Still stands as a funny and intriguing adventure game
Day of the Tentacle is a timeless classic thanks to its clever writing and its inventive setting. The story concerns a genetic experiment known as Purple Tentacle, who drinks some toxic water despite the protest of fellow genetic mutation Green Tentacle. Purple immediately grows arms and resolves to turn on his creator, Dr. Fred, and all of humanity. You play as three characters, Bernard, Laverne and Hoagie who are quickly trapped in various time periods by Dr. Fred's malfunctioning time machine. Having three playable characters in three different time periods allows the puzzles to be extremely inventive and intriguing as they require you to think fourth dimensionally, as it were. The voice acting in the game is all really excellent, and it has a fair amount of speech considering this game was released fifteen years ago. Though the game isn't especially long once you know the solutions to all the puzzles, its still enjoyable to replay it every now and then just to experience the story and revisit the often funny characters and situations. As such, it is definitely a classic worth picking up as it is a fine example of a nearly lost form of gaming and it has aged extremely well.
