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Summary: stable game with interesting storyline
Review: I played this on a PowerMac G4 and it was incredibly stable. I'd even leave the game sitting overnight, come back in the morning and start right back up without a sputter; also, shifts to audio and visual cutscenes were very smooth. The story is interesting. You begin as a nearly frozen Arctic explorer who is looking for his father, and you find the Herculania, a mysterious luxury ship with people suspended in odd pods. As you wander you see ghostly apparitions of past events, and as time goes by you piece together the macabre happenings and even find out what happened to your father. In the course of your advetures you enter the dreams of several characters and these settings were as interesting as the beautiful ship's theatre, cabins and scientific rooms. Very well done first-person adventure game.
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Summary: stable game with interesting storyline
Review: I played this on a PowerMac G4 and it was incredibly stable. I'd even leave the game sitting overnight, come back in the morning and start right back up without a sputter; also, shifts to audio and visual cutscenes were very smooth. The story is interesting. You begin as a nearly frozen Arctic explorer who is looking for his father, and you find the Herculania, a mysterious luxury ship with people suspended in odd pods. As you wander you see ghostly apparitions of past events, and as time goes by you piece together the macabre happenings and even find out what happened to your father. In the course of your advetures you enter the dreams of several characters and these settings were as interesting as the beautiful ship's theatre, cabins and scientific rooms. Very well done first-person adventure game.
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Summary: A Wonderful Find
Review: I was attracted to this game by the price. I figured even if it was bad, I wouldn't be out too much. But once I had the game installed and running, I was lost in its lush and eerie world. The graphics are spectacular, worth the price alone. I found it challenging, but there are on-line help boards and walk-throughs available, and I did occasionally visit those for hints. The game is logical, and in my experience, not as frustrating as Riven. My biggest disappointment was when I realized I had finished. I wanted to have more. If you like logic-puzzle games, like Riven or Myst, you will probably enjoy this one.
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Summary: Disappointing Graphics and Acting
Review: I won this game as a prize at work, and having been a fan of games like Myst and Bad Mojo, I thought it looked promising. What I found was a game that has a poor 3-D graphics engine (it can only be run full screen at 640 x 480 pixels at a maximum of 16-bit color) and awful acting by the game characters. The puzzles are mildly entertaining, but having to swap disks repeatedly (there are 3 discs that make up this game) takes a lot away from the flow. I found the story interesting, but the terrible overacting by the actors in the game ended up making much of it seem really cheesy. If you are looking for a game with better graphics, and a much more engaging story along similar lines as Morpheus, get System Shock 2. It's a much better game. I give it three stars for the story, but only one star for the acting, graphics and gameplay. Total, 2 stars.
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Summary: Disappointing Graphics and Acting
Review: I won this game as a prize at work, and having been a fan of games like Myst and Bad Mojo, I thought it looked promising. What I found was a game that has a poor 3-D graphics engine (it can only be run full screen at 640 x 480 pixels at a maximum of 16-bit color) and awful acting by the game characters. The puzzles are mildly entertaining, but having to swap disks repeatedly (there are 3 discs that make up this game) takes a lot away from the flow. I found the story interesting, but the terrible overacting by the actors in the game ended up making much of it seem really cheesy. If you are looking for a game with better graphics, and a much more engaging story along similar lines as Morpheus, get System Shock 2. It's a much better game. I give it three stars for the story, but only one star for the acting, graphics and gameplay. Total, 2 stars.
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Summary: Frustrating interface, no plot.
Review: I wouldn't know how the ending is because the interface is so frustrating and the plot is so lame that I have decided to abandon the game without completing it. The interface combines the poor resolution of Doom with the you-can-only-stand-in-certain-places of Myst. To call this game "3D" is false advertising. Panning around a 2D picture does not make a 3D environment. I could flame for pages about the poor interface, but I'll just say DOS 1.0 was more user-friendly, and leave it at that. Likewise, I can not flame the plot because there was none. The "puzzles" were something like this: Guess a number between 1 and 1000. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope... There's a reason this game is cheap. Think about it.
Rating: 
Summary: Kinda so-so
Review: I wouldn't say this is a bad game, but I found it pales in comparison to Myst, etc. Somehow, the logical connections between actions aren't all there. That is, there is no comprehensive set of rules to the game--an action taken in one place may have an effect that doesn't seem to follow at all, but you just have to accept it and move on. In addition, the puzzles here are disappointingly easy. This game is an amusing diversion, but if you're looking for the kind of immersing experience that Myst and Riven gave you, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Kinda so-so
Review: I wouldn't say this is a bad game, but I found it pales in comparison to Myst, etc. Somehow, the logical connections between actions aren't all there. That is, there is no comprehensive set of rules to the game--an action taken in one place may have an effect that doesn't seem to follow at all, but you just have to accept it and move on. In addition, the puzzles here are disappointingly easy. This game is an amusing diversion, but if you're looking for the kind of immersing experience that Myst and Riven gave you, look elsewhere.
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Summary: A dark game...
Review: It's difficult to sum up this game. If I were to judge it solely based on the gameplay, I would give it a 3. But the emotions this game stirred up, not all of them good, makes me want to give it a higher ranking. You are thrust into this game with very little background; the story starts in media res. It's your job to discover the mystery behind the wandering ancient ship on the Arctic ice. The character interaction is minimal; you are treated to numerous ghost-video sequences reminiscent of 7th Guest. In fact, this game resembles 7th Guest in many ways, but it is much darker and deeper in plot. I give the gameplay a three because the graphics are somewhat dated and the interface can be frustrating at times. There is some tedious disk changing involved, but not too much. Some puzzles approach the higher end of the difficulty scale, and I struggled with a few of them. But the main thrust of this game is definitely the theme. We are able to contrast and compare two underlying relationships between father and son. The game was at once touching and disturbing, as I felt torn between pity and disgust over the tragic character. The end was also strangely abrupt, I thought, but it seemed to fit in to the ambience of the game and added to the mystique of the game overall. The best thing (or maybe worst, depending on your point of view) about the game is that it continues to haunt me. The discovery of the main character at the end has stuck with me, even though I finished the game a couple of months ago. This game will not disappoint if you are looking for a thought provoking experience.
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Summary: Great Game
Review: Its a fun game that my brother and i have beet at least 10 times if you like stratigie get this you won't regret it!
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