I’ve made it a goal to pretty much support anything from Double Fine. First Brutal Legend and now Costume Quest. What a nice surprise. Took me more or less 5 hours to beat the game but it was a blast while it lasted. Honestly I couldn’t stop until there was no more. Of course it starts off like a normal Halloween day but that quickly changes. Before you know it, it’s up to you to save your kidnapped sister from an evil witch. You do that by defeating monsters and collecting candy. The battles themselves are very simple yet fun. RPG elements like leveling up and special abilities, the latter depending on the costume in use.
There are only a few games regardless of genre that can keep collecting “things”. I usually stick to the main game and thats about it. But with Quest, I was having fun getting more candy, stamps, cards, and costumes. Even the “collectible” cards thats impact was minimal, you get a costume, or a piece of one can’t remember, once you have them all. To be fair I really didn’t try to collect the cards. You kind of have no choice there because you get them after battles and some quest have you trade them. Other than that, I was having fun collecting “things”. How can I forget about the comedy? Great material and pretty much expected from a Double Fine game. Nothing over the top, insides jokes here and there. All in good taste.
Side note here, I couldn’t stop thinking that this would make more “sense” if the monsters were really just other kids in disguise. With that little change everything would’ve fit more. The battle scene of their costumes coming to life and the complete story would all be part of the kid’s imagination. The whole group on a quest to prevent some bullies from messing up Halloween by stealing all the candy. Regardless, the game stands on itself fine and works great.
