Takes all the right inspiration from the classics
The Journey Down exudes style and creativity. The writing rarely missed a beat, Bwana (the player character) in particular had me hooked from the first few minutes with his sunny disposition and corner-cutting attitude. Over it's short 2 hour runtime, it managed to pull of some really great laughs while also hinting at some more serious and emotional story sections.
The puzzles are usually straight forward and for the most part pretty easy. There where no puzzles that stood out as great or on the opposite side of the spectrum, obviously flawed.
You can play this as a freeware, low res version but this is one of the few freeware to retail releases that actually improves the original. It's clear this is what the developers wanted to make from the start because the game looks gorgeous at times and pulls off some creative graphical details and tricks. I'm looking forward to where the series goes next.