For a decade Jeff Smith detailed the adventures of three cartoonish creatures from Boneville in his popular series Bone. Broken into nine parts, Bone is a work of singular visual and has earned critical acclaim for its imaginative world of fantasy. Telltale Games snatched up the license to the now-completed series, determined to recreate the fascinating fantasy world that held comics readers spellbound for years. In many ways Telltale succeeded in capturing the essence of the comics, but the demands of a sophisticated PC community leaves Bone: Out from Boneville, the first of several Bone games, lacking in polish, depth and great gameplay.

Out from Boneville follows the series through the first of nine chapters, creating just a tease at the overall story and leaving some of the best wow powerleveling elements of Bone for the future. Things begin when cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone find themselves lost in the desert, far from home. They've been chased from Boneville, following one of Phoney's money-grubbing schemes. Lost and without a clue as to how to get home, the three stumble upon a strange valley filled with talking bugs, a laid back dragon and a beautiful girl with a dark secret.

The three Bones are quite unique, with Fone playing the romantic, Phoney as the Scrooge McDuck-type money monger and Smiley acting wow powerlevelingthe part of idiot savant -- or perhaps just idiot. Each is perfectly translated from the comics. The voices fit, much of the dialogue comes straight from the comics and the humor and sense wonder provide a solid foundation for the bigger adventure to come in later chapters.

Designed wisely as a point-and-click adventure, Telltale makes a few glaring omissions. The environments are typically small, which is nothing new to fans of adventures games from way back when. But even the earliest PC adventure games offered interesting interactions with much of the environment. In Bone, it's what you click is what you need to progress the game. There's no need to wander, because there is rarely anything to see beyond the main story. And considering that tale will only take about three hours to complete, even the inexpensive $20 price tag seems a little much. This is especially true if you consider that this game is only available through digital delivery, meaning Telltale isn't losing a big chunk of money to a retailer.

Pointing and clicking is not such a bad thing and wow gold actually suits the story quite well. It's just that it's all just to service this short story. To its credit, Telltale including lots of funny bits of dialogue that go beyond the comics while maintaining the integrity of the characters. The game plays more like an interactive storybook than a true adventure game. It will tickle kids, for certain, but will likely leave sophisticated gamers wanting a bit more depth.

Telltale makes one major flaw and it comes with the only skill-based element in ll of Bone. There are several minigames sprinkled throughout, most too simple for all but the youngest audience. I was one of the few kids who had a PC when I was wow gold growing up. I played games like Zork and (when my parents were at work) Leisure Suit Larry. Kids are a lot more sophisticated as gamers than most developers give them credit for.