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Tunguska

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While the graphics might be good the puzzles are ridiculous with some completely illogical bordering on utter nonsense. Don't waste your money on this one!

Don't waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: January 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There is so much wrong with this game, it's difficult to know where to start. First, the voices are out of sync with the the speakers' mouthing of the words. Second, the game is supposed to take place in Germany and Russia, but everyone has as Brooklyn accent. Third, the puzzles are lame unless you are about 10 years old. The story line is unrealistic and movments of the characters is shoddy...for example, the girl picks up a sheet of metal, but never goes near it, and of course, no matter the size, it disappears into inventory rather than her being encumbered by it. I was very disappointed, usually The Adventure Company puts out quality stuff. Not this one. Don't bother, go get a pizza or something instead.

Could've Been Better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 24 / 24
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It was a GREAT story with well-done graphics and scenery BUT (and these are big buts for me) there were two things about this game that annoyed me.

The dialogue was bad and the voice acting worse. If I understand it right, English wasn't this game's first language but it should've been the responsibility of the English speakers to get the tone right. The voice actors? Well, I don't know whether to blame them or again the script writers.

And for the puzzles, some of them just made no logical sense and I had to go to a hints site.

I did like this game a lot and I look forward to the sequel. Hopefully, they will work on improving the script and the actors.

If you can tolerate weak dialogue and bad acting...I recommend this game. The story and graphics are GREAT!!

Fun game, despite the bizarre inventory

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit I had to consult an on-line walkthrough for this game, more times than I had to for any other game, including Myst Revelation. Even with the walkthrough, I had problems applying the inventory items sometimes, but the story is fun, and in spite of, or maybe because of this, I enjoyed the game. Character movement is limited, the backgrounds tend to be static, but still very pretty.

Beautiful graphics, Annoying puzzles

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The graphics and plot are super! The ambient sounds were pretty great too. The voice acting is poor and the inventory-based puzzle solutions are not intuitive at all. I had to resort to trying to combine any items randomly to solve just about any puzzle and I definitely checked the walkthrough and upon seeing the solution would think "how the heck would that solve the problem?" But I think it was still worth my money and time to get the game.

Great graphics, but predictable bad guys!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great game, pretty easy, some difficulty matching objects to solve problems. Loved the hot spot highlight feature! Would recommend this game for those who loved syberia. I wished I could have explored more places such as the swamp, and the professor's house, just because the graphics were so great. But other places where i could explore alot gave me little pleasure or clues, such as the professor's office @ the museum. Will there be more titles under the Secret Files heading I wonder?

Nina must die!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am currently playing Tunguska. The graphics are great, the puzzles so-so. Some are extremely easy, a few are so non-intuitive that I have had to resort to hints or walkthroughs and then been glad I broke down because I NEVER would have figured out the answer. Still, except for one terrible flaw, a reasonably good game. BUT the voice acting sucks so badly that, at times, I have had to turn off the sound--then, of course, you miss the ambient sounds of the environments which are pretty well done.

I have loved adventure games since I first fell onto Myst Island in 1995. For the most part, I have prefered first-person point and clicks--I'd rather wander and explore alone in interesting environments. Siberia 1 and 2 caused me to open up to third person games because the characters, dialogue and voice acting were engaging and amusing. Not so in Tunguska.

I can't believe the developers took what should have been a first class game and nearly ruined it with actors who sound like poor readers reading their lines out of context, with no clue as to what is happening in the action or what has just been said to them. Jeez. Really, really, really bad.

The Russian "train driver" has a strong Brooklyn accent. The main character, "Nina", sounds like a smug, obnoxious 14-year-old Valley Girl. Frequently, I'd like to slap her. When I find myself repeating, "Shut up, you little bimbo," I know it's time to turn off the sound again.

The humor is extremely non-funny middle-schoolesque.

It's true that the game is rated "Teen". In this case, the rating must be refering to the intellectual maturity level required to appreciate it. (Honestly, no offense meant to teenagers who may well like it. But, please, if you want the opportunity to mature, don't let Nina be a role model.)

