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Lots of fun for everyone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played Both of their games, I hope they come out sooner with the final
episode, really funny.
we had a ball playing them.

headed in the right direction

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i loved this game....great color and graphics ...cool puzzles...i personally dont mind pixel hunting as long as you can pick it up when your cursos is on it,and this seemed fine here..but there was some tough ones...this game is a must play.Im not into games like barrow hill too much..they are ok but have that dark non sparkling kind of adventure...i like the clear bright colors in this game..it makes it fun to pixel hunt and stare at your screen for hours...you gotta buy this and runaway 2

Good game, great graphics, a bit short, needed more polish.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game, with gorgeous graphics, but it was really simple, and, with the exception of a few puzzles that made no sense and passed through trial & error, it was a lot of fun.
The biggest problem is that it's just a tad too short. In some areas, especially at the end, it felt rushed through, like the developers ran out of time and preferred shooting scenes rather than giving you puzzles.
A bit bloody and a few dead people, so it's not for young kids, in case anyone wonders.

Time Warp

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game in the way "Amerzone" was; for the time it was released, it had some pretty righteous effects, animation, and music. It's still impressive, and extremely clever!
As a fan of the "walk around, find things, use things" games, I am completely in love with this game's style! Think "Monkey Island" as a mystery/action/satire. (Love the reference to "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"!!!)
I'm actually still playing, but am only slow because of time limitations. Hyper-gamers will blast through this, but it runs at or slightly above my speed, which I can appreciate. Great game, and worth the time for gamers like me!

Craptastic

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is such a disappointment. I was so looking forward to another adventure game, and had heard mixed reviews about this one. But I thought, some of my favorite games weren't exactly critical darlings (I admit it, I liked The Dig, so shoot me). Unfortunately, I should have listened to the negative reviews. This is a pretty big lemon. The only bright spot is maybe the graphics. The graphics are beautiful, I'll give it that (hence a slight improvement in the rating). But the story is lame, many of the puzzles are illogical and stupid, the humor falls incredibly flat (maybe that's due to the fact that the original version was in Spanish), there is pixelhunting galore, and it's exceptionally boring.

Perhaps if the game took itself less seriously (a la Monkey Island), the puzzles would have seemed less out of place and silly (SPOILER ALERT: lipstick bullets, anyone? melting peanuts?). The characters are rarely charming and interesting, even the embarrassingly unfunny Pricilla Queen of the Desert knockoff characters. Props to the designers for including some diversity in the game, but I've met drag queens, and I've yet to meet one quite so cringe-worthy and witless. If you go ahead and purchase this game, expect to roll your eyes at the many lame stabs at humor in this largely (intentionally) humorless game.

In short: save your money and don't buy this game or buy used (as cheap as you can possibly find) if you are still curious. Most adventure fans, I believe, will find this game to be a waste of time and money.

Runaway Ran With Starforce

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 21
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Runaway is a Starforce game. Those of you not familiar with Starforce should read the "Prince of Persia :The Two Thrones" PC game user reviews, here, at Amazon.

I own and installed Runaway. Its an amicable enough point and click adventure game. There are certainly worse.

However, most games don't "Runaway" with your computer.

After I installed Runaway, and unfortunately for me, two other Starforce laden adventure games, I began to suffer the varied problems that Starforce is reported to cause.

I had to replace my hard drive, on a computer new enough to be under warranty.

Starforce authors, and the developers that use it, claim it to be a safe, effective means of copy protection. They have also claimed that Starforce detractors are angry gamers that can't copy their games.

I've never used pirated software, nor have I ever engaged in commiting the crime. Yet, because I like to play PC games, I have to suffer the consequences of pirating without being
informed.

Starforce installs hidden drivers on your computer, that cannot be removed easily...if at all. The company has provided a removal tool for these hidden drivers, but many posts have filtered in that either pieces or even all the software refuses to leave (after its use).

Trisynergy did not ask me if they could install hidden drivers on my hard drive that are very difficult and stubborn to remove(that interfere with my own computer's drivers).

While I can not prove that Starforce games caused the damage to my computer, I have no evidence that it did not. The excuses and procalamations I recieved from another Starforce using company included and blamed my hardware configuration...after I informed them I had a 17" Toshiba Desktop Replacement Notebook with a P4 at 3.2Ghz and 1.5 GB RAM. It would be hard, for even me, to wreck the hardware configuration of my notebook.

The choice is yours to make.

MJH

A road adventure?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 16
Date: August 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My impression of this game, now that I've finished it, is mixed. I mean, on one hand, it plays out like a movie. An animated movie. A grade-B animated movie. The animation and graphics are above average. That feature alone makes this a somewhat entertaining farce to watch.

