Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition Review (PlayStation 5)

Rating: 7.2
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · March 25, 2024

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition Review, Painstakingly restored and lovingly recreated. Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition delivers a truly next-generation CD-ROM experience. For the first time since 1993, the original version of the game is faithfully presented alongside 4K remastered photos and a wealth of documentary and interview content.

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition Review Pros:

Decent video graphics.
7.10GB Download size.
Platinum trophy.
Awesome Windows 98-looking interface.
A new intro video with the same actress reprising her role and reading the same script again.
The video quality is low quality on purpose and on brand for the period of the original game.
Fmv adventure gameplay.
A Mono ass sounding soundtrack.
Two ways to play – the full story or just the decisions.
Border art options.
You can see the original image scans or use the higher dpi versions with a button press.
You can feel the game coming through your little IBM speakers.
You get shortcut buttons for moving a frame or a whole scene forward.
They commit 100 percent to keeping their original feelings.
I would swear that this is a Rifftrax episode or I am being pranked.
The game plays out via images and voices.
A warning pops up before the nude scenes.
Your goal for the game is to get the two people shown together and have them fall in love.
Multiple choice encounters shape the game the story and how it plays out.
You earn points and feedback from your choices.
Some of the scenes carry a you must be 18 warning.
There is a webbed scene selector map that lets you see what connects scenes and you can choose where to go.
Plumb the Depths is a 3D CDI-looking maze mini-game in which you go around and spend your points on unlocking many extras of the game. Collect plungers to shoot at the creepy guy Thresher who is always chasing you.
The behind-the-scenes extras are really well done, they have a mix of deleted scenes, interviews, and images.
Full 3D scans of the original CD, game box, and manual.

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition Review Cons:

Cannot skip the very long drawn-out intro in the full story mode.
Real cheese everywhere from the script to the images used and so much more.
Has a B-move TV porn feel to it.
It is so slow going from simple scenes taking ages.
Music just repeats and it’s not music you want on repeat.
You do get a warning but man is it horribly out of date in its view and thoughts.
The game gives you choices but full-on punishes you for not making the correct choice, I got thrown right back when the game hated what I chose.
Continuity is all off in scenes where clothes are on or off.
The border art is bad.
You cannot skip any scenes or parts on a full story run.
For some reason, you can do a half-screen size option but it doesn’t readjust the image at all.

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Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition:

Official website.

Developer: Limited Run Games

Publisher: Limited Run Games

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Graphics - 7/10
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Sound - 7/10
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Accessiiblity - 7/10
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Length - 7/10
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Fun Factor - 8/10

7.2/10

Summary

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition has decent video graphics and a download size of 7.10GB. It features an awesome Windows 98-looking interface and a new intro video with the same actress reprising her role. The video quality is intentionally low to match the period of the original game. The game offers two ways to play – the full story or just the decisions. It also provides border art options and the ability to view the original image scans or use higher dpi versions. The game plays out via images and voices, and it gives you shortcut buttons for moving a frame or a whole scene forward.

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition is an FMV adventure with a mono-sounding soundtrack. It commits 100% to keeping its original feelings. The goal of the game is to get the two people shown together and have them fall in love. Multiple-choice encounters shape the game’s story and how it plays out. You earn points and feedback from your choices. There’s a webbed scene selector map that lets you see what connects scenes and choose where to go. The game also features a 3D maze mini-game called “Plumb the Depths” where you can spend your points on unlocking many extras of the game.

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition includes a warning before nude scenes and some scenes carry an “18+” warning. It also offers behind-the-scenes extras, including a mix of deleted scenes, interviews, and images. There are full 3D scans of the original CD, game box, and manual.

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition has a very long drawn-out intro in the full story mode that cannot be skipped. It has a B-movie TV porn feel to it and is slowly going from simple scenes. The music just repeats and it’s not music you want on repeat. The game gives you choices but punishes you for not making the correct choice. Continuity is off in scenes where clothes are on or off. The border art is bad and you cannot skip any scenes or parts on a full story run. The game also offers a half-screen size option but it doesn’t readjust the image at all. The game’s view and thoughts are horribly out of date, despite the warning given.

Overall Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition is a time capsule of a game that shows off not only how far we have come in games but also how we used to take games in different directions. It is worth a play just from a nostalgic point of view.