Unicorn Dungeon and Poltergeist Treasure, 2 Point and Click Games You Should Try

By: GeekyGamerGirl87

Disclaimer: Normally I would include the Trailer of the game here, but because this is a double feature article, I included my Double Feature Gameplay Video instead so that you can see gameplay of the games. I realized after the fact that Dungeon is spelled wrong in the video. However, I hope you can look past my simple typo and enjoy the gameplay.

It’s not very often that I play point and click adventure games. It’s not that I don’t play them, it’s just the game must catch my attention. So, when I saw that Stand Off Software was promoting their game on Twitter. I went to Steam to check out the game and saw that the game had no reviews. I reached out to Stand Off Software on Twitter asking for a copy of their second game of Sir Typhil Poltergeist Treasure. The developer did not only provide me with a copy of Poltergeist Treasure, but they were also nice enough to give me a copy of their first adventure of Sir Typhil Unicorn Dungeon.  I will say that both games are unique, and I did enjoy what I did get to play of both games. I love some of the comical aspects that the games offered which was one of the things that drew me into the game. However,  before I go fully into my review, I would like to one thank Stand Off Software for providing me with a free copy of both Unicorn Dungeon and Poltergeist Treasure. If it weren’t for Stand Off Software and their kindness, I would not have been able to write this review.

In Unicorn Dungeon you play as Typhil, a young man who stumbles into the office of knights. He is originally looking to sign up for another dance competition, which he will most likely fail at doing. I say this because Typhil lets you know he has failed at many dance competitions when he asks the knight if he wins as a knight, in which the knight responds that the knights always win. So, Typhil is sold on the idea and signs up to be a knight. Later on, Typhil (now Sir Typhil) is on an adventure bestowed to people by the likes of the king. The king unfortunately has no heir to his throne, and he will make whoever brings him a Unicorn, the heir to the throne.  Sir Typhil sets out on his quest to retrieve a unicorn, showing up at a dungeon. Inside the dungeon, he shares some funny conversation with a goblin upon entering. After that, he proceeds towards the dungeon area walks into the area, and there sits a unicorn. You would think the game is over; it is not. You still have to head into the dungeon.

One of the things I found to be very interesting about this game was that Sir Typhil enters the dungeon as a 3D Character, but in the dungeon,  it switches into an 8-Bit dungeon crawler. I thought this was unexpected but still interesting. It tells you in the lower left corner how to move around. However, it does not tell you how to use items in the dungeon when it comes to using potions. If you do the tutorial before starting the new game, it mentions how to use items, but it doesn’t tell you how to use the items in the dungeon. If you make it through the dungeon, you will eventually find a door that you cannot open. So, you will have to head out of the dungeon.

Upon exiting the dungeon, you go to the Goblin who is selling things and notices he has a key on the table. I am sad to say that this is where the game, unfortunately, end up ending for me. I went out to the table to purchase the key with coins that I thought I accumulated in the dungeon. However, there was no option to buy the key from the goblin. Therefore, I am unsure if you exit the dungeon your coins disappear or if the game is set up this way. I have gone back into the dungeon to accumulate even more coins, but again it doesn’t tell you how many coins that you have so again I am unsure if I don’t have the coins to purchase or not.

If Unicorn Dungeon could make those few adjustments to the game; I would love to continue the game. Again, it could also be that I don’t play a lot of Point N Click games and I might have simply just missed something within the game. However, I did try a few times to find a way to get the key, and it just wouldn’t let me. So, I decided to go ahead and leave my tale of Sir Typhil in Unicorn Dungeon and give Poltergeist Treasure a go.

In Poltergeist Treasure which released in October, you resume the role of Sir Typhil again. The game is said not to pick up from where the last game left off. I will say it doesn’t, but I will, however, let you be the judge of that. This time Sir Typhil has entered a cursed forest. To get out of the forest, he must find the long-lost treasure of once a renown researcher. The researcher was paranoid about people finding his treasure that he put it somewhere for safe keeping and wrote the location down and ate where the location was. Sadly, this researcher died and upon doing so placed a curse upon the forest. The only way to break this curse is to return the treasure to the researcher’s ghost.

One of the things I enjoyed about the game is that this game offered more puzzles than the first game in the beginning.  I also loved the tad bit they added about the paper. Although as an in-game item hoarder it was a little hard to deal with it at first, but eventually I got over it. Again, the game has you do a little more exploring of the mansion of the researcher. You find out why he was out in the forest and a lot of story which is good because in Unicorn Dungeon the main story is pretty much obtaining the unicorn to become heir to the throne.

You find out all sorts of things about the researcher, the researcher’s daughters, and the groundskeeper. The game does incorporate the fact that is was released in October. So, I liked that the game did have a few jumpscares included as well, and I can seriously say that I did genuinely, get scared. After that, you will find out about the ruins and the creature of the ruins. There are zombies, ravens, and gargoyles in this ruin. Which again due to the time of release is a nice touch to the game.

Unlike the last game, the ruins are not an 8-bit side-scroller, and I was a little sad about it. I thought that would have been a great way to pay tribute to the first game and honestly could have easily been used as a trademark for the Sir Typhil series of games. However, this time the game goes into a top-down camera view. I did find an issue with the controls of the game. It is your standard W, A, S, D, However you use W and S to move and A and D to turn. It makes it more difficult to navigate the ruins. The controls kept confusing me so when trying to navigate and get away from the enemy I run directly into them.

Another thing the ruins are overpopulated with said zombies, ravens, and gargoyles.  So if you are not careful, it is easy to meet your doom when in the ruins. Unfortunately, to progress the game, you must clear your way through the ruins, and I was not able to get through the ruins due to the controls. So my game ended there.

Overall, I think both games were pretty good from what I did get to play. I think tweaking the games a bit could help people play them more. I would love to play them because again the stories were both interesting, and I thought the games looked pretty good. However, it was just some issues be it on the games end, or it simply could have been items that maybe I missed during my gameplay.  However, if you are into point n click games and dungeon crawlers, then I do recommend at least giving the games a try. If you would like to play either Unicorn Dungeon  or Poltergeist Treasure  you can get either game for the price of $4.99 USD per game.