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The Knight Witch is a game I took a complete gamble on, and I’d say I won. By all rights, I shouldn’t have liked it. Only one of the three main components that make up the gameplay is one I like to play. And yet, everything came together in a way that I thoroughly enjoyed.

When I played the demo of LumbearJack back in February, I got the feeling that we’d already seen a good chunk of the game in it. It didn’t strike me as a game that would or could have much more to it. I can’t say I was wrong. The demo ended up being about a third of the whole game. And yet, I’m not disappointed. It’s just the right length for what it is, not overstaying its welcome to a point of inducing boredom. Plus, well, you know, the whole “Maggie loves environmental edutainment games” thing. 

With how short The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is (about an hour and a half blind, half an hour if you know what you’re doing), knowing that elements are missing, and being able to feel that missing portion, it’s hard to recommend as it is. I wish we could have gotten to see Mr. Rodriguez’s full vision for the game. We may yet with time. As it is now, though, Mr. Coo’s video game debut needs some more time in the oven. What we have now is, without question, a decent game. It could be better, though, and I think everyone involved knows it. At the very least, wait until the content is fixed. More recommended, wait until the entire game is released, so you’re not trapped by that To Be Continued.