Randal's Monday

Randal's Monday is a game that heavily focuses on humor and compresses over 30 years of pop culture into one well scripted story. The main man is a relaxed kleptomaniac who manages to trap himself in a time-loop after being a total jerk and a failure as a friend by stealing his buddy’s engagement ring.

If you’re somewhere over 25 years old and have the geek gene in you, then Randal's Monday will have you neck deep in references to Star Wars, Fight Club, Game of Thrones and lots more. Pretty much all the movies,TV shows and retro games that have shaped people’s imagination and passions for the next few hundreds of years are encapsulated in Randal's Monday.

Mixing all of that together in a very well designed world that seems familiar but also very strange (hence the overwhelming number of stray koalas) makes for a game that will certainly get your attention and curiosity.

Besides a kleptomaniac, Randal is also a sarcastic open-minded sociopath and you know that that combination is totally wrong, but in the good way, so expect plenty of dark humor and ‘I couldn't care less’ attitude. As you play along and the story starts to piece together, you get to see that there are plenty of layers to the main character and although some portions of dialog are way too long, there’s a strong chance you’ll enjoy most of the witty lines delivered by Randal.

As far as gameplay is concerned, it’s the typical point and click approach. You point at something, and if that something can be interacted with, you get several options. As far as ‘action’ goes, there are times where the game seems a bit too focused on the story instead of letting you do more, so there’s a bit of waiting around at times.

Just by playing the demo there’s a lot of content to totally get you curious as to what happened before and what’s going to happen next. Randal's Monday seems a bit slow-paced even for a point and click but bit by bit, as the story unravels and you encounter more strange and funny moments, the game gets you hooked.