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Summary: Not good enough to finish
Review: At first, this was a fun game -- not too challenging (I tend to like 'em easy!), a good interface, excellent graphics and an entertaining story line. But after a while, the "go here ... then go back there to get the whazzit you need ... then go there ... go back" routine got old (particularly with all the CD swapping you have to do to transverse "times." Why is it the item you need in location 1 is always found in location 3 ... which requires a CD swap!!!In addition, you have to change "chameleon" identities several times and talk to the same people again and again. I did enjoy "Arthur" but the fun went out of it after a while.
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Summary: One word--WOW!
Review: I bought Journeyman Project 3 as soon as it was released (was it THAT long ago?) and have been playing it on a regular basis ever since. Gorgeous graphics, engaging storyline, cute one-liners by AI sidekick Arthur, and moderately difficult puzzles make this a game you'll come back to again and again. Being able to view every, and I mean EVERY screen in 360 degrees was a neat feature that I had not come across before. It showed off the golden architecture of Atlantis and the rugged Himalayas in photorealistic splendour. The soundtrack was pleasant enough, as was most of the dialogue between the characters. The really great feature about the DVD version is that everything is on one disc, which is much simpler to use than the four-disc CD-Rom version due to less disc swapping in the middle of gameplay. Classic in either format.
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Summary: Journey Man 1 was better
Review: I know this version of Journey Man has cool graphics and is suppose to be more up-to-date but I did not like it. The voice of that little guy in the corner(authur) of the screen is so Annoying. The story plot is like for little kids. Very simple like. In additon this game is not supported with a sound blaster sound card. The sound sounds all jarbelled up. I think that this is a great game for little kids but for teens or adults, Myst, Zork, Riven, or any other adventure game is better.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: I've been playing these types of games since they were invented. It is almost the only kind of gaming I ever do. This is one of my all time favorites. 1. You can actually interact with the environment and it's people, admittedly somewhat limited but thats a huge improvement over every other game I've ever played. 2. The adventures were very different, a unique form of puzzle solving amid, again admittedly, mostly standard fair. I didn't feel as if I were simply exploring an environment, gathering information in which to solve puzzles or simply trying to find the next puzzle to solve. Climbing down into a boat and flying a hot air balloon are truly different in gameplay, especially witnessing a starship battle from a hot air balloon. Did I ever feel vulnerable!!! 3. Most cinematic scenes in these games are short and while they can be stunning, I've never seen any to match this one. They advanced the games with flurries of action and high drama. I was caught up immediately, often watched them over again, feeling as though I were playing a part in a real movie, that I was part of what was going on. 4. The scenes were gorgeous and this is so in many games. Often, thats all a game has going for it but not this time. 5. Best of all, Arthur. My family wondered what was going on when I suddenly burst out laughing at something Arthur said. His off the wall commentary provided much comic relief. He was just plain fun to have around. He also provides hints and the game itself offers "lightbulb" hints that really do help when you're stuck. I never once needed a walkthrough to help me out. Most of the puzzles aren't that difficult and the hints given are often enough to nudge in the right direction, especially with Arthur there to take your mind of your problems. I enjoyed this game so much, I immediately ordered Project 1 and 2. Two was terrific. I recommend all three. You can play Journeyman Project 3 even if you haven't played the first two. It was designed with that in mind. If you enjoy these kinds of games, don't miss this one.
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Summary: As good as any movie
Review: Legacy of Time is the final game in a three game trilogy for Journeyman Project, but fear not if you've never played the previous two games, the writers had this in mind when they designed it and the game stands alone quite well. You play Gage Blackwood, an officer for the Temporal corps whose duty is to protect the timestream from being damaged or altered. You travel back and forward through time with the use of timesuits that have various abilities built into them. In this game, Earth is being threatened by an alien race who are demanding something called the Legacy, plus you have to hunt down a rogue agent who tried to frame you in a previous game (don't worry, they wiped your memory of it). In your travels you learn that the invading aliens had visited earth previously and destroyed the cities of Atlantis, El Dorado, and Shangri La. It is your job to travel to these cities before they were destroyed and try to retrieve the legacy. Your time suit has the ability to copy the apperance of anybody you meet, and you also have the help of Arthur, an advanced and somewhat quirky AI to translate things and drop hints. Sometimes Arthur gets a bit irritating, but the game is generous enough to offer players with the option to hush him up if they so choose. Legacy of Time has a very good cast of actors and theatrical grade props and sets. There was never a point in the game where I felt that a better actor could have been cast for a certain role (Even Genghis Kahn is done fairly well!) or that a string of dialogue was badly written. The interface is also very clean and you have the ability to 'look' a full 365-degrees around you if you desire. If there's anything particularly interesting in the room you can instruct the game to center it in your viewpoint, and Arthur will offer a comment or two about an interesting person, place, or object just to further help you along. And finally, I highly reccomend this game because it's something that you can play with the kids around without fearing that they might be exposed to any foul language or excessively gory situations. The game tells its story without the need for any of this and still very much remains an epic worthy of any big budget sci-fi movie.
