run for achievements
- Can't skip cutscenes, most dialogue even on subsequent playthroughs. Annoying when trying to speedrun
- Little challenge. Boils down to finding what to click on to continue the story.
- Maybe 10 characters total (including animals), and it's hard to form any attachment to them.
- The shading on Lily's nose makes it resemble Dougal's, so i have a hard time seeing her as human
- Misc. bugs, see forums, but usually fixed by loading a save.

Acre's basic premise is a journey between two worlds to find a lost relative, and then to rescue a sibling. But the story is introduced so abruptly, it's as if you walked into a movie that's already started. You see the stars in action, but you don't really know them or connect to their struggles. The villain isn't fleshed out at all, nor is it clear why he needs to be hostile in the first place. And the ending, with its inexplicable Disney magic, made me shrug. So many questions, nothing is really answered.

I still recommend Acre for animation, adventure, and indie aficionados, but only if it comes at a budget price.

Achievement Hunters: Unmissable story achievements, but also a good number of missables. Some require you to repeat otherwise silly actions a dozen times, try to lose an inventory item, use/don't use the hints, perform actions perfectly on the first try, or input something you wouldn't know without having completed the game. The speedrun is actually quite easy, your biggest obstacle being the animations and unskippable dialogues. Two full plays required, unless using a guide.

I wouldn't describe [b]Acre[/b] as a game, but as an interactive animated short instead, with a Saturday-morning cartoon venier. If you're okay with an hour of gameplay and little challenge, then it might be worth grabbing on sale. [h1]Pros[/h1] + Hand drawn animation, old school style. The environmental art is its strongest part. + Fully voice acted, decent casting + Impossible to get stuck; has a hint system if you need it + No cumbersome inventory, combining items, or backtracking required + Provides a few QOL features like double clicking to skip walking to exits, or to skip non-important dialogue + One of my favorite credits sequences, straight out of a Pixar movie. + Family Friendly [h1]Cons[/h1] - One hour of play, not counting an extra run for achievements - Can't skip cutscenes, most dialogue even on subsequent playthroughs. Annoying when trying to speedrun - Little challenge. Boils down to finding what to click on to continue the story. - Maybe 10 characters total (including animals), and it's hard to form any attachment to them. - The shading on Lily's nose makes it resemble Dougal's, so i have a hard time seeing her as human - Misc. bugs, see forums, but usually fixed by loading a save. [b]Acre's[/b] basic premise is a journey between two worlds to find a lost relative, and then to rescue a sibling. But the story is introduced so abruptly, it's as if you walked into a movie that's already started. You see the stars in action, but you don't really know them or connect to their struggles. The villain isn't fleshed out at all, nor is it clear why he needs to be hostile in the first place. And the ending, with its inexplicable Disney magic, made me shrug. So many questions, nothing is really answered. I still recommend [i]Acre[/i] for animation, adventure, and indie aficionados, but only if it comes at a budget price. [u]Achievement Hunters[/u]: Unmissable story achievements, but also a good number of missables. Some require you to repeat otherwise silly actions a dozen times, try to lose an inventory item, use/don't use the hints, perform actions perfectly on the first try, or input something you wouldn't know without having completed the game. The speedrun is actually quite easy, your biggest obstacle being the animations and unskippable dialogues. Two full plays required, unless using a guide.