Unfortunately, there's not much more going for it. After all, if you wanna buy a campy animated movie, there are plenty available for viewing, and they won't cause nearly as much frustration as trying to get through a grand production designed as an adventure video game.

My first thought when I started playing/watching was that Brian, the main character, who allegedly grew up in a New York suburb and is about to travel to California to study at college, has a distinct California accent! This minor quirk irked me all the way through the game, especially since Brian has a voice that at times sounds quite shrill.

Then there's the acting and voiceovers. Well below average. As has been stated in earlier reviews, the character interaction sounds as if it were recorded at different times, with very little proper vocal affect. Many questions sound like statements, many statements sound like questions, and rarely does it sound as if the interaction is taking place naturally. Granted, other than Brian, the various accents dialects can be lightly entertaining, but the movie... erm, I mean, the video game... would have definitely benefitted from more realistic interaction.

The writing is also sub-par. Humor is at a premium price, since there's so little of it. But there's certainly no shortage of words. Very wordy. I suppose if the acting were better, the wordiness wouldn't be so tedious, but as it stands, I found myself continuously thinking that half the speaking was unnecessary.

Along the same lines is the storyline. This "road adventure" was more of a place-by-place happening. In other words, rather than spending much time on the road, the story takes place mostly in each of three places: a New York hospital, a Chicago museum, and the desert in the American Southwest. Furthermore, some of the plot is so far-fetched that it's almost difficult to fathom, even if one suspends disbelief.

The most difficult issue to stomach comes from the puzzles. Even the most dilligent of logic problem solvers will have difficulty with this game. Getting stuck on a problem's solution is a common thing to deal with when playing these types of games, but this game takes getting stuck to a whole new level. Some of the puzzles are incredibly illogical. Once the solutions are figured out, one looks back at them and can't believe that the programmers of the game expected anyone to solve them. It makes for a very frustrating and often tedious play.

Too bad, too, because it seems like the creators spent a good deal of energy to make this game. If only they'd spent more energy on strengthening the weak spots, it may've been better received as a whole.

My recommendation is, if you're going to play this game, expect to do a lot of movie watching, and, don't spend too much energy trying to solve the quagmires. Take along a good walkthrough and enjoy the game for what it's worth: a silly romp with some point-and-click necessities to keep it going.

P.S. I've refrained from comparing this game to others of the genre, simply because I believe comparisons to other game series are unfair.

Terribly Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after reading other reviews saying that gameplay wasn't that great but still good. When I got the game a review on the outside compared it to the "Monkey Island" series and I thought, "this is great, I loved the monkey island games." I guess whoever made that comparison only took a brief look at the game. While the graphics are similar to the 3rd installment in the monkey island series, any other comparisons, except saying this is far inferior, are way off mark.
This is not an adventure game so much as it is an interactive movie. I'd say the cutscenes (which I couldn't figure out how to skip) made up more than 50% of the time I spent on this game. The puzzles were few in number and like others have mentioned, Brian refuses to put stuff in his inventory unless he really knows he needs it. On top of this, the voice acting was well below par and by the end I turned the subtitles on and my speakers off to get away from the whining of the main character.
If you're looking for a somewhat entertaining, short interactive movie this is it; if you're looking for a good adventure game, keep looking this isn't one.

Interesting.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I liked this game overall but there were alot of small things together that caused inconveniences and made me just want to hurry up and get to the end of the game.

The story was intriguing and interesting but the voice acting? Left a lot to be desired.

The scenery was cool. Cartoonish yet very well done and realistic in parts.

The most annoying thing for me was once I got to Chapter 3 and had to change CDs (there are 3) everytime I quit the game and came back, I had to insert CD #1 first to load the game and then switch the CD out to put in the proper CD. It became very inconvenient and I found myself looking forward to the end of the game. I went for maximum install so I was not expecting to have to do this. Games should be fun and not annoying.

Same thing goes for some of the puzzles. I like being made to think but making some puzzles seemingly camoflauge or obsure is just irritating.

At the game's current price, I would recommend it because it is a fun story just be aware of some annoyances.

A pleasent stroll down memory lane

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In this fitting stylistic tribute to the full throttle days of old, this game does warm hearts of adventure gamers everywhere simply by it's emulation of the stylized portrayal of characters and locations along the lines of a lucas arts adventure..Pretty soon however it becomes apparent that the wit and bite that the former company possessed, this one does not..A hopefull premise gives way to the usual gaming devices, included with the usual lack of personality...

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