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Crystal Key

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Pretty good game. I would probably even play it again. I do usually cheat by getting walkthroughs for any pc games I play, but even with the walkthroughs, it still had some tough, challenging spots.

The Crystal Key! (well Done)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the game. The puzzles are hard, but thats the reason why we buy the games. To let are minds work! But the game Puzzles might be to hard on some people, so i think you should give out HINTS or maybe some cheats for people not to get frustrated, and maybe they'll buy more of your games.

A Good Puzzle Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There will always be games with gameplays similar to Myst's.Some of these "Myst Clones" are terrible, but The Crystal Key is one of the better ones.
In the Game, Earth has intercepted a message from an alien race (the Arkonians) that an evil being called Ozgar has been defeated(but not destroyed). This being appears in Earth's skies several days later, and wreacks havoc with sattelites that disturb Earth's infrastructure. You are sent in a ship to the place where the message came from.
The story is not the best, but pretty good, although its a bit hard to trace in some places. Most of the puzzles are well done and possible to solve but some can be so difficult that it may take a long time to solve them. Many are inventory based, and these are handled well.
The worlds featured in the game are beutiful and fun to explore. The graphics are good (but a little fuzzy in some places). The backround music and sound effects fit with the mood well, the music is lonely sounding, beutiful and mournful, although in a few places there is none at all. The navigation is done by point-and-clicking to puzzles and hotspots. There is almost no character interaction aside from holograms, attacks by Ozgar's guards and shots of Ozgar. However, the diologue in the holograms helps you understand the story and makes you feel for the people. All of the worlds have an abandoned feel to them.
There are a few cons, the ending is a little abrubt and doesnt answer any unanswered questions, the disc switching is annoying and there are some annoying dead ends you can come to. But on the whole it is a well done game.
Graphics:4/5 Interface:3/5 Gameplay:4/5 Intelligence:4/5 Sound effects:3/5 Music:4/5 Characters and Voice Acting:3/5 Overall:4/5

Too short, too easy, no great thrillý

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I experienced no technical problems, (though I'm running 896 megs of RAM, less RAM may mean more glitches and freezes), however this game is so simplistic, it's not worth the time.
As a RPG fanatic, I have to say the main character had no development or real background, no choices other than to select where to go and how to solve puzzles. There is no interaction with other characters and, other than the graphics, I can't think of much that redeems this game.
Save your money or spend it on something else.

Not Dreamcatcher's best outing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Crystal Key is probably best for players that don't have much experience with these types of interactive games. The puzzles are not too difficult for the most part and it does get boring rather quickly. Each section of the game is too limited as to how far you can explore an area. The scenery is not as lush and interesting as some games and the musical scoring could have been much better. I played this after playing Myst III which had more interesting graphics and characters to interact with. This was a gift so if I had payed for it myself it would have been a bigger disappointment.

You get what you pay for...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Granted, the pictures and graphics are good, but the storyline could have been a lot richer - I felt like I was missing out on a large part of the story - the puzzles were good 9 there was a real-world logic about them, but DO NOT expect an exciting ending...considering how cheap it was, I'm not surprised.

Not Happy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Been to tech support many times to try to load this game. They were of no help to us. Our PC has all the requirements although no success loading. Has anyone else had this problem? Money not well spent.

That's it???

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game had fabulous graphics and really seemed to have potential--unfortunately, it was over in no time. When it ended I literally sat there thinking. . .that's it? Too bad. I usually expect an adventure game to keep me occupied for weeks, this was over within 3 days of buying it. There are better games out there, don't bother with this one.

a bit disapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

On the bright side this game had some nice graphics, but I could not get through it without the walk through. After I got the walk through, it still did'nt hold my attention. I put the game away and hav'nt picked it up since.

They tried

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was so disappointed in this game. It really had very little story line and the graphics were poorly done as well as the puzzles. I may have spent 3 hours on this game from start to finish and continued to be disappointed with the ending of the game. About all I can say about this game is that they tried...

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