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Don't bother

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't waste your time and money on this game-it's not worth it. The story idea is interesting but it's hard to navigate (it's easy to miss a location) and a lot of the tasks you're required to do don't make sense (I couldn't have made it past the opening scenes without the walkthrough, embarrassingly enough)I got bored a third of the way through and quit. It's a good idea, but it didn't turn into a good game.

some good graphics, that's it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

there were some cool graphics here, but other than that, it was the worst game ever. i agree with one of the other reviewers when they said "have the creaters of this game people ever played a game before?" Put it this way- i had to use the walkthrough for every single move i made. i solved the puzzles on my own, and some i thoroughly enjoyed, but the puzzles alone were not worth it. if you do decide to get this game, find a walkthrough online immediately and just use it to guide you to the puzzles (if you are like me and just enjoy tough stand-alone puzzles). But if you want a good story line and good game play, this will be your worste nightmare. navigations is unbearable at times. i got stuck numerous times as well. had to go back to a saved spot. it crashed on my a couple times too, and i lost everything because i forgot to save. stay away from this one. seriously. the gameplay and story is horrible.

PLEASE make it quit...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

"Please make it quit!!" was what I was thinking the entire time I was attempting to play this game. I kept hoping that things would change and it would get better, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it never did, so I finally gave up in utter frustration. I have never before "played" a game that was so totally UNplayable, as this one is.

It is absolutely impossible to navigate in this game, as hotspots are microscopic/missing, and the visible ones don't work. The "puzzles" are simply a collection of miscellaneous inventory items used in completely illogical ways on equally illogical objects. Can't navigate in this game, by the way - Arianne spends an inordinate amount of time actually physically stuck somewhere, while I went over the screen 1/4 inch at a time, looking for any way out. The progression of this game is utterly ridiculous, as frequently Arianne has to accomplish a task BEFORE she is given the necessary information to accomplish that task! Did I mention that the navigation is criminally horrible???

If it were possible to give this game a big, fat ZERO, I'd do it. I finally had to quit before my blood pressure blew my head off. Or, before I put a sledgehammer through my monitor (and it was NOT the fault of my hi-tech computer). I agree with the other reviewer who said it wouldn't even be fair to give this to someone else, as that would be incredibly cruel to another human being.

Save your money!

Waste of $

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I quite playing this game when I realized I had run up against a glitch in the game that made it unwinnable. I also got sick of the random illogical puzzle. Save your money and just read the walk throughs. They are more fun than the actual game!

TERRIBLE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I usually don't play these type of adventure games, but it did sound interesting. However, I found out very early on in the game that you have to print out the manual to start the game moving forward. The cursor with the hand that is suppose to allow you to collect items, did not work all the time. I was unable to understand what I was suppose to do inside the caves since none of the items were working.

Very disappointed in the game. I think that the maker of the game should try having people play this game before releasing it to the public, or at least test it and make sure that it works.

JOURNEY CENTER OF EARTH

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS AN ENTERTAINING AND ABSORBING PC GAME - RECOMMENDED TO BUY

Should have been a good game BUT.......

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love adventure games like Syberia, The Longest Journey, Aura, Return to Mysterious Island, etc....and had thought this game would be close in perspective. Actually, the story line is good, the graphics ok, the scenery and music alright....but this game has so many BUGS, HOT SPOT errors, and programming problems that it makes it extremely aggravating to play. It's a true shame because the game had promising appeal, some fun characters, and a nice feel to it overall. Still, this game will leave you plundering so many times, that you'll have to use constant hints or walk throughs to find out why you seem stuck. Most of the time, it's because you cannot navigate to find something, or haven't found a hot spot that isn't indicated at all (it was left out of the programming). For example, to get to the Pharmacy, you have to go off to the left side of the screen in order to move right, and it may flash to the pharmacy or may not sometimes. Also, the hardest puzzle is the totem pole sound puzzle, because if you make ANY error, the game does not reset. So this game has to be saved prior to that puzzle even being started. There are other buggy things, like near the end when you're supposed to have a certain item and you actually have it but it's not seen until you speak with a character that has nothing to do with that item at all. All in all, it's a shame the game was not tested thoroughly before dispersing to the public. If they had made the fixes, it would have been a great game and possibly rated between 8.5 and 7.5. Right now, it's a low rating at 3 just because of the errors.

Glad I only paid a buck for this!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Risking a dollar for this at the local library sale, I can safely say I got my money's worth.

Very shortly into it, I decided the game made little sense in its layout and clues. I've read that this was originally written in another language and had to be translated. Perhaps this is why there are several odd turns of phrases. (ex: a thigh or arm bone, when heated, is labelled 'hardened cranium')Doesn't make up for the rest of the game, though.

I finally gave up and out of pure curiosity, set the laptop next to the computer and followed a walkthrough step by step. TEDIOUS is the word. Running back and forth...one field was 4 clicks and even with Arianne at a loping run, it still took forever. Right now, I don't know if I will even finish it- maybe if I'm absolutely bored out of my hardened cranium.

Good graphics makes me overlook lesser problems, but the graphics in this was not good enough. The sky was pretty much blank and while there where a few nice shots, the scenery was not special at all. Too, there was little movement of secondary characters, trees, etc. What did move tended to be very repetitive.

Gameplay was frustrating. Some hotspots were very, VERY small, which forced you to spend too much time trying to find the exact point. On several instances, a necessary hotspot would not appear until you finished other actions.

Clues, when existent, made little sense. Perhaps it was that translation thing again, but I don't think so. Just a poorly planned game. Period.

Overall, I'm afraid I have to recommend you save your money, time, and wits. There are far too many better games out there to bother with Journey- not even for a buck.

Wouldn't even load = Video problems

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have a very state-of-the-art computer with all the accelerated video, drivers, sound, etc that is needed to run any game., with all the drivers kept up to date. This game wouldn't even load and kept crashing the system, even to the "blue screen" of dumping physical memory. I ran all patches, changed video modes, changed compatibility modes and nothing would work. If that's any indication of what's left for problems if it ever runs, check out the other reviews of those who actually got it to work...lots of problems. What a shame such a promising game ended up such a waste.

Avoid this one!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a big adventure game fan - thought this one might be along the lines of Syberia - WRONG! This game had an interesting premise but was absolutely painful to play even when consulting a walkthrough every other minute. The character was hard to navigate, the puzzles completely non-intuitive (who would think to get rid of a t-rex, you had to mix a leaf, twine, paint, and blackened pear to make fireworks which then you had to launch out of a hollow log???) AHHHHHHH! Also because of the super rigid gameplay, you would be unable to do one thing without completing some other menial task, so you would be hunting like crazy for the one little thing you didn't do - and this is after following the walkthrough verbatim. Please play only in the event of a pandemic and you are trapped in your house for weeks and have no other means of entertainment.

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