This game is not too shabby, good even.


Pajama Man’s show just ended. Sam is about to turn of the television until he sees the credits – an autograph from Pajama Man himself at the mall! Joyous, Sam asks his mom if he can go, and she says yes, telling him to bring something to sign for his favorite hero. He finds a special edition comic book after a brief search. As Sam reaches for the comic book, it is sucked down in a pile. Pajama Sam dives in to retrieve back his possession. That’s where the adventure begins.


As the fourth installment in the series, people expect the game to live up to its reputation. Does it? Not quite.
\-The voice actor for Pajama Sam contrasts its predecessors. Once you hear a voice that sticks out, it’s memorable. Fortunately for us, we all loved the original voice actor. Although this one shows satisfactory, it’s just not up to par.
\-I don’t know about anyone else, but the game is choppy when I move from map to map. This diminishes the overall fluidity of the game.
\-Collecting items. In Pajama Sam One, you collected socks. Pajama Sam Two, puzzle pieces. Three, box tops. Here, you collect these trading cards. These aren’t bad. I actually like them. It’s just the AMOUNT you have to collect. Essentially every place you go to has a card lying around. Like with the mini glitches stated in the previous statement, the collection of trading card simply reduces the flow of movement.
\-There aren’t many objects you can click on anymore, and if you do, it’s passable. One of the things I clicked on was some kind of poster in the first map of the main game. When I did, it just changed. No movement. No animation. Nothing. As a child, I loved looking at everything popping out of the screen. Don’t get me wrong, there are some good ones out there. Just not as much.
\-This is a little detail, but saving the game bugs me. With the other Pajama Sam adventures, you saved and went about with your business. Now, we have Sam telling us what to do. At first, it was charming. Then, it turned annoying real soon.
\-The game in general doesn’t make sense. In the previous three games, they all had a theme, and they all logically made sense. In No Need to Hide When It’s Dark Outside, it was about darkness. In Thunder and Lightning Aren’t so Frightening, it was about weather. In You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet, it was about food. In Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff, it was about…well, stuff. Why do we need a shirt, some socks, and some shoes to meet Pajama Man?
\-Back to the previous thought, a lot of the characters contribute little to the theme. I felt they were placed there just for show instead of adding value. They did little to push the game in the right direction.


Okay, so aside from all the substandard effort put forth, some good came out.
\-The different pathways continued in this game. This is a point-and-click adventure, and I welcomed exploring the various routes.
\-I liked the “Part Two” side of this game. It’s in the Freddi Fish and SPY Fox series. In the Freddi Fish and SPY Fox games, once you were done with your main objective, there was a little more you needed to do in order to fix the problem. In this Pajama Sam game, you experienced a little of that magic in this game.
\-Probably the idea I liked most was you can try more items to other items. Before, in the other games, if something didn’t work, Sam would say “That’s not going to help” or “I don’t think that’s going to do me any good.” Now, you can do some trial and error. I won’t try to spoil too much, but there’s one part with fireflies. I tried catching them with a jar, but they wouldn’t be able to breathe. I tried catching them with a net, but they were too small. The options available allowed me to think, and I enjoyed the puzzle-solving.


As a whole, Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff is not a bad game. It’s a charming, fun game with interesting characters, designs, and effects. With that being said, its performance compared to its older installments puts the Pajama Sam series to shame. This is a fantastic game for those who never received a chance to play with any of the Humongous Entertainment games, but for veteran players such as myself, this game will dust in my Steam library.