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Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game was a gift for my brother. He enjoyed it

Disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After Schizm 1 I had high hopes for this game. Too bad. In my opinion, it just isn't as good. I am very disappointed.

Why? The puzzles. The story. The graphics. I could go on, but I'd just be ranting and this isn't the place for it. I just didn't like it.

Horrible!!!! Bad puzzles, doesn't make sense, really uninteresting

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

I just don't see how anyone could like this game. The puzzles make little sense, and the game just didn't interest me at all.

It starts off in an ugly, dark spaceship, and by the time I FINALLY got out of that level I was VERY ready to move on. But instead of taking me to a level with something interesting to look at and interact with (which is the ENTIRE reason I bought the game, for the beautiful backdrops), it plops me into another uninteresting level with a bunch of weird pods and laser lights.

The game never gave me any clue as to what I was doing or more importantly WHY I was doing it. I had no interest in any of the EXTREMELY difficult puzzles, and I ended up just wanting to get the heck out of the game,

I read one reviewer's comment (who was a mathematician), and he said some of the puzzles were even difficult for him!

I will never buy any more Mysterious Journey games. They just aren't worth it.

Uh, Barf!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just installed this game and played it for 5 minutes and I literally want to throw up. The graphics are awesome and the game looks like it would be really fun, if it weren't for the 1st person navigation system. This full 360 degree viewing is totally gross. it's like you are inside a sphere, and when you move the mouse the sphere rolls the screen around, so every single thing you want to look at requires the entire screen to move, at a disgusting rate. i slowed the mouse movement down as far as it would go but it was still like i was on a rollercoaster. Have you ever seen clockwork orange? you know how they forcefeed the guy images to cure him and he freaks out, well that's how i felt after 5 seconds of game play. 15 minutes later now, and i still have motion sickness. give me still images please!!

WASTE OF MONEY W/ NO SUPPORT FROM MANUFACTURER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: January 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had so much fun with this game in the first "chapter" but when I reached the second "chapter", on the island, the game came to almost a complete stop. I have a fast computer with tons of memory and have never had any problems with any kind of game before this. I contacted the e-mail address that the website referred me to and I received NO response back. So here I just spent a lot of money for a new game and it won't work and they won't help. Too bad. It had promise. AVOID THIS GAME.

Ahhhh! Not again!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: December 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I recently played another game that had the same problem as this game did on my computer. You have to have a specific graphics program to run it. I have a Dell with a Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV graphics card which works well with most things. MJ II needs something called a TnL(?) compatible card to work. As a result, I have people coming out of doors and THEN the door opens, after which the people are back on the other side of the door. Or, people leave a room, and then the dialogue section where they are IN the room plays. That part doesn't really bother me that much because the story line is pretty much boring and doesn't make too much difference to the players quest through the puzzles. Actually, there doesn't seem to be much relationship between what the characters say and what the players do. For instance, at one point, the player is taken to meet the leaders of a group and after a discussion, the leader says, "_______" (can't remember the name) "will take you to your quarters." Then, they all disappear. No one has shown you anywhere. You are exactly where you were and your quarters don't really exist in the game. The other thing I don't like about this game is that if you aren't a real math buff, you won't be able to figure out some of the puzzles without looking at the hints. Really, guys! How many people out there know to count in base 4 or base 12? With what reference were they directed to do so? I played Syberia and loved it. Boy, is this one a disappointment! And to think I wasted good money on it! Bah!

Too Boring

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Unlike the first Mysterious Journey, this game TOO many puzzles and is very boring. If you want to play a game for hours and days without getting anywhere, then this game is for you. I do nothing but workout and play games with my spare time, and this game isn't worthy of that time. I've played games like aliens vs predator 2, eternal darkness, rez evil, tomb raider, so I have plenty of patience when it comes to gaming. The graphics are stunning, but that's it for me. If you don't have the first game, then get it instead.

Mechanical Problems up the Wazoo

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I are experienced puzzle game players and huge fans of the original Mysterious Journey. It was with great anticipation that we started this game, but we have officially given it up halfway through.

Our biggest problem is that our machine, only one year older than the game's release date, with a decent graphics card, does not have the right setup for this game's graphics rendering. Stuff flashes in and out of visibility, the cursor comes and goes, people's arms detach from their bodies, and any prolonged animated scene completely mucks up the whole works to the point that the machine has to be rebooted (IF we can access the save screen at all).

We may have been willing to fight longer if the game had drawn us in more, but the puzzles just aren't as interesting as they were in the original, except for a couple of good mathematically-based ones. Also, the puzzles were extremely linear; there was rarely a matter of collecting information in general towards solving one of several open mysteries (as one encounters in, say, Riven), but always just one puzzle you needed to solve at a time, and always of the "solve this so you can get past this door/bridge" variety, which got a bit repetitive.

We moved on to a different game in our "to play" pile... and were sad to leave this one unfinished, but just couldn't take it any more.

MEH...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you grew up on Myst and Riven, you will be disappointed. The graphics are ok, the music is ok, but I can deal with sucky graphics or music if the story and puzzles are worth it. Sadly, while the puzzles are somewhat tough and interesting, they are all separate and not really related to the actual story. They are just there to be there. You figure one out, you move on. Not like Riven and Myst where almost all the parts of the game connect with each other, and everything adds to or advances the main plot.
Speaking of which, while the plot in Mysterious Journey has POTENTIAL to be interesting, the writing and voice overs are so corny that it falls flat.
I have been searching for a game that can stand up to the Myst series ever since (sadly) UbiSoft decided not to make anymore. This one isn't it. However, if you are REALLY REALLY bored, it will amuse you for a while. Just buy it used so you don't waste your money.

Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am not a good review writer. As a fan of adventure game I found this game to be excellent!

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