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Summary: Disappointing Waste of Money
Review: Bought this program for my 7 year old son. (The product says ages 5-10). What a piece of [...] this is! I have had other programs from the Learning Company that perform rather well. While installing this program you are forced to install lots of other junk "tag-a-long" programs (AOL, Quick time etc.)just to complete the install. Finally getting the program to run I, the 36 year old adult could not figure out how to make any progress in the game at all. How can I expect my son to figure it out? It was Impossible to even get to the games in which you earn "Scooby Snacks" that are needed to get around in the Castle. Printed out the entire "Book" of instructions and still could not get anywhere. I wish I would have read the other reviews first, I would not have bought it. My son doesn't even want to try it anymore since it's so frustrating.
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Summary: A well-designed game
Review: I bought The Phantom of the Knight for my five-year-old. It is one of his first adventure-type computer games, although he is an old hand at the Reader Rabbit type CDs. It took a lot of persistence to finally obtain all the clues, but for some reason this game did not frustrate my son nearly as much as some games do. He has played it several times since, and still enjoys it.I thought the animation and the writing were pretty good, and the user interface was intuitive and presented no problems at all. There are some funny spots that always get a laugh out of my son. There isn't much variation in the game when played at the three difficulty levels. On different runs, a different character will turn out to be the villain, but finding who is the villain is not really the point of the game. I would not try to install this game on an older computer that's already fairly "maxed out," as my son's is. This one went on Mom's 800 MHz Dell, and we had no technical problems. Overall, my son and I heartily recommend this game.
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Summary: A well-designed game
Review: I bought The Phantom of the Knight for my five-year-old. It is one of his first adventure-type computer games, although he is an old hand at the Reader Rabbit type CDs. It took a lot of persistence to finally obtain all the clues, but for some reason this game did not frustrate my son nearly as much as some games do. He has played it several times since, and still enjoys it. I thought the animation and the writing were pretty good, and the user interface was intuitive and presented no problems at all. There are some funny spots that always get a laugh out of my son. There isn't much variation in the game when played at the three difficulty levels. On different runs, a different character will turn out to be the villain, but finding who is the villain is not really the point of the game. I would not try to install this game on an older computer that's already fairly "maxed out," as my son's is. This one went on Mom's 800 MHz Dell, and we had no technical problems. Overall, my son and I heartily recommend this game.
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Summary: Not for Little Ones
Review: I bought this for my 5 year old and were BOTH stuck! He has played it several times and can't get past the first clue. He became frustrated with this game and stopped playing it. I too thought maybe it was me, but I am apparently not the only one out there who wasted their money on this game. I can only hope the other games for Scooby fans are better, as my son now wants a new one since "this one won't work".
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Summary: I've played adult games that were easier
Review: I bought this game because my son is a Scooby freak. He played it and couldn't get beyond 1 suspect and one clue. So I played it after he went to bed and I couldn't either. I thought I must be missing something. I went in every room, I clicked on everything. Help was worthless. I thought I must be missing something simple but I guess others have this same problem. Wish I read these reviews before I bought it.
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Summary: Great fun & learning
Review: I brought this for my daughter and played it myself first. I enjoyed the difficulty that the game play provided but was extremely dissappointed to find that the second time I played was exactly the same, all the items in the same place, the game play the same, it was easy. The only thing that really changes is the villan and the clues.
The kids have played once, with helpful hints from me to get them going when they got stuck. They havent been back which dosent surprise me as they tend not to replay games that do not have some varability.
It could have been a great game as it has the difficulty but without varibility it is not as good as it could be.
Solving the villian and clues does not play a big enough part in the game to make it replayable.
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Summary: hard but no replayability
Review: I brought this for my daughter and played it myself first. I enjoyed the difficulty that the game play provided but was extremely dissappointed to find that the second time I played was exactly the same, all the items in the same place, the game play the same, it was easy. The only thing that really changes is the villan and the clues.
The kids have played once, with helpful hints from me to get them going when they got stuck. They havent been back which dosent surprise me as they tend not to replay games that do not have some varability.
It could have been a great game as it has the difficulty but without varibility it is not as good as it could be.
Solving the villian and clues does not play a big enough part in the game to make it replayable.
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Summary: A good game!
Review: I found this game to be very enjoyable. Yes, it was challenging the first time, but that's what makes it fun. Anyways, I recommend Phantom of the Knight to anyone that likes Scooby-Doo.
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Summary: More great scooby doo capers!
Review: I found this game to be very similiar to the real show. The characters and the sound effects are great. This game takes you and the gang to a spooky medieval castle in Nova Scotia where you help solve the mystery of the missing Princess, but watch out for the Phantom Knight, who can appear when you least expect it! Find clues, talk to suspects, explore the castle, earn Scooby Snacks by playing games! The Scooby Snacks are used to bribe Scooby to explore a scary area of the castle. Plenty of challenging games and puzzles to solve to help the kids build their thinking and problem solving skills. There are three difficulty levels in the game and a little Scrappy Doo icon at the bottom of the screen that you can click on and ask questions if you need help. The game is geared toward 5-10 year olds. I think it should be geared to 7-60 year olds! I thought it was really fun but my 5 year old nephew found it frustrating to solve the mystery, however, he was fascinated with the color and sound effects. The game holds your interest and makes you want to come back for more. In fact, don't tell my nephew but I can't wait to play it before he comes home from school! Shhh!
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Summary: An exercise in frustration
Review: If I could give this game 0 stars, I would. The box says "kids can play independently. Provides help when your child needs it." This is completely untrue. Like another parent here, I tried to play it myself after my child went to bed, but still was stuck. The help section just tells you what to do with characters, mazes, and games that you can't get to. It was no help whatsoever. I hope this review saves someone a purchase. I wish I had read the reviews before I bought this! I will be returning this one to Amazon!
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