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great graphics ridiculous puzzles

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After playing Riven and The Last Express, Beyond Atlantis was a sheer disappointment. Some of the puzzles were downright impossible and completely illogical. Granted Riven had some tough ones, but they were intergrated into the gameplay. In addition, the acting was embarassingly bad. I didn't even finish the game. The only motivation to complete the silly puzzles was to see the next "cool" scene. Bottom line, there are too many other games with beautiful graphics and engrossing plots as well. Steer clear of Atlantis!

Good Graphics. Bad Gameplan.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

At first the game is quite fun, the graphics can blow you away at points but after and hour or two you will become bored or completley stumped. The Graphics and music make it very pleasurable to see but the game is truly puzzling. With little explanation you are asked to solve puzzles without any clue of what to do. Most

It frustrated me

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok this look game looked good when I first started it. The graphics were nice and I was doing allright with the puzzles. But I am hearing impaired and I could not finish the game beacuse a vital puzzle involved matching sounds. Needless to say I was disappointed and frustrated. I wish the makers of these games would give some sort of an indication on the package just to warn people like me. I work hard for my money and I spent it on a game that ended up in a drawer because I was unable to finish it. It wasnt a bad game if I had been able to hear correctly I would have finished it and enjoyed it.

one of the best games since star trek voyager elite force

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I played this game I could not believe the graphics I could see. It looked like I was really there. I have never seen such grphics. The graghics even looked nice using the min requirerments.

Puzzles are not intellectually challenging

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because the reviews said the puzzles were as interesting and intellectually challenging as the 7th Guest; but it is far less so. Too many of its puzzles require guess-work and don't require logical analysis. Also there are too many "jump-though-hoops" steps, i.e. completely random use of an object, not based on any clue or information from any of the characters. In fact, to get the 5th level, I had to go to a hint guide to find that I had to go back through all four previous levels and click on one completely random place in each level. Yeah I want to waste my time, but I'd at least like to use my brain while doing it.

good stuff

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

the puzzle is excellent in graphics and easy to get around from place to place.if you get stuck in one area you just work on another country for a bit.puzzles are my favorite and this one sure is a favorite with me.

Beyond Atlantis

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has very good graphics but the excitement is not so high. This game is very theoretic and leaves you thinking. Personally, I wouldn't recommend this game just because it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. But hey, that's just me! It's a good game if you're in to serious philosphies and wonders about life.

It was boring, yet you feel a need to go one,

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics were great, but it was difficult to figure out where to go. The puzzles were exrtremely hard, and there didn't seem to be much of a point to the game. So, if you come across this game, think twice before being grabbing it off the shelf. However, if you like Puzzle games, such as Myst, then you would probably enjoy the shere boringness of going in circles around a stream or trying to talk to a giant spider, or pheraps you would like walking in a sheep's field? Maybe talking to monks? Watching a fox chasing chickens always excites me! And don't forget the shadow outside the chinease gates, too scary for words, and remember that spinning the turtle in circles is the way out!!

Please

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Were Can i find a walkthrough for this game? i mean yesh it gives you no type of background info that would lead you to find the answer, at one ppoint (xilgalga rainbow thing) i started looking at the sky for clues, and that lil bat is uglier then snot, but anyways back to the walkthrough, please if u know were to get one from email me at firebat02@hotmail.com or pschofreak@hotmail.com (pscho spelled as it is)

Lack of quality puzzles

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Beyond Atlantis is a game in the spirit of Myst and Riven. Unfortunately, Beyond Atlantis doesn't have what it takes to make a great game. While the graphics are very good (I won't say breathtaking, because they weren't quite that good) what makes or breaks this sort of game is the puzzles, and the puzzles in Beyond Atlantis are horrible. They are mostly inventory-based (i.e., you have jump through some hoops to get an object that allows you to activate something or talk to somebody.) However, the puzzles just aren't logical. For example, why does one character only speak incoherently until I bring him a particular slab of rock? Or why does clicking on some pictures on the wall result in the wall giving me a pearl? This is never explained. Furthermore, there is no continuity in the game--you never have any idea what you are really trying to accomplish. Now, there are some positive aspects to the game (very nice graphics, and a couple of good puzzles) but I suggest that if you play this game, keep a hint manual or a walkthrough handy, because without it the only way you will beat the game is just through dumb luck...

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