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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!

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.

Pandora's:puzzles are repetative

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I found the Pandora's puzzles a bit boring. While there are several types of puzzles, you have to solve the same type of puzzles over and over again. Only the difficulty of the puzzles change. If you like repetition then this will be fine but, if you like variety this is not for you.

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.

It was fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pandora's Box is the type of game that starts easy and ends hard. If you don't mind having to sit through the easy levels to get to the hard ones, this game will definately be worth your while. If not, then you can just do the puzzles and not the game. Either way, I think everyone will be satisfied with this product.

Mind Exerciser

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I like this game. The puzzles get a bit repetitive in that they are variations of the same type. But the content is so interesting, and you get to travel all over the world and visit places while challenging your mind. The graphics are quite beautiful and varied.

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!

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.

A computer game for people who don't play computer games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Pin ball makes me grit my teeth, other computer games are either too violent, too complicated to figure out how to play or too juvenile. But Pandora's Box is the exception. It's the game for lovers of geography, art, history, mythology and for jigsaw puzzle lovers. The graphics are stunning, the music, while not the best feature, lends the right note, changing from African drums to a Caribean beat to pomp & circumstance depending on what parts of the world your game takes you. If you don't want to keep score you can also solve the puzzles on their own. This is my second copy and I hope Microsoft brings out a third installment with new puzzles.

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