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.