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That's it?!?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game started out pretty cool. Sure it crashed a few times, sure it was pretty dark and hard to see, and sure some of the puzzles were pretty obscure, (though not quite so obscure with a walkthrough...), but for twenty bucks, I was right into it. I felt emmersed in the environment and was thoroughly enjoying it. And what a relief to play a game rated 'E' for a change. They are hard to find these days.

In fact i was a little disappointed that I was already halfway through it, but since I still had two 'slots' left on my Key, I knew I had two more cool worlds to explore.

Except you can't go to the next world. Oh, and there IS no next world after that. And CONGRATULATIONS YOU WIN. GAME OVER.

I guess after five years they figured they better give up and release this half finished game before the graphics etc. became 10 years out of date instead of just 5.

Confusing and Boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Story and puzzels seemed illogical. Many pictures were very dark. Many items were hidden in very difficult to find places (far bottom of a screen and too hard to find). Had to jump from one world to another with little rhyme or reason. I did not enjoy this at all.

Not Good at All

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Confusing and impassable. Think I'm talking about NYC traffic? No, this was the Crystal Key. In my opinion, this was the worst game I have ever played! I couldn't even get past the first "land", even after following two walkthroughs! The plot didn't make sense, and wasn't exactly great. I would advise to play the real Myst instead, instead of some spinoff trying to live up to Myst.

Surprisingly dull

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I do like pastoral games, but this one was just a shade too soporific for me. I got about halfway through before I realized that I just didn't care if the aliens destroyed Earth or not. Bad sign!

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The Crystal Key does have some beautiful graphics but moves very slow. Way too many bugs still in software. Does not even compare with Myst or Riven by any stretch of the imagination. I finally gave up after crashing too many times to count.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As an avid adventure gamer, I found the plot to be less than intriguing and the puzzles to be simplistic and random. Graphics were way too dark, and having to go back to different worlds to pick up items frustrating. I give it a BIG YAWN!

A good game with a better plot!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

In my opinion, The Crystal Key is a good game. However, it does have some problems. First of all, when you're looking around the area, the graphics don't blend easily. Also, the puzzles are very challenging (actually, I love challenging games). But I must say it has a very interesting plot. When you finish the game, the villain dies and a screen comes up and says, "Congradulations! You've defeated Ozgar and freed your people!" Then it goes to the main screen. Not much of a congrats. This is the plot: Somewhere out there among the stars, lives another race of people. We know this because, just weeks ago our radio telescopes accidentally intercepted one of their interplaetary communications. When we were able to decode it, this is what we read: "Danger: Ozgar has been defeated but not destroyed. Suralon is sinking. Return to Arkonia. Abandon all colonies at once." Who were the Arkonians? And who or what is Ozgar? Only days later, a gigantic alien spaceship deployed powerful satellites around the earth. All kinds of upheavals occured in the next two days: devastating earthquakes, critical weather shifts, and drastic gravitational changes. Ozgar is coming after us. You, a hypership test pilot, are relatively safe in the polar research station, where the world's first hypership is being constructed. After scientists successfully pinpoint the origin of the Arkonian signal, you are chosen as the last hope; savior of the planet. Your mission? Find the Arkonians and defeat the evil Ozgar. I would recommend this game to people who are very experienced with strategy games.

You have got to be kidding me

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am an adventure gamer. I love this style of game and I have quite a collection. This game is near the BOTTOM of the list.

The "puzzles" are way too simple, the "plot" simply stupid and the ending anticlimactic. I am used to dreamcatcher games being very hit-or-miss, but I never expected this bad. I blew through most of this in half a day. The only reason it took as long as it did is that I had to download a few patches to even run the thing, ...

A Game?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to agree with my fellow reviewers this game was highly disapointing. The graphics aren't that impressive, the easily motion sick people I suggest that you stay away from this game for when you move the graphics get quite blurry and the movement is quite wreckless.
I got extremly board with the game and have yet to finish it (which I don't think I ever will.)
This game (if you could call it that) is a waste of money and time. As many others have mentioned this game has little point and no clues as to where to head next.

great graphix BUGGING GAME

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I really truley enjoyed this game's graphix, storyline and interaction, HOWEVER, this thing was so badly buggy I had to download three patches before I could even resume a sorta normal play. THen some of the patches screwed up the rest of the game!! I finally became so frusterated I had to uninstall it and put it back in the box. When I called the tech support for the game they said to uninstall the game and try again, starting over from scratch, I WAS almost DONE with the game!! No thanks I am a Computer Store owner and I will not be selling this game.

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