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great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my husband and he loved it.it gave him hours and hours of fun

Fun but short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was an enjoyable adaptation game. It is great for a 9 or 10 year old. The challenges are not that difficult - or frustrating - for the target audience. The dialog is typically Snicket. The maps are interesting and game moves at a steady pace. The only fault is the brevity. Game time from start to end was maybe 20 hours. Still, the kids seemed to like it.

Stick with the Books

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There are many things that are best to be AVOIDED. Such include: deadly snakes, fatty burgers, villians named Sally and THIS GAME. The gameplay is rather DULL a word that here means repetitive and uneventful. The voice acting is ABYSMAL, a word that means so bad that I couldn't stand it anymore and turned off all sound. The graphics are okay at best. The only thing that is mildly intresting is that as you progress in the story mode (same version of the story that apeared in the equally bad movie) you can unlock Count Olaf's Theature Posters and words with Snicket's deffinitions. But even this isn't enough to truly motivate you. Please don't make the mistake of buying this game. Save your money.
With All Do Respect,
Discusted Snicket Fan

Lemony Snicket: A Series of Fortunate Family Game Events

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Lemony the game is not for hardcore gamers. It doesn't aspire to be. It shouldn't be compared to Warcraft or Resident Evil 4.

The game was developed by AMAZE for Activision. Any one familiar with the first three Harry Potter Movie co-ordinated games (through Electronic Arts EA Games) is familiar with Amaze.

The first three Potter games were fun and a bit of challenge for children and for those adults who were new to PC gaming. The player wandered around the magical world of Hogwarts, collecting jelly beans and wizard cards. What was fun was not completeing the tasks or learning new magic, what was fun was the freedom to discover new areas and find secret places.

Fans of the Potter games will recognize the same mechanics of gameplay outfitted in a new location, jelly beans are replaced with golden eyes, golden hearts refuel stamina instead of chocolate frogs, playbills and letters are granted instead of wizard cards. Players will also recognize the flavor of wonderful score the game is set to, enjoyable, appropiate, but not overbearing with some familiar notes.

Lemony isn't quite as good as the aforementioned Potter games. The reason being Lemony is not a fun story. While ficticious, Lemony is a story of the relentless abuse of three very droll and very wealthy orphans. Its much more fun to play as a boy, who has left his abusive Aunt and Uncle behind, entering a magical world to be educated at Hogwarts. I rather enjoyed learning to how to fly Buckbeak in Prizoner of Azkaban. In Lemony, I'm rather relieved I solved the train signal puzzle, the thought of having children run over and over and over by a train until I did, was depressing me.

Yet, Lemony will provide some consolation to those who have been disappointed by EA's latest Potter offering, The Goblet of Fire. While there is an adjustment to the droll circumstances, the task of discovering your world will take over and the game will eventually command your attention.

While Lemony isn't bad, it isn't that good, either. They renderings of the children are not the most flattering they could be, and the villians are boorishly ugly.

The gameplay controls aren't half as good as the Potter games, and they weren't the greatest. There's a match game puzzle in a cellar, that only shows up per every install, instead of every game. I did complete it and nothing happened on my game, which maybe the reason the puzzle won't show up in the rest of the games in a particular installation. It has done this twice on me, and I'm not going to uninstall and install a third time to see if it happens again. It had no effect on my score or letter or eye collecting. The camera angles aren't well mapped for shooting. I was supposed to shoot a rat, but the camera got behind a ceiling lamp, and while the rat was biting me, all I could see was the inside of a lamp shade. Suff like that.

Still its better than most children's games out there, and it plays! As you may have guessed, there is violence. When I shoot a rat in Lemony, it is shot with a rotten egg lobber. Rotten eggs are your bullets, and the player stuns the enemies, instead of killing them. About time.

I've played Lemony three times, the third time it was going through the motions. Once the few skills of jumping, aiming the egg lobber, and the boot puncher had been mastered, there wasn't any interest left. But for the time I did play, I did enjoy it.

The games by AMAZE are a category unto themselves. They are not action games based on a trigger finger, nor are they the point click boring adventure games beset with brain teaser puzzles in a futuristic world. They are a relaxing time where you don't have to test your brain, just delight it.

If you have never played the Potter games and are new to PC gaming I recommend Lemony, it is a good place to start. If you are a fellow Potterhead and felt betrayed buy Goblet of Fire, Lemony will sustain you.

