Amerzone

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Summary: The Little Mermaid By Goodtimes
Review: I purchased this movie for my 4yr. old daughter who is crazy about Mermaids;{she believes they're real.} She already had the popular Disney version and I felt the version based on Hans Christian Anderson was too harsh for a 4 yr.old. This little Mermaid movie however;is based on Hans Christian Anderson,but instead of a sad ending this has the happy ending children love. I rated this movie with 3 stars because I felt the ending was rushed and fell short. The contents of the movie was enjoyable.The little Mermaid Marries her Prince.

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Summary: Adventure Plus
Review: I was enthralled throughout the game. The scenes were realistic and the storyline easy to follow. The video kept one interested although I did find that some of the areas of the game were a bit dark. I would recommend this game for any number of ages.

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Summary: Adventure Plus
Review: I was enthralled throughout the game. The scenes were realistic and the storyline easy to follow. The video kept one interested although I did find that some of the areas of the game were a bit dark. I would recommend this game for any number of ages.

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Summary: Nice graphics but simple game
Review: It is so hard to find great role playing games like Grim Fandango, Leisure Larry, Monkey Island etc. The game does a nice job with detail graphics creating a real world. The story is typical of a role playing game. The weakness is in the puzzles and shortness. I think this is the first role playing game I finished in a weekend without any cheats or hints. WHile I enjoyed it, it needs some work.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: My children and I love playing adventure games together, and while we enjoyed playing Amerzone, it was over much too quickly. We were able to solve every puzzle on our own, and most were pretty obvious. I think that this would be a great game for a beginner, but it is just too easy for more advanced players. Also, I think that having the cursor change shapes when there was something to pick up or do was a bit too obvious. The graphics were beautiful, and the game is very visually appealing, but not the best that we have played. It was disappointing when it was over so soon.

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Summary: Good, but too short!
Review: My children and I love playing adventure games together, and while we enjoyed playing Amerzone, it was over much too quickly. We were able to solve every puzzle on our own, and most were pretty obvious. I think that this would be a great game for a beginner, but it is just too easy for more advanced players. Also, I think that having the cursor change shapes when there was something to pick up or do was a bit too obvious. The graphics were beautiful, and the game is very visually appealing, but not the best that we have played. It was disappointing when it was over so soon.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: My husband and I were disappointed in this game. We waited for two months while we built a new computer to play this game (for optimal game play and graphics). Although the graphics were outstanding, the game was simple. Unlike Riven and Myst, the game tells you when a clue is needed by changing the arrow to a hand or gears. So simple, our seven year old can play it. We finished this game in just 2 hours. What a waste.

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Summary: Myst in a Lost World
Review: The storyline: sixty years ago, three young men went adventuring through the Amerzone, each one representing an aspect of Civilization (science, religion, politics) in first contact with this primitive, romantic land. The game begins as the adventurers, now old men, look back on an experience that started with good intentions, but ended with each betraying and exploiting what once was a land of enchantment. Valembois, the scientist of the group, realizes that an artifact he removed years ago -- a giant egg -- is, miraculously, still alive. He charges you with the quest of returning to the Amerzone with the egg, thereby restoring vitality, myth, and mystery to the land.

Pros:

1. Fabulous, unusual, lifelike 3D graphics; fantastical, yet believable places to explore. The rain forest scenes contain exquisite traceries of leaf, branch and shadow.

2. In no other game has the world felt so alive with indigenous species -- the frequent flights of birds, the movement and sound of insects -- plus fascinating portrayals of unknown, exotic creatures: the Pechosaur, the Suckerer, the Porcopotamus.

3. Unlike most other computer games, the ending to Amerzone is superb: from the moment you encounter the web-footed giraffes, through a misty ascent on a delicate rope bridge where water and sky merge, through a flight over bubbling volcanoes, to the final spectacular cut-scene.

Cons:

1. The mouse responsiveness in this game was erratic. The 360-degree panning was smooth, but sometimes when I clicked on a hotspot, I had to try over and over to get the hotspot to function. At times, I felt as though I was slogging through waist-high water, upstream, against a fierce headwind. If you have a similar experience, try double-clicking on everything, which pretty much solves the problem.

2. I would have enjoyed seeing some colorful, exotic flowering plants in the rain forest scenes. Those would have provided a more spectacular contrast to the gray, wind-swept French countryside at the beginning of the game.

3. I didn't really appreciate the game's storyline until I played through it a second time. I suspect that games like Amerzone occupy the mind and senses so thoroughly with new sights, sounds, and mysteries to solve, that it is easy for subtle story nuances to go unnoticed. In a way this adds to replayability; however, if Amerzone's designers wanted the player to "get" the storyline the first time through, they needed to make it a lot more obvious.

Bottom Line: If you loved the intrigue, pace and style of Myst and/or Riven, you will have a very pleasant time with Amerzone.

Rating:
Summary: Waste of time
Review: This game is a waste of your time and money. Unchallenging, illogical and a complete let-down. If you are expecting anything close to the success of Myst or Riven, do not bother.

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Summary: A disappointing adventure
Review: While the graphics and visuals were extremely good the adventure part was totally lacking of any serious challenge. The story line has some excellent potential but the developers failed to capitalize or recognize this. What could have been an adventure to rival Myst or Riven, failed miserably. 'A' for graphics and visuals, 'A' for story line and 'F' for adventure and puzzles.