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A game geared to puzzle lovers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 61 / 63
Date: November 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A good puzzle game for adults who are not into the role playing simulation type games. There are many different types of puzzles to work on as well as a travel type game. I wish there were more games geared to adults like Lemmings, Lost Vikings, the old Nintendo Fire and Ice, etc. Games that challenge the mind and not just coordination.

The Best Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 22
Date: December 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It gets cold up here in the winter and I enjoy doing puzzles to pass the winter. My daughter chose this game and I reluctantly bought it. After the first hour of playing it was a constant battle for the computer. I was hooked and I would recommend this game to anyone looking for something different in computer games. It was like a good Steven King book - I'm always sorry to see it end. I liked that you didn't have to spend hours trying to logic out a clue to continue, like most adventure games. I don't have the patience for that. I love doing puzzles and found the ones in this game challenging enough to keep me interested but not so difficult it is constantly testing your patience. I'm always going into computer stores to look for something similar and have recommended this game to a number of strangers and everyone at work. I hope other creators of computer games catch on to the popularity of this game and start producing similar items. Or better yet, I hope Microsoft puts out a second version (not just 40 new puzzles). I am going to try a 3-D puzzle next and would appreciate any suggestions about similar games. Buy it if you enjoy puzzles!

Best Puzzle game I've played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best puzzle games I have ever played. It kept my attention and the storyline, as well as the puzzles help to keep me playing for hours at end. there are tons of puzzles and they are all unique and great. If you like puzzle games I would highly suggest this game.

Diabolically Fun Puzzles!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are a puzzle fan, you will love this game. There are several different kinds of puzzles with new types added as you progress through seven levels of play. The puzzles also get more difficult as you go until on the last level you are forced to solve puzzles within puzzles! AAARRRGHGGGHH!! The music is nice and not intrusive. And for those puzzles you find just impossible you can always resort to hints or a free solve. The graphics are first rate, in my opinion. My favorite puzzle type was the Focus Point or Jesse's Strip. Least favorite was the Rotoscope. For those of you who do not have the game, you'll just have to buy it to find out what those are!

Not much here...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have to disagree with the other reviewers. I think that the puzzles were not mentally engaging. The interface is very pretty but the challenge just wasn't there!

Pandora's Box

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a puzzle that the whole family can play. It is a 3-d game.It is very good for hand-eye coordination as well a thinking game. My grandsons and I play this and we each come up with a different way of solveing the puzzles. I just hope I can find another game that is as riveting as this one is.

mediocre, grows tiresome easily

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

For twenty bucks, I wasn't expecting the world. I was expecting more than prettied-up jigsaw puzzles, though. This is the try-to-exhaustion kind of game, not much strategizing involved. Get the ancient "Ishido" instead (if you can find it), it's much more creative.

Enjoyed it enough to give as a gift - twice!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was the very first "puzzle game" I had ever purchased for the computer and I personally enjoyed all the different formats the puzzles came in as well as the fact that many of them were beautiful works of art once completed. I wish that there were more computer games such as this for adults that do not wish to just partake in military or sci-fi styles of computer games. I love the old "load and go" type of games that don't take a year to understand and play. Bought it for my Brother-in-law as well as my Father and they too enjoyed it throughly.

Very addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 21
Date: June 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

And hours of entertainment! The graphics are gorgeous and the satisfaction of completing beautiful photographs and art one after the other is well worth the price. I can't pick a favorite puzzle type because I enjoy playing most of them (except Rotascope). I also liked how there is a quest to fulfill: chase the tricksters around the world and get them back in Pandora's Box. But its' not so time consuming and involving that you can't step away from the computer when reality calls. I love gaming but as a mother of two kids under 3 years, I want to be able to walk away and not worry about being killed in the game. If you only have time to play a puzzle here and there, its' prefectly fine. If you get stuck, you have free-solve tokens to get past those puzzles you don't like, reducing frustration and the GAAH!!! effect. But they're generally not so difficult as to be near impossible to solve for the average person. Each puzzle type is very easy to learn so you don't spend all the time trying to figure out how to get around and can get down to actually playing. I'm going to keep this one around as I think it also provides an exciting geography/cultural/art/mythology "spring board" lesson for children and would be lots of fun for a parent and older child (maybe 9+?) to play together.

Puzzleaholics Anonymous!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

To say that this game is addictive is a gross understatement. This game not only had me up until 2AM playing my two daughters (ages 10 & 12) were helping me. They would yell at me when they knew where the pieces went and I wouldn't listen. The good part is I finished the game but only played a little over half the puzzles so I can start over anytime I want. An excellent buy for people who like to put together puzzles!!

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