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Death of the Reprobate review - a devilishly good romp through living paintings

Fun, cheeky and irreverent, Death of the Reprobate prances through art history with a wicked twinkle in its eye. It's this year's most memorable adventure game.

As they're wheelbarrowed into his throne room, Death of the Reprobate's over the top dialogue immediately sets the tone for what's about to follow, and when a messenger arrives saying your father, John the Immortal, isn't living up to his name after all, off you trot to visit him and hopefully claim your inheritance before he pops his clogs. Image credit: Eurogamer/Joe Richardson Thus begins your droll point and click odyssey to help seven local peasants in the nearby backwater, with each one requiring their own unique cocktail of fetch quests and puzzle items to acquire before you can cross them off your to-do list and consider the deed done. Even across just a handful of playable scenes, he manages to capture the full spectrum of the human experience, from quarrelling saints and well-to-do families under siege from their throngs of children, to drunkards endlessly pissing into bottles in the local tavern while their mates bet on monkeys throwing dice in the corner.

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