I'm giving it a generous 3 stars because the graphics and the basic game play are pretty good. The dialogue and voice acting would get a minus 1 if that option were available.

Those over 15, be forewarned.

A good effort with some annoying flaws

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was a good effort. It had a decent story line and characters that you could have felt for, but didn't mostly because the voice acting was so HORRENDOUS! The main character Nina sounds like, you know, one of those, like, you know, annoying stereotypical teenagers, who, like, are such total airheads. I know this games is labeled for teens, but do we have to treat them like idiots? I can't imagine a teen not rolling their eyes at this game because it became ridiculous. Also, the lines are very bad. Now I understand this game was translated, but who did the voicing? Inmates at an insane asylum? If I were reading some of these lines, I would have said something about the form or the very bad choice of certain words, just so my name wouldn't be associated with a bad production. Still, some bad lines are forgivable. Oh, and there is some profanity. Not much (mostly at the end), just the excrement one, but I found it's use jarring and a bit disturbing given the overall atmosphere of the game (no doubt some Hollywood worshiper wanting to make this seem "more real and gritty")

The problems in this game were also a point of annoyance. About half made some kind of sense, the rest were just trial and error or a quick read through a walk through. This made it very annoying to play, as I would find myself stopping to check a walk through because the answer was so improbable (or impossible) that I just couldn't figure it out. I'm talking some serious stretching of logic, if not outright silliness.Often the main character is standing in front of a smaller hot spot you need to solve a puzzle, so you have to move her over, then click again on the tiny specific hot spot. I also had trouble identifying these smaller hot spots in a puzzle (ex. you could click on a door and the keyhole) & getting the clicks placed just right so I could activate it.

As for the story itself, it had a lot of potential, but seemed to have fallen short. I stopped being curious about halfway through, but that could have been because I was so annoyed by the main character's voice & frustrated by the puzzles (which were mostly stupid). About the only time I enjoyed myself was when I could play as the secondary character & I attribute that to his voice, which wasn't annoying and did have some ability to convey some emotion.

Overall, I can't really recommend this game unless you are immune to the annoying voice. I got this in that Adventure Pack that comes with 5 games, and that's the only way I would buy this one. It's not worth wasting $10. There is supposed to be a sequel and if they learn from the last & correct the major blunders, then I would happily try it, which is why I've given this one 3 stars instead of 2.

Another Cyberbabe Prevails in "Tunguska"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all, let me say that Tunguska was similar to The Longest Journey in that you play the role of a cute and curvaceous spunky female by the name of Nina. While paying a visit to her scientist father in Germany, Nina discovers that his apartment has been ransacked, and he's nowhere to be found! She soon meets one of her father's co-workers and asks for his assistance as they set out on a world-wide mission in search of the girl's father. There are plenty of colorful characters to chat with along the way and more than enough puzzles to occupy your time. Who doesn't love a good mind boggler? There's plenty of them in this game...trust me.

Nina's travels will take her to Germany, Russia, China, Ireland, and even the Antarctic. The graphics of each location were superbly rendered, and the music and sound effects were certainly sufficient to add to the realism of the game. If you have a high-end graphics card, I would recommend taking advantage of the "4x anti-aliasing" option under the "Options" heading in order to guarantee the sweetest graphics you can display on your monitor.

Overall, this was a very entertaining game with a great storyline. You'll have to do some wild and unthinkable things with the items in your inventory to solve most of the puzzles, but you'll certainly be patting yourself on the back after solving a few of the more trickier puzzles. If you can get over some of the less than stellar acting performances by American "actors" translating German word-for-word into spoken English (and subtitled in English), I think you'll really enjoy the fast paced and intriquing storyline. I can hardly wait for this game's sequel which is being designed as we speak (or so I've read).

Secret Files

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What a wonderful game. A total surprise. I have to admit I do need hints now and then to help me through the game as with most games. I can hardly wait for the next one. It keeps you wanting more.

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