Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy | Review
Saving Brasil one gaming joke at a time.
Talking ducks, invading aliens, and the occasional all-too-real joke about real-life—this is ‘Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy’, a point and click adventure title by Double Dash Studios and Copa Studio. Featuring the cast of the international Emmy-nominated telivision show “Irmão do Jorel”, players take on the role of Jorel’s brother, a little kid so overshadowed by his beloved older brother Jorel that he doesn’t even get called by his own name.
Now I’ve never seen an episode of Jorel’s Brother and unfortunately, as far as I can tell, there’s no easy way for me to catch the show here in the states. Which is a shame, because The Most Important Game of the Galaxy offers surrealist storylines and crude humour that run up my alley. The game takes place across three chapters where players have to find solutions to a myriad of problems that Jorel’s Brother runs across as he discovers the mystery behind a video game that crash landed in homes all across the world, and particularly his hometown nestled somewhere in Brasil. Featuring animation quality you’d expect from the original show, there’s a fun little adventure title nestled into Jorel’s Brother’s game.
Running a couple hours long, each chapter will have you figure out cartoon solutions to cartoon problems. If you’ve ever played an adventure point ‘n click before, you’ll be right at home here. Jorel’s Brother’s game is a simple title where selectable objects are limited as they also are in interactions, combining items isn’t a thing, and a hint-giving walkie-talkie is always at your disposal. Easy to work with on a mouse, more cumbersome on a controller as I found myself having to frequently sort between options that were mushed together.
There are stickers to collect as well which are callbacks to episodes from the show. But all in all, the game is a simple adventure title for young ones to play through. The minigames are easy to do as well and fail states do not exist, all it does is loop back to the beginning. I found Jorel’s Brother’s game (that’s getting tiring) to be fairly entertaining. The whole game plays out like an episode of a TV show, complete with what I imagine is the series’ absurd lore. An octopus locked away in the family’s house, little trinkets holding together the fabric of the universe, “beautiful poop”, it’s all here for fans of the show. I enjoyed episodes one and three, though the second felt more of a chore to do even with the entertaining jokes.
The translation for the game is also a bit odd at times (“wallet” for “desk” was a funny one!) and the game bugged out enough times that I got a bit annoyed having to restart the client over and over to progress. There’s no voice acting, hardly any music, and sound effects are scarce (but are cute when used, like a certain stealth game’s “alert” sound). This game doesn’t support Steam’s cloud service either, so jumping between PCs means restarting from the beginning. But as the game is short enough, it’s not a big deal.
Jokes and gaming slash cartoon references swim freely in this self-aware point and click adventure. I thoroughly enjoyed the humour in “Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy” short runtime, even with a middling middle portion. A good title to experience on the go and for fans of the original television show. ∎
Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy
Played on
Windows 11 PC
PROS
- Charming presentation and jokes.
- The world of Jorel's Brother is eccentric and amusing, very surreal.
- Great usage of minigames to break up pacing.
CONS
- Tends to get buggy.
- Second chapter isn't as entertaining as the others.
- Audio mixing is weak.
- Controls are cumbersome on controller.
