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This game has bugs and no support from The Adventure Company

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: August 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

On 2 different computers of mine, this game has "mysteriously" uninstalled itself so many times that I have just finally gave up. Any game this unstable is not going to be a part of my collection. I have played the game and then went back to play it again and the shortcut is gone along with the exe file and everything else. No other game has ever done this to me before. There are also no patches for this game at all. And all The Aventure Company has on their website is the usual b.s. of "make sure the cd is clean, make sure you have the latest drivers, shut down all programs before, etc...." It's too bad. This game had potential but be forewarned of the complete lack of support and bugs before buying it.

If You Have Vertigo forget this game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: June 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I tried to play this game but quickly had to stop, as the beautiful 3d graphics also made me INCREDIBLY ill! I am very disappointed, the game looks very fun and challenging.

Puzzles that make sense- and lots of them!

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

I like puzzles that make sense and these did. You push a button, you see the result without having to hunt around for what's going on. For example, in Mysterious Journey 2, there's several puzzles where you have to form a circuit or connect one side of a grid to another by clicking on dials. )...very straight-forward puzzles. Draw the grids out and it is not difficult to work out on paper. In another, you find your way across a fog enshrouded pathway (very cool!) by plotting the path from below.

While there is very little having to combine information from several sources to figure out a puzzle, it does occur once or twice druing the main part of the game and again at the end. And there's a few math-based puzzles, too, in varying degrees of difficulty. (Hey, that's what Universal Hint System is for!) Still, gamers with more experience than I might not have much problem wtih them.

An earlier reviewer mentioned that 'half' the time a puzzle led to nothing- just an area to look out of. I'm not sure where the reviewer is referring to, but I did not find that to be true. You open a door and there's something to find, learn about in a cut-scene, see, or do behind it.

The storyline is interesting and well developed, and the ending is satisfying.

As far as graphics, I'm not a tech person, but I found them to be very pretty. I wish I could have roamed a bit more in a few places- the graphics looked just too inviting to simply view from afar! The landscape is filled with bright colors and intriguing designs. This is not click and point, so you are able to move about freely.

The music is not great, but at least it does not detract from the game. The voices are fine- a cut above most games. The mechanical voices are done with a bit of special effects- a nice touch. The computer-rendered people move fairly naturally. You have little control over settings, but in my experience, the game ran fine. (Athlon 64X2, GeForce 7600GS)

I wish there were more games like this. Puzzles clues that are scattered hither and yon only to make little sense is not my idea of fun. I would recommend Mysterious Journey 2 to anyone who wants an easier game that does not over-tax their brain.

What were they thinking?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge adventure game fan, I did Schizm and enjoyed it. I have played all the versions of MYST, and others with a simmilar game play style, as they are my forte, and most enjoyable to me. I usually can finish a game with little or no help, and maybe at times, a hint, to get out of a bind, but this game seemed to have little or no logic, and having had to refer to a walkthrough for MOST of it, I found it frustrating, tedious and annoying. Some of the bizzare sounds in it literally made me nauseous and I had to mute the game to get through those parts! I found that even with the walkthrough, I asked myself repeatedly, how was I supposed to figure THAT out!?

The graphics are indeed awesome, or I would not have even bothered to take the time to see it through to the end. It made me tense and was really not worth my time. I frankly would only recommend this game to someone who is a dedicated gamer, and who wants a challenge that could cause you to want to pull out your hair!! The puzzles are too frequent and too random, a trial and error solution for the most part, if this is your idea of fun then you might like it, but for me. . .thumbs down all the way.

They Didn't Learn

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Regarding the puzzles in this game, apparently, the publisher didn't learn. This is a set of impossibly hard, arbitrary puzzles masquerading as an adventure game. Basically, read the lowest rated reviews here for the earlier game, Schizm, and you'll see what this game is like.

If you liked Myst, you'll love this one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Don't worry - this review is spoiler free.

Let me start by saying, that if you enjoyed Myst, you definitely won't be disappointed here. Also - disregard the negative reviews by idiots who can't get the game to run on their computer, or dummies who claim that the puzzles are too hard. This is a PUZZLE game, not a shooter!

Puzzles are where this game shines. I found them just the right difficulty - not impossible, and yet hard enough to give you a sense of accomplishment when you advance. I'm an engineer, so I love to tinker with machinery (virtual in this case) trying to get it to work. Be prepared to make a lot of tables in your notebook, when tackling some of the more complex puzzles. The ability to model the problem in terms of equations, and knowledge of different bases will get you through most of them. I completed the game in a week, with a total 10 hours of play - didn't need to refer to walk-through, though I accidentally solved two problems while still looking for relationship between the parts.

I'm not too crazy about the Graphics. Maybe they were something a few years back, but in 2007 they're just passable. Also - for some reason 3D puzzle games make me nauseous (I actually stopped playing URU because of that). I wish the developers just stuck to pre-rendered environments as in Myst (Myst IV - Revelations was the most beautiful Puzzle game I've ever played).

The story is not bad, with a nice twist at the end (you won't see it coming). And, yes - the annoying "actress" at the end had to be a developer's girlfriend (if you check the credits half of them are Polish - and during the game you'll notice most names are derived from that language as well). The girl at the end has the same accent.

To sum up - this is no Myst Revelations - but close enough. So far I haven't found anything better.

Not for most

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was pretty disappointed with this game and definitely regret buying it. I like adventure games to a point, but this one is pretty much just for hardcore puzzle fans. Some of the puzzles will require you to sit for hours writing formulas and graphs to try and figure out. Most of the time I found it faster to keep pressing random buttons and let luck do the work.
Basically, if you LOVE puzzles, this game will keep you entertained for quite some time, otherwise stay away.

One of the first of a new breed

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

This was one of the first adventure games to take the 1st person mouse driven detached gameplay of the Myst series and bring it into the 3d free roaming platform, and is met with mixed results..The amount of freedom for traditional adventure gamers up until this time was pretty much point to where you want to go and you will be taken there..With Mysterious Journey 2 you had the ability to apporach your investigations from any angle you like, taking your time to explore the areas in your own way..On the flipside, the advent of 3d rendering unfortunately diminishes the personality that pre rendered art has afforded adventure games throughout it's genesis..Let us hope studio's will find a way to reconcile both elements into a new and improved hybrid.

Enjoyable

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would recommend this game to those who have enjoyed the Myst series.
Puzzle difficulty - medium to very hard
Puzzle interest - some are interesting, others are only busy work
Game length - could have lasted longer
Plot - good plot, but the twist at the end seems more of a break off
Sets - repetitive at times, but good overall
Ending scene - like most point-and-click games, there is a lack of a bonus cut scene at the end (Where is the payoff?!)
Music - at times lacking
Voice acting - very good

mysterious journey 2 much work, not enough inbetweens.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This has very good problems to solve. I just felt they were a little too close together. I like to do more exploring and information gathering than this one offers. I loved Schizm.
I havn't finished the game yet but I will finish it none the less.
I enjoy the games regardless.
Sandy Simmons

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