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Summary: All this and it's educational, too
Review: Only things I'd add to the above (I would reiterate, graphics are *stunning*; I'd used the 360 degree pan in two of the Zork games and in *Under a Killing Moon* and agree it's a fabulous way to see your fantasy world): 1) Although I think the Shangri-La scenario is the strongest in this respect, this is a great game for anyone who either appreciates or wants to learn more about comparative religion/mythology. Shangri-La gives you a non-preachy but fairly in-depth look at Tibetan Buddhism (also has one of the better maze problems I've seen); El Dorado touches on indigenous American mythos and Atlantis on the concept that sets it in the Mediterranean instead of in the Atlantic. I played it on a Pentium 75 rather than the -90 it recommends, and it did still run, though it stuck periodically. Fans of Sci Fi series will recognize Michelle Scarabelli of *Alien Nation*, among others, though all of the actors are excellent. 2) The graphics and the movies that kick the game off are so good that my 3 year old sat in my lap the first hour and a half I played it (basically through the introductory scenario and most of disc 1) -- I would say this means they're very, *very* good rather than suggesting they're something only a toddler would like! Does anyone know if and where the other 2 are available???? I can't find them anywhere
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Summary: Entertaining (and Slightly Educational!)
Review: The adventure game "Legacy of Time" takes you centuries to the fabled civilizations of the ancients - Atlantis, El Dorado and Shangri La. Each of these advanced cultures is hiding one of three artifacts, artifacts that might the future galaxy from all out war, artifacts that are a key to a civilization, technology and philosophy even older than the Earth itself. On your journey, you'll solve puzzles, learn about historic cultures and share many a joke with your wise cracking computer assistant.
Unlike a lot of games to use ancient cultures as a plot device, this one's pretty historically level headed and accurate. (Mind you, the location of these lost cities are still theory) The cities you vist could actually have looked the way they look in the game. Atlantis is the island of Crete, the Nazca Lines in South America are guiding lines for hot air balloons (not guiding lines for spacecraft, as so many imaginative historical speculators suggest). In fact, the only fantasy element of the cities are the artifacts you have to find and the rooms they are housed in. I found the Shangri La level particularly interesting. Is there a more fun way to learn about the doctrines of Buddhism? If there is, I haven't seen it.
In this game, you can shapeshift to look like people contemporary to your time period. See a person, click them and you acquire their image. The shapeshifting feature really adds to the puzzles. Not only do you have to ask the right questions to people you meet, but you'll have to be a person they'll want to talk to. (For example, if you put on the guise of a Buddhist Warrior Monk and talk to Genghis Khan, there's a good chance he punches you out rather than talk to you.)
The interface is not too shabby. It's point-and-click with 360 degree rotation, set in a three dimensional environment, linked together almost seamlessly by short quicktime movie files. The graphics benefit a lot from this format, particularly the characters, who look and are played by human actors. Though there are times that I wished I could walk a little faster through areas I'd already been to, but it's a pretty effective setup.
Many here have complained about the acting in the cut scenes. True, it is pretty poor, but it's melodramatic B-film like quality really adds to the feel of the game. They were fun to watch, held up the plot, and provided a break and reward for your efforts, like all good cut scenes should. I also enjoyed the assistant's banter. Sure, he has a rather nasal voice and frequently cracks silly jokes, but he provides you with some fascinating facts about the ancient world, along with helpful clues (if you keep asking for clues, they become more and more obvious, which is helpful if you have absolutely no idea how to do something). If you don't like him, you can always go to the options menu and turn him off.
