Review: 'Red Johnson's Chronicles - One Against All'

'Red Johnson's Chronicles - One Against All' brings both brain and brawn to the PlayStation Network and, for the first time, Xbox Live. Attempting to solve the many logic puzzles in the game was an overwhelming yet welcomed challenge not often seen in video games these days. And here I thought puzzle adventure games were an after thought ever since a certain fictional toy maker closed his mansion doors in the 90's classics 'The 7th Guest' and 'The 11th Hour'. Having to analyze each obstacle instead of blast your way through map after map is not for most gamers but if given a chance more rewarding upon completion.

The game does suffer from mediocre voice acting and drawn out point and click investigating. Tack on random quick time events and the presentation might be more effective on tablet devices. Some newcomers to the franchise, especially those on the Xbox 360 version, will be thrown into the middle of Red Johnson's chronicles and might not find the characters that interesting as I did. Once completing a puzzle, all I looked forward to was the next. Everything in-between dragged and only delayed the next mind scratcher. The art style is a treat to scan around with but there isn't any life to inside it. It's the same feeling you'd get at a gallery…stop to observe then move along.

Puzzle seekers in for a challenge should give Red Johnson a purchase.  Figuring out if anything else worth looking forward to in the game is a puzzle best left unsolved. 

Warp Pipe had a chance to speak to Djamil Kemal, Marketing and Business Development Direct at Lexis Numérique, to answer some questions we had after reviewing the game: