Torin's Passage (PC) Playthrough

A playthrough of Sierra's 1995 graphic adventure for PCs running Windows 3.1 and Dos, Torin's Passage. This video shows the game running in Dos. I finish it with a perfect score, and I show several of the game's death scenes and Easter eggs over the course of the playthrough. Torin's Passage is a point-and-click adventure that, at first glance, bears a striking resemblance to King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride. It sports a slick cartoon-style SVGA presentation, and it stars a hapless young royal on a magical journey through a far-off fantastic land. But for all of the surface similarities, Torin's Passage carries a very different vibe. KQ7 wore its schmaltzy Disney inspiration on its sleeve, while Torin's Passage is more a unhinged, adult-tinged affair loaded with off-color innuendo and bizarre sight gags. I suppose that makes sense when you take into account that it was written and directed by Al Lowe, the guy behind the Leisure Suit Larry series. The game is a family-friendly affair - it's bright and colorful and full of slapstick hijinks - but it makes a real effort to appeal to the parents sitting with their kids to play it. It regularly winks at the adults in the room in ways that would go straight over most kids' heads... most of the time. Occasionally, it'll drop a bomb that'll draw a whiplash-inducing double-take. The puzzles are easy but well constructed, the art and music are excellent, the voice acting is a cut above for a 1995 production, and the surreal humor hits its mark more often than not. It doesn't feel as grandiose or ambitious as KQ7, and its parts don't gel quite as well as I'd hoped, but Torin's Passage is a quality game. I wouldn't call it a top-tier Sierra classic, but you could do a whole lot worse for an afternoon's entertainment. _____________ No cheats were used during the recording of this video. NintendoComplete (http://www.nintendocomplete.com/) punches you in the face with in-depth reviews, screenshot archives, and music from classic 8-bit NES games!