Amerzone

Rating:
Summary: Only for true adventure game beginners.
Review: While this game is visually very good and fun to play, it is as indicated quite easy. I play almost every adventure game I can get my hands on, Myst, Riven, Shivers, Amber, Lighthouse, etc., and rate this game only moderately interesting. Maybe it's because the cursor changes shapes when you place it over something important, or because you can hardly fail to find the solution to the immediate puzzle, but I rate a game on how much help I need in solving puzzles and how long the game takes to play. I expect a good adventure game to keep me stumped for weeks or even a month or two depending on the amount of time spent playing it. I received Amerzone in the mail December 24th, solved it on December 27th and needed help on only 1 puzzle and that was only because I was impatient. (I would have solved it had I only tried it a couple of more times.) Visually it's a great game, but for a real adventure game player it's only a short diversion. Beginner?...buy it...experienced?..you can do better.