Safecracker

Rating:
Summary: short and sweet
Review: to get a contract to work for the crabb safe company, you must break into a house and crack about 30 safes within the space of 12 hours. That is about as long as the game takes, but you'll do it without stopping. This house has 2 floors, a basement, secret passages, and hidden rooms. The rooms are attractively and comfortably furnished and feature variations of famous paintings on the walls. almost every room has a safe, and some have up to four. most are evident but some are quite well hidden. even with the maps provided, it is difficult to get around to all the rooms and floors. seldom is trial and error needed to open a safe, although it is the easiest method in a few cases. clues, keys, parts, or information are generally needed. This may be hidden, inside other safes, or just lying around. The last safe requires 10 sequential letters, or about 100 trillion possibilities. (i couldnt program my imac to try every combination, but i will when i play this on my cray). generally this game is linear, but not completely. i remember cracking one of the more difficult safes only to find i already had the information inside. The safes do not necessarily get more difficult; one of the hardest for me was the one at the beginning which involved rearranging a picture. The ending is "cute", but not unexpected. The graphics are better that all other dreamcatchers i have done. though the picture is small, there is horizontal 360 panning at all points (vertical is restricted). the pictures are not grainy, even when panning; color saturation is good. you can cancel the opening credits by clicking the mouse, and you can turn off the music if you dont like it. this game froze twice around the one handed clock, but i lost no saves on the restart. in summary, short, but very addicting; a clever idea well done. easy to "get into", lots of fun, and very cheap. try it.