I had to use a walkthrough guide to beat the second part of Broken Age.

Do you think that i would get stuck on this game too?

I never played Day of the Tentacle, but if it's anything like Maniac Mansion, then yes. You will get stuck and frequently.

Quite possibly. When I first played it as a child I got stuck at one specific point and couldn't get past it. It wasn't until I came back and played it again, years later, that I managed to get through the whole thing.

It doesn't do too many really abstract solutions, but a lot of the stuff is quite complex. I'd say it's definitely worth playing, though: for me it's still the very best of that genre.

It's an adventure game. You can an will get stuck, probably several times. The difference between a bad adventure-game and a good adventure-game is if the puzzles are logical and fair. I would say DotT scores in that area. Some of the puzzles might be on the harder side and require a little more thinking but pretty much all of them are fair.

Thanks for your answers.

Once i have noticed that the game has "Object Highlight" i felt as if a huge burden has been lifted from me and i might finally beat a point and click adventure.

I'll play the game while having a walkthrough guide next to me, just in case. Hopefully, i won't need it :)

My biggest personal problem with adventure game walkthroughs is that, if I cave and use them once, I tend to go to them any time I run in to a 'problem'. DOTT is similar to most adventure games, there's times you will get stuck. Object highlight in the remaster is really useful, see how you go!

It's honestly nothing like maniac Mansion, at least in terms of game design. Unlike Maniac Mansion, you cannot die or end up in an unwinnable state.

Also, I'd avoid looking up an actual walkthrough. If you're stuck, UHS is a much better idea.

It is an old school adventure game, so yes... you will likely get stuck.

It is a Lucas Arts game, so even when stuck you are not going to get into an unwinnable state or a game over, but games of that era tended to have solutions that were random or required way too much creative thinking... The remake streamlined some elements, so experimentation is not so punishing.

@captain_insano: Same here, and when i beat the game i feel like my whole experience with it was ruined by the guide. However, UHS seems like a great solution for guys like me. Thanks @beachthunder for the heads up!

@giant_gamer said:

It depends on what you mean by "stuck" (I think I know which way you mean, but just in case)...

If you mean stuck as in "I don't know what to do next", then yes. There are some tricky puzzles, if memory serves.

If you mean stuck as in "I did something that I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do and now I literally cannot progress any further with this save file", then no. There MIIIIIGHT be one or two exceptions, but this was well into the period where LucasArts adventures avoided fucking the player over like that. The original Maniac Mansion, on the other hand, was FAR less forgiving in that regard.

The item highlight helps, but one of the biggest "problems" in this game is the rather unique take on the genre, which is to say: the 3 main characters are stuck in 3 completely different areas. So the old standby of "use every item on every other item on the thing" becomes exponentially more complicated and not really worthwhile.

I'd say play it anyway, and if you wind up needing a walkthrough, just enjoy the superb writing and absurd visual gags.

I cannot recommend UHS-Hints enough when it comes to adventure games. It gently nudges you in the right direction rather than just flat-out telling you the solution to everything (though you can go that deep if you are very stuck).

edit: Whooops, beaththunder beat me to it!

UHS is great and I want to see it keep getting fleshed out. I was surprised that Wind Waker wasn't in there. I might start taking notes on games when I consider wanting a hint and see if they're included in UHS to add them.

Finished DOTT about two months ago. Had to look up one thing online. I think it's much more do-able than many other adventure games.

Three characters in different times, there's some inventory hustling involved but other than that the game is still pretty good.

[Edit: I've previously completed the game but that was 10-15 years ago]

This game can be obtuse but it has two things going for it:

1) it's nonlinear in a pretty impressive way actually. You may not even notice it when you play through (I didn't playing the game on my own but once I was online reading about it I discovered this).

2) I think the dialogue characters use gives pretty solid tips towards how to solve things.