https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thimbleweedpark/thimbleweed-park-a-new-classic-point-and-click-advIf you remember, a long time ago Ron Gilbert made a kickstarter for a game called Thimbleweed Park.. It's a point and click adventure in the vein of Maniac Mansion. It even tries to appeal to nostalgiafags and makes the graphics like Maniac Mansion. So far the game seems pretty interesting, but there's just one thing that's bugging me: the interface.
I understand they're trying to appeal to people's nostalgia for Maniac Mansion, but including this old, clunky, outdated interface baffles me. It doesn't add anything to the game, it just make it take a few seconds longer to interact with something. I can already tell its more stuff I have to click on if I get stuck and have to start using objects randomly, (which will probably happen at least once since this is a point and click adventure game). Modern adventure games got it right with their interface.
Is there anything good about this old interface? This really just looks like a case of people willing to put up with bad game design because of nostalgia.