Stacking: The Lost Hobo King
In the Lost Hobo King, the first downloadable expansion for Double Fine’s Stacking, players once again assume the role of Charlie Blackmore, the world’s smallest Russian stacking doll. Charlie travels with his…
Stacking: The Lost Hobo King is an adventure developed by Double Fine Productions, released 6 April 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Stacking: The Lost Hobo King is
Stacking: The Lost Hobo King is an adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the Lost Hobo King, the first downloadable expansion for Double Fine’s Stacking, players once again assume the role of Charlie Blackmore, the world’s smallest Russian stacking doll. Charlie travels with his hobo friend Levi to the mysterious kingdom of Camelfoot, the mythical resting place of lost hobo king and his crown. Charlie must help Levi’s uncle, Rufus Ryken, reclaim his rightful throne by solving three tests of valor and reawakening the hobo blacksmiths of old. Only then can the crown be reforged, enabling Rufus to become king and unite the fractured hobo people under one sardine. The Lost Hobo King features a complete adventure with several new challenges, each with multiple…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 21 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Stacking: The Lost Hobo King holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 2 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz dual core CPU, 1 GB RAM and 256 MB GeForce 8800, Radeon 3850, or Intel HD 2000 Graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Stacking: The Lost Hobo King launched on 6 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat and World of Tanks. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, World of Tanks.
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