Could Have Been Better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game itself is fun, and it is great exploring the various rooms in the houses, caves, etc. It is nice that you can pretty much go where you want to, and turn 360 degrees to look at things, although the game does not let you advance to rooms you shouldn't be in if you haven't done the required tasks. That's ok, there are usually several rooms and areas to walk around in until you do.

One drawback is that there isn't much to hunt for in each, and you pretty much pickup the idea fast that everything is behind pictures, or you pull a lever to do something. I would have liked to have opened a few more drawers or moved some books, or found something under a couch, etc. Where you look is pretty simple, but then I'm an adult gamer. It's probably perfect for a 10-14 year old.

There is a big problem (the reason I only gave it 3 stars) and that is the REALLY ANNOYING JUMPS across bobbing crates in a lake, or moving platforms, or whatever. All the jumps are awkward to do because you are trying to hit arrow keys and the spacebar, and time it right. It is also annoying that you have to coordinate the keyboard functions and the mouse so much when you run. You definitely use both hands a lot (and at the same time) to keep moving in this game. All in all, I'd give the functions of running/jumping/targeting items/etc. only two stars. Whoever programmed this is nuts. There must be a better way. Or, maybe kids are better at all this coordination than grownups!

You do have to get rid of the villians, but you "shoot" them with bubble gum, onions, feathers, etc. I can see where they are relatively easy to get past if you have the timing skills on the keyboard. I didn't. It's awkward to change items (from bubblegum to onions, for instance) while you are fighting and while you are using both hands for other functions. I think the game would have been better if the villians didn't seem to pop up so often. It started to bug me that they were keeping me from moving on in the game.

Another drawback is that you can't save your game except at pre-set points. I really didn't like that!! Sometimes I was ready to quit for the night, but I had to play on to the pre-set save point so I wouldn't have to re-do what I'd done already.

However, all in all, the game is fun and the storyline is great. It makes you want to keep on going in the game. There are plenty of places to explore. Unlike a previous reviewer, I didn't zip through the game...probably because the jumps took me forever and the villians took time to get past. I thought there was plenty to do and I got my money's worth. I'd recommend it if you don't mind "shooting" villians and if you don't mind awkward jumping and keyboard controls.

Whatever makes you happy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game has everything! Puzzles for kids who like a challenge and rediculous tasks for those who like to laugh.

Good Game - But Wish There Were More Challenges...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, the game is based on the movie. All the challenges were challenging but not much related to the movie, so all of you video game players who think if you know the movie, you can beat the game in a zip, geuss again because it's more challenging then that because they "expanded" what they could do from the movie and makes it more challenging. You first start with Count Olaf's house, going through Uncle Monte's Reptile Room, then so forth...the ending its hard, but that's what makes the game challenging. This game should be longer, cause it's fun.

the movie is better.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i love lemony snicket books and the movie was the best. but im not shure about the game. i played the demo on nick.com it wasnt fun but i bought the game because i thought id be better it was fun but its kinda boring and easy. the graphics are great though!

Fun, Challenging, but a little confusing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun and challenging game but can also be a litlle confusing.
This game keeps you on the edge of your seat when you have to jump or run from place to place to get things! It is also a little challenging to stay going in a stait direction when you first start to play it but you get used to it! Also when I was playing it was a little confusing what to do after I reached level 2 because the characters were just kind of walking around on the screen and I didn't know what to do!
But after I figured out what to do it got really exciting! Hope if you buy it you will like it too!

A Unique Adventure Game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This unusual game is fun and satisfying. I absolutely love it! The atmosphere is Victorian and mysterious, the graphics are excellent, and the levels are fun and challenging. You go from place to place playing as the three Baudelaire siblings. There are many obstacles throughout it. Often, Violet will come up with a bizarre device to get you through these. You then must collect a number of household objects to build it.
These inventions are pretty cool. The two you use the most are the Lobber and the Smasher. The Lobber chucks various items at enemies to stun them. Once they are stunned, you must hit them with the Smasher, a boot attached to a jack in the box. Other inventions include the Lockpick, Sprayer, and Lever Yanker.
The missions are fun and exciting. Through the game, you must uncover a secret passage to go to Justice Strauss's library, spray mosquitoes with Eau de Toilette perfume, capture escaped reptiles, wade through leech infested pools with Violet's stilts, and climb Olaf's tower with a grappling hook. You'll absolutely love this incredible game!

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