Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure
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Somewhere in the universe, there is a beautiful planet called Twinsun. It is populated by four different races, which have been living in peace and prosperity, until a mad scientist Dr. Funfrock of the Quetch (human-like) race used his newly invented cloning and teleporting techniques to create an army of fearsome soldiers and become the planet's dictator. Twinsun's inhabitants have not lost hope, placing their faith in the old legend about the benevolent goddess Sendell who would save the world. However, Dr. Funfrock totalitarian regime forbade displaying any images of the goddess and her worship.
A young Quetch named Twinsen was just a regular fellow until he had a dream, which surprisingly involved the outlawed goddess. It seems that Dr. Funfrock was no stranger to mind control; in his opinion, even dreaming of the goddess was illegal, and he promptly ordered to put the perpetrator in prison. Now the unlikely hero must find a way to escape and eventually save his planet from the clutches of its insane ruler.
Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure in the US) is primarily an adventure game with strong action elements. As usually in adventure games, the hero must talk to other characters, and collect and use objects. However, not all the problems have to be solved with dialogue and item manipulation. The player can activate four different behavior modes for Twinsen: Normal, Aggressive, Athletic, and Discreet. The first is used for peaceful exploration and conversations; Aggressive mode allows Twinsen to punch and kick other characters; Athletic mode must be applied when it becomes necessary to run quickly and jump; Discreet effectively puts Twinsen in a stealth mode, making it possible to sneak by hostile character unnoticed. While activation of a particular mode is often required to solve a problem, many situations can be dealt with in different ways.
The game universe is rendered with characters in full 3D, while the environment uses isometric graphic tiles. The CD version (which was released earlier than the floppy one) features pre-rendered animated cutscenes, audio music and speech; all these features are absent from the floppy disk version.
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- リトル ビッグ アドベンチャー - Japanese spelling
- 双子星传奇 - Simplified Chinese spelling
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Reviews
Critics
Average score: 83% (based on 36 ratings)
Players
Average score: 4.1 out of 5 (based on 134 ratings with 6 reviews)
So good, it might even make you start liking the French
The Good
Specifically, I loved the clean, innocent look and feel of the game, as well as its French quirkiness and style. This game is absolutely charming. It's like the movie "The Princess Bride;" on the surface it seems to be made for kids, but deep down it's really for adults. This game is easily in my Top Ten favorite games of all time, and might well be in the Top Five.
The Bad
As I remember, the controls were a bit tough to manage in some of the action sequences, but I finished the game (a compliment in itself) and I'm by no stretch of the imagination an action junkie.
The Bottom Line
Relentless is a tough game to describe, because there really isn't another game quite like it. There are a lot that are like it in one way or another, but taken as a whole, it's kind of unique. I guess it's best described as a third-person isometric adventure, with some shooter and arcade elements. But whatever it is, do yourself a favor and pick it up!
DOS · by Jim Newland (56) · 2001
The Good
If you buy this game, I bet you will think it was made yesterday. Very good graphics with a very nice story and very funny characters. Smoke weed and play this game while listening to trance and you should get where that voice tell's you to go ;-). Any way, a really good game. The animation is perfect, and even though it has some bugs, it's a real piece of art. Buy it(or is it abandonware already?) and enjoy every minute.
The Bad
You cant really talk to people and the story never changes. Every time you start a game, and it doesn't matter what you did, people will say the same things to you. Lack of player-creativity.
The Bottom Line
LBA is a very fun game with high graphics to the last detail. Some bugs at the graphics can get you crazy, but remember, it's from 1995!
I don't know what about you, but I just love classic games, and this is a true classic. Buy it and i assure you, you will enjoy it.
DOS · by maor mor (2) · 2004
Beautiful, Nostalgic, Epic, Accessible
The Good
This game is simple to pick up and play, highly addictive, complex and deep under the surface with a nice learning curve. There are tons of characters to talk to, all rather strange. Character development is some of the best I've seen in a game. The atmosphere is very strong. The soundtrack is catchy, beautiful and atmospheric. The plotline drives the game, and drives you all the way to the end where you find it hard to let go.
The Bad
This game doesn't like Windows!
The Bottom Line
A cute, French action-adventure title with amazing atmosphere, addictive gameplay and fascinating plot. I know, it sounds cliched, but I've played a lot of games and this is great stuff, uniquely brilliant.
DOS · by Tom White (12) · 2004
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| Subject | By | Date |
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| Free today on GOG | Cantillon (90135) | Nov 8, 2014 |
| Little big adventure | silent @ss&sin | Jul 19, 2008 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
Little Big Adventure appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Development
Originally, this game was was meant to be made for the SNES, with the use of the Super FX chip. Also, in early previews, the was mention of Twinsen being able to drive vehicles. The final version of the game lack this feature but it is included in the sequel.
LBAWin
It is not easy to get to run this game on modern PC's. For different reasons the game has its difficulties with DosBox. The best way to play it would be LBAWin, a Windows port created by a former Adeline programmer. It requires the original DOS disc to play and can be downloaded here.
Technology
The programmers used some tricks in this game: The game's soundtrack is made of both redbook audio and midi syntesizer. The video mode is SVGA for most of the game, but if you zoom, the game uses standard VGA.
Awards
- Computer Gaming World
- May 1995 (Issue #130) – Adventure of the Year
- GameStar (Germany)
- Issue 12/1999 - #71 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking
Information also contributed by Mark Ennis and micnictic
Character Name
According to an interview by Samantha Bailly on Twinsen's Little Big Adventure blog, the character name Twinsen was originally called Twinkel in the very beginning of the game development but changed to Twinsen due to the children's song "Twinkle Twinkle little star".
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Encyclopedia Twinsunica
An in-depth encyclopedia about the universe of Little Big Adventure. -
LbaWin
The official Windows port of the game -
Little Big Adventure - Hebrew translation
Hebrew translation project. -
The Magic Ball Network
Probably the biggest fansite for the game with an active community and quite a lot of content. -
Walkthroughs
several solutions posted on the Spoiler Centre
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Loki.
Windows added by Picard. Android, Blacknut, Macintosh added by Sciere. iPhone, iPad added by Kabushi. PC-98, FM Towns added by Terok Nor. PlayStation added by Grant McLellan.
Additional contributors: Trixter, Itay Brenner, Isdaron, Jeanne, //dbz:, Sciere, Solid Flamingo, Crawly, CaesarZX, Patrick Bregger, FatherJack, Maner76, ZeTomes, Skippy_Chipskunk, completer90.
Game added January 14, 2000. Last modified December 8, 2024.