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A waste of money, a waste of time, a waste of 120mega bites

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry, I just could not get into this game.

I'm not even going to talk about all the bugs in this game, that would take forever and I can only use 1,000 words anyway, so i'll just say this: There's no replay value - sure, you can play through the game once, but what do you do with it after you've beaten it? - and there's nothing to keep you interested in the game if you're stuck on a puzzle. I have to say, I think the only reason dreamcatcher makes games like this is so they can sell strategy guides.

Basically, what i'm trying to say here is if you only get the chance to play 10,000 video games in your lifetime, MAKE SURE THE CRYSTAL KEY ISN'T ONE OF THEM!

Oh boy, this one is stinky!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love puzzles. I loved Myst and Riven. I didn't expect Crystal Key to be as good. I did expect it to be relatively without bugs. The game play and bugs are so horrendous that the game is not playable, much less enjoyable. All I wanted was a nice adventure with some good puzzles - what I got was a migraine.

Yuck! Do not waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is so full of bugs that it's almost embarrassing. What were the people at Dreamcatcher thinking? Riven and Myst set a very high standard for games. These guys don't even come close. Don't waste your money on this disappointment.

Not worth the time and the money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Pass on this one. Game is buggy and conflicts with Quick Time. No help from the DreamCatcher web site and you can forget customer support. Even when the game does run, it's not very interesting and some of the places are so dark, you won't even see the puzzles. The company has a well-deserved reputation for shallow, half-baked games. Spend your money elsewhere. There are far better games on the market. Gets one star because system does not allow none.

waste of time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was able to get this game at a discount, and still considered it to be a waste of time and money. The graphics are awful - the things you need to see in order to understand the game aren't visible. When you save a game and restore it later, you may find that an entire world experience has been lost. I am not a greatly experienced game player, but if this was the only game I had ever tried, I wouldn't try another.

Don't buy this game. Just play Myst again. . .

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First of all, shame on Dreamcatcher for putting out a game withmajor bugs ... . Secondly, the plot is dull and too predictable. The only good thing I can say about this game is that the graphics are nice; but even that was just an annoying reminder of what a great game this could have been. The authors shouldn't have bragged that this game was five years in the making. That just made it all the more disappointing. Crystal Key is not worth the money, time or frustration. It's items like this that makes me wish Amazon had a rating level of "no stars".

I want my money back!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

We were excited to find a game like Myst and Riven. Boy did we have a rude awakening. The movement was good as you went through the game, but you couldn't go anywhere you didn't have to go. There was no investigating. The game was almost impossible to go through with out some hints. The green screens about drove us nuts and the graphics were substandard.

If you liked Myst and Riven, chances are you won't like this.

Waste of good money

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

The graphics were mediocre, the storyline quite lame, and the clues very frustrating. Could not advance without a game book, but am not willing to spend more money on this game.

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.

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.

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