The Polyphonic Spree: The Quest for the Rest

The Polyphonic Spree: The Quest for the Rest

Browser - Screenshot - First room.

Developer Amanita Design Publisher Amanita Design Published 2004-05-26 Platforms Browser Genres Adventure, Graphic adventure, Passive puzzle, Puzzle Themes Adventure, Fantasy Distribution Freeware

The Polyphonic Spree: The Quest for the Rest is a very short free graphical adventure developed and published by Amanita Design as a browser game in 2004-05-26. The game was designed to promote the band The Polyphonic Spree's 2004 album, Together We're Heavy and contains four of the album's songs. It was written in Flash.

In the game, you're trying to get three members of the band safely across a few scenes by solving environmental puzzles. In each scene, a different song from Together We're Heavy is played.

Personal

Own?	No. The game was never sold.
Won?	Yes.
Finished	Late 2000s.

A friend of mine told me about this game in the late 2000s. I played through this one after only a few minutes, however, I played the game without any audio, so I kind of missed a big point of the game. I'm not sure if I played this first or Samorost, but I played them both back-to-back.

Review

3	5	8	6	2

Best Version: Browser

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The backgrounds are meticulous and beautiful. It's clear a lot of time was spent in a photo editor.
• The music is quite nice as well. It doesn't necessarily fit the game's settings, but it's a nice backdrop.

Bad

• Nothing.

Ugly

• With only three scenes, the game is far too short. Even someone unskilled in puzzle games would solve it in a couple minutes. Just as you're beginning to understand the game, it ends.

Media

Screenshots

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  Loading screen.

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  Desert room.

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  Swamp room.

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  Undersea room.

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  Ending.

Videos

Longplay.

Play Online

Browser

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are women, but they're just background.
Bechdel test?	Fail	No characters speak.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	All of the characters are white.
Queer character?	Fail	None of the characters appear queer.

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