NOCLIP Pocket E52 - Free the Jesus Trapped Inside - The Procession to Calvary

All hail Podcast John! Welcome back to NOCLIP Pocket! Today, we’re talking about The Procession to Calvary, a point and click adventure game with an art style composed entirely of renaissance era paintings. If that hasn’t already sold you on the idea, then I don’t really know what your deal is. Comparisons to Monty Python are pretty common in the discourse surrounding this game, and it’s pretty clear why that is, given the art style and the game’s emphasis on humor. To some extent, the game is much more focused on being a comedy than it is a point and click game, and that absolutely works for it. The barebones mechanic set also allows for more of your verbs to be used in these jokes as well, with the ability to punch pretty much anyone and applaud the in-game musicians performing the music you’ll hear throughout the game. Overall, it’s a interesting and pretty strange little title that’s worth trying out if only to see something visually new and outlandish. We’re going to be talking about what made jokes land or not for us, whether or not the puzzles in this game constitute “moon logic", and, somehow, some way, for some reason, Chalk Zone. Thank you for joining us again this week! If you played this one, did the old-ish adventure game mechanics make you feel nostalgic while playing this game, or were they a hurdle to get over? Was this funny to you? Let us know in the comments, or pop over to our Discord to talk about it with us. Starting, well, technically last episode, we’re going to be slowing down releases a bit due to some scheduling concerns, so sorry about that. If this game was up your alley, though, maybe try out some of the other weird games we’ve covered over the years in the meantime. No time like the present, right? Next time, we’re going to be talking about Toem, a recent release which is less on the irreverent humor side and more on the cute photography side of games we talk about on Pocket, so we hope you’ll come back for that.