Clive 'N' Wrench
Clive 'N' Wrench is a 3D platformer that takes inspiration from the collect-a-thon games of the 90's, but with an added time traveling element.
Clive 'N' Wrench is an adventure developed by Dinosaur Bytes Studio, released 24 February 2023 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Clive 'N' Wrench is
Clive 'N' Wrench is an adventure game developed by Dinosaur Bytes Studio and released in 2023. It was published by Numskull Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
One fateful morning Professor Nancy Merricarp wakes to find that her proudly displayed time travel blueprints have been nabbed by the downright evil Dr Daucus! Minutes later a sudden flash of purple illuminates the sky, and a portal appears! Dr Daucus and his sidekick, General Olga Chestycough, jump into the portal and no sooner than it appeared the portal vanishes. Luckily Nancy’s cousin, Clive and her apprentice Wrench are there to help pursue the wicked doctor and put an end to his horrid plans! But to do this they must travel through time themselves!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 41 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Clive 'N' Wrench holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 26 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 64 Bit, 4 GB RAM and NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB.
What it launched against
Clive 'N' Wrench launched on 24 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered and Octopath Traveler II. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered, Octopath Traveler II.
Official trailer
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