Costume Quest is a rollicking Adventure/Role-Playing game that unfolds on Halloween night across seemingly peaceful suburban neighborhoods, a mysterious village carnival, and a monster-infested shopping mall. Created by Double Fine's lead animator, Tasha Harris, the game follows the adventure of a group of young friends who must rid their neighborhood of monsters using only their wits, their bravery, and their home-made costumes. Players go door-to-door collecting candy, points, cards, battle stamps and quest assignments as they prepare themselves for Combat Mode-where they transform into larger-than-life versions of their costumes. Each costume that comes-to-life provides its own unique set of superpowers that players will need to battle Halloweens worst monsters.
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The different costume abilities were fun to explore- I do wish that some costumes that didn't have any did. Their abilities in battles were cool! I definitely stuck to particular costumes and didn't change them out very much, but I did try almost all of them out. There are some costumes I expected to be a bit cooler (French Fries had an awesome disguise- just didn't hit as well as I wanted.) but I still enjoyed them all nonetheless. I don't remember any particular complaints with the battle mechanics, I love turn-based games and quick-time events so it's kind of the perfect game for me.
Aside from some "of the time" jokes, I think the writing's fine. It's not anything revolutionary but I don't anyone would expect it to be. Just silly!
A solid 3.5 out of 5 for me, a very good family game if you or a kid want to play it!