Evil Days of Luckless John

Posted by Bruno de Figueiredo.
First posted on 24 April 2009. Last updated on 15 May 2014.
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Classic adventure game fans often criticize the modern state of the adventure genre of becoming uninspired and tasteless, to the extent that even the noblest efforts to recreate the sheer beauty and humor of these classic adventure games have translated to bitter gaming experiences. Evil Days of Luckless John is yet another attempt by Czech developer Centauri Production to recreate some of the…

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Poor

My God what a huge disappointment! I'm afraid I won't be playing it further, because I already got stuck right outside the casino with the Mob...
I always get really sad when I see a nice idea being made into something this lame and unpleasant... and yet this crappy game has been published and poor bastards like me even spend their money on it! There ought to be some kind of a law preventing game companies from publishing low-quality shit like Luckless John... :(

France By Olga • On 20 December 2009 • From Helsinki, Finland

Good

Nice review. I enjoyed the game to a certain extent, but was humbled by the repetitive precision driving sequences. I agree with you; it's bad to ask players to do very precise maneuvers with sloppy controls. Still, I thought it was overall fun and campy, though the dialog and such could have been much better. I always get the impression that I'm losing about 75% of the humor in the translation (not just the language, but culture as well).

United States By Matt Barton • On 27 April 2009 • From St Cloud, MN, USA