If you've got an interest either in adventure games or ancient history, I strongly recommend this game. It's light hearted, fascinating and a visual treat.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: The Journeyman series is the best set of adventure games that I have ever had the pleasure to play. However, I have to be a bit strict in my rating by not giving "Legacy of Time" a 5, because I didn't find the story to be as intruiging as the second Journeyman "Buried In Time". Buried in Time took you through several worlds to do some detective work, finding clues in a search for the person trying to frame you. This made the game a bit suspensful and gripping and kept you playing. However, "Legacy of Time" only sends you to retrieve an artifact from each of the worlds. You could pretty much figure out how the story would end so in this respect, it was a bit of a disappointment. To be fair though, Presto did an excellent job as usual in integrating the story with the various worlds. The graphics were excellent as was expected of Presto Studios, and the music blended well with the game and didn't distract you from the game. The 360 environment was nice in that you could really immerse yourself into the game, but as with all 360 environments, you are limited to using your mouse for all movements within the game, whereas in BIT, I was quite happy in being able to move around the environment quite swiftly by using the keyboard. The chameleon jumpsuit was a very interesting upgrade from the previous jumpsuit and having a chance to interact with various characters gave the game a slightly different feel from other "MYST" type games where the worlds seem to be "sterile" with no real human activity going on. Overall, as in the tradition of the Journeyman series, it was a very entertaining game, but I felt that it was a bit too much like a "walkthrough" and not enough story and gameplay, but it is definitely worth getting your hands on.
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Summary: A trademark Presto Studios game!
Review: The Journeyman series is the best set of adventure games that I have ever had the pleasure to play. However, I have to be a bit strict in my rating by not giving "Legacy of Time" a 5, because I didn't find the story to be as intruiging as the second Journeyman "Buried In Time". Buried in Time took you through several worlds to do some detective work, finding clues in a search for the person trying to frame you. This made the game a bit suspensful and gripping and kept you playing. However, "Legacy of Time" only sends you to retrieve an artifact from each of the worlds. You could pretty much figure out how the story would end so in this respect, it was a bit of a disappointment. To be fair though, Presto did an excellent job as usual in integrating the story with the various worlds. The graphics were excellent as was expected of Presto Studios, and the music blended well with the game and didn't distract you from the game. The 360 environment was nice in that you could really immerse yourself into the game, but as with all 360 environments, you are limited to using your mouse for all movements within the game, whereas in BIT, I was quite happy in being able to move around the environment quite swiftly by using the keyboard. The chameleon jumpsuit was a very interesting upgrade from the previous jumpsuit and having a chance to interact with various characters gave the game a slightly different feel from other "MYST" type games where the worlds seem to be "sterile" with no real human activity going on. Overall, as in the tradition of the Journeyman series, it was a very entertaining game, but I felt that it was a bit too much like a "walkthrough" and not enough story and gameplay, but it is definitely worth getting your hands on.
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Summary: A trademark Presto Studios game!
Review: The Journeyman series is the best set of adventure games that I have ever had the pleasure to play. However, I have to be a bit strict in my rating by not giving "Legacy of Time" a 5, because I didn't find the story to be as intruiging as the second Journeyman "Buried In Time". Buried in Time took you through several worlds to do some detective work, finding clues in a search for the person trying to frame you. This made the game a bit suspensful and gripping and kept you playing. However, "Legacy of Time" only sends you to retrieve an artifact from each of the worlds. You could pretty much figure out how the story would end so in this respect, it was a bit of a disappointment. To be fair though, Presto did an excellent job as usual in integrating the story with the various worlds. The graphics were excellent as was expected of Presto Studios, and the music blended well with the game and didn't distract you from the game. The 360 environment was nice in that you could really immerse yourself into the game, but as with all 360 environments, you are limited to using your mouse for all movements within the game, whereas in BIT, I was quite happy in being able to move around the environment quite swiftly by using the keyboard. The chameleon jumpsuit was a very interesting upgrade from the previous jumpsuit and having a chance to interact with various characters gave the game a slightly different feel from other "MYST" type games where the worlds seem to be "sterile" with no real human activity going on. Overall, as in the tradition of the Journeyman series, it was a very entertaining game, but I felt that it was a bit too much like a "walkthrough" and not enough story and gameplay, but it is definitely worth getting your hands on.
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