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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.

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.

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!

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.

A Puzzling Experience.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Loved the game. Still do. I have played it many times before, just to get a better understanding of the different puzzles included in the game, and also to try and better my personal scores. If there is a better puzzle game out there, I would like to see it. It has kept me captivated hours on end each time I open up a new account for play, and I will keep playing it for years to come for that reason.

Can't Stop

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I've played since Rubik's CD Challenge.
You don't have to compete worldwide as you do with Rubik's but more with yourself. I love puzzles and I never expected this much of a challenge when I purchased this game. Once you start you just can't seem to stop. You want to go on and on and on until you put everything that has escaped from Pandora's box back in. Then a few months later I started over, and was shocked to find I was not doing the same puzzles over again. Some of them were the same, but not all. It all depends on what you pick to solve. I love this game, and it sure takes your mind off of anything else that is bothering you. You get completely lost in it's solving. You can time yourself if you want, but you don't have to. Well worth purchasing. Does anyone know any more like this?

Most intriguing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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I had played it at a friend's house, and enjoyed it immensely.
A young student and I spent hours just having fun with it. Each puzzle opens up a new dimension. A new way to look at a problem to solve it.

Encourages thinking and problem solving.
I don't know why Microsoft discontinued it, but I found it to be most thought provoking.
Mr. Gates, get it back out there.

Give me more!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Our family has delighted in playing this game for several years. We've enjoyed the variety of puzzles and the various challenges offered at each of the levels. And beyond that, we've enjoyed the photography and art that is featured in the games. I have looked in vain for other computer games that are as enjoyable...until I saw that there is a millenium edition of Pandora's Box with 40 more games. I am so disappointed that I can't find a copy that I plan to search for a used one. After 7th Guest and 11th hour games were exhaused, we revelled in Pandora's Box. I long for more of these challenging types of computer games.

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.

The best puzzles variety of puzzles

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Pandora's box is one of the best games to find a variety of puzzles. They keep you guessing and your brain working. If you're a mythology buff it's even more interesting. And if you're not, the stories that go along with pieces are interesting and not bogged down with boring facts to keep you interested in looking for the other pieces to the box. You get to see places all over the world as well as great art so it's great for the art lover. Which I am all three, mythology buff, art lover and puzzle lover.

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