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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

With "Zork" in the title you'd expect the game to be set somewhere in the original Zork underground; but there are only passing comments about such places as "flood control dam #3" etc. I would have dissmised that as marketing if the game had been even half good, which it ain't. The graphics are ok, and the 360 deg scroll thing is nice, but in my opinion the Journyman #3 did a better job there. The one area that I'd give 4 stars to is the movie clips, pretty good. My main complaint though is that the story line sort of sucks... I'm a gammer not a soap junkie. The whole storyline smells of a really, really bad soap opra chliche. A tragic love story, an affair, murders... give me a break. And sticking severed heads on electrodes isn't my idea of ingenious puzzle content.

Zork Nemesis

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: December 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Bought it because it sounded really interesting. Never got it to run on my computer. Continuoslly locked up my system. Actually threw away the disc. Didn't feel it was worth wrecking my computer for.

Best PC game ever?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

yeah, this is deffinatly the coolest PC game ever :)

TOP 3 GAMES EVER MADE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is definitly a game to lose yourself in. In the tradition of GOOD adventure games like Myst, comes Zork Nemesis, a most amazing game. There are chapters of a person's life, that one remembers clearly for the rest of his life, much like good games for good gamers. Zork: Nemesis was definitly one of three games like that for me. Myst being one, and Tetris being the other (ok, zork is nothing like tetris, but admit it, you had dreams of colored blocks, too). Anyway, buy this game as fast as you possibly can.

Zork in name only

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Zork Nemisis is a "zork" game in name only. Unlike Zork Grand Inquisitor and Return to Zork, Nemisis is a completely different story line. The game is a dark adventure with good graphics, great sound, and good gameplay. It wins a place on my best games list.

A timeless game, but all things have their flaws.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I remember playing Zork Nemesis with my mother when the game was first released a number of years ago. I was young then and the combination of haunting music and (for the time) stunning graphics frigthened and enticed me into loving the dark game.

Playing it again now is a bit of a nostalgia trip, and a good time waster, but sadly nothing as grand as it was in my early childhood. The game is fantastic to play once more for its fantastic worlds and characters (the frozen asylum of Dr. Sartorius, for example, is one place I will not soon forget), but sadly its plot can only entertin you for so long after you know its, one other reviewer put it well, Soap Opera worthy end.

That, however, should not stop first time adventurers from picking up the game and enjoying immensly. It's a game worthy of the Myst crowd (a series which, in my opinion, is still far beyond this game in its puzzles and atmospheres), the player must examine everything and take note of all of it for completing the sometimes tricky (though nothing to the level of some presented in Myst, especially Exile, the third game in the series) puzzles along the way.

For the fans of the old text-based Zork originals, this game is a far cry from the embodiment of those type of adventures, but for people like myself who enjoy both the more dark and serious puzzles like Myst, but also have a soft spot for the humor and culture picked up in playing the old text-baseds, some moments in Nemesis will have you giggling out of your chair. References to the Underground Empire, actual encounters with living, breathing (unseeable) Grues (the best and classic throwback to the original Zork), and a good helping of some wacky side characters and other bonuses that will give you a small helping of wacky humor to lighten things up in the midst of some rather macabre and eerie scenes (Might I mention a certain nurse in the blood filled asylum?).

All and all, while it is not a game to be played over and over (though certain points, like the aformentioned nurse, are enough to make me save often and go back to revist some more enjoyable scenes) it is a good game to experience at least once for the inovative world and characters the creators came up with.

What an amazing game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games i've played! 5 stars and a half!

WOW I love this Game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like Myst style games this is a game you must get. I think it is the best in the Zork Series.

this game rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this game rules I love it graphics are fantastic music fantastic, I love this one

A superb LOW REQUIRMENT adventure game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Continuing in the steps of the great adventure series of Myst comes this black sheep of the Zork series. First of all, I have never played a Zork game other than this, and I hear from others that the game is so tenuously linked to the Zork universe to not really be a member of the series. So there is no scoring on how "Zorkish" this game is. That said...

Graphics: For an older game with low requirements (my 486-100 ran it as good as my PII-350), they really are stunning. All the graphics are clear, emotionally stirring, and important to the game. There are some puzzles that can't *be* solved without examining a picture in detail so make sure you at least meet the minimum specs (which, again, aren't high).

Sound: I was a high school Junior playing this game in a well lit study, and the sound, story, and graphics combined to give me the worst feeling of dread I have ever had in my life. The sound brings out the chilling mystery of the game, and Alexandria's theme should be awarded a Grammy, IMHO.

Plot: The strongest point of the game. You'll first visit a masoleum where Alexandria pleads with you to help her. Then you'll enter the temple, where you'll find four people lying in their graves, being tormented by a being named the Nemesis. Your goal: figure out what happened. You must use the clues that you gather while trying to aid the alchemists to construct a picture of what has gone on in the Temple of Agrippa. My award for Best Plot Twist goes to Micheal Douglas's "The Game," but ZN takes a close second.

Gameplay: The 360 view gives you trouble when trying to look for information, but other than that, real smooth. Puzzles are inspired, and depend on logic, sight, and sound. be ready to keep a journal for the more important symbols (you're gonna learn a bit of alchemy here.).

Overall: This game still stands out from the crowd even so long after its release. Although the ending is weak, it really does provide for a good story and a GREAT time (even if you die!) I recommend you find and buy it, because no matter how much you pay, it is worth it.

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