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Summary: Fun but.....
Review: I have played this game before I bought it and I liked it so much I decided to buy it. However once I had the game I was a little disapointed especially in the third installment: Legacy of Time, which was my favorate. After one time through beating it, it loses its fun. Also, the first two games: Journeyman Project and Buried in Time don't work well on more modern computers, I would keep that in mind.
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Summary: Fun but.....
Review: I have played this game before I bought it and I liked it so much I decided to buy it. However once I had the game I was a little disapointed especially in the third installment: Legacy of Time, which was my favorate. After one time through beating it, it loses its fun. Also, the first two games: Journeyman Project and Buried in Time don't work well on more modern computers, I would keep that in mind.
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Summary: Journeyman Project 3-Legacy of Time
Review: I've only played number 3, and I was thoroughly impressed. The graphics, sound, plot, environments and puzzles were amazing. You play as Agent Blackwood, an agent of the TSA. Agent 3 is a criminal and a traitor, but she knows something so astounding that she'd turn herself in. A legacy of knowledge hidden on earth. 3 highly advanced ancient cities-Atlantis, El Dorado and Shangri-La, destroyed. But who destroyed them? Why? What secrets lay inside....
Graphics-Incredibly detailed.
Sound-High quality.
Plot-Wonderful-complex, detailed, and amazing.
Puzzles-Creative, but a little chalenging. You have to think hard.
Environments-Amazing. It's incredible to see what someone imagined Atlantis, El Dorado and Shangri La could have been. Fun to explore.
All around-5 stars. Worth every penny!
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Summary: Move over, Gabriel Knight!
Review: Jane Jensen (the Gabriel Knight series) has received worldwide acclaim for her writing, and deservedly so. But I think the Journeyman series rivals GK for the best-written adventure game "saga" ever. Each game individually carries great storylines, packed with suspense and mystery. Additionally, games 2 and 3 contain quite a bit of humor from Arthur, your wisecracking AI sidekick. Now ADD to that the fact that there is a wonderfully consistent overriding plot that ties all three games together...a plot that plays out like the best episodes of Star Trek: TNG. Of course, it isn't writing alone that make TJP so wonderful. The puzzles are original and top-notch, varying in difficulty from "piece of cake" to real head-scratchers. Each game offers a different kind of interface, allowing different types of puzzles for each volume. (Another similarity to the GK series.) And the acting (particularly in TJP3) is some of the best ever in a PC game. Only GK2 and Black Dahlia even come close to the same level. Given the notoriously bad acting in many Full Motion Video games, this alone would make TJP a rare jewel. When you combine all the elements, TJP ranks right up there with Gabriel Knight, Myst, and Monkey Island (for its incredible humor) as the best adventure game series of all time. Not bad company! A word about the complaints of bugs in TJP1: Most of the problems can be solved by simply running your QuickTime player in the background while playing the game. (The most common problem is that the game calls for a file then decides it can't find it faster than the QuickTime can load.) Also, There are some compatibility problems with the nVidia TNT video card. Most other cards or integrated graphics chipsets will play the game with no trouble so long as you configure the game correctly. TJP2&3 also have the problem that on many computers you MUST fully disable any sound acceleration (Go to control panel/multimedia/audio/advanced properties/performance on Windows9x.) or you get garbled audio.
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Summary: Time Travel with a Twist
Review: Journeyman 3: Starting this game was not as easy as some. The El Dorado setting is slightly dark and hard to navigate. It does get better. The latter parts of the game including Atlantis and Shamballa as well as the Living El Dorado are bright and easy the find you way. However, sometimes having to go back and forth between places to find things can get a little crazy. Overall, a fun game. Arthur is a hoot. Be sure to put him on chatty. He gives lots of comments and hints.
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Summary: Awesome, educational, and I have a fix, hopefully
Review: My first review of this game was written here in 2000 and it is now 2004 and Buried in Time and Legacy of Time remain tops on my list of computer games, and I have played a few over the years.(...) Be sure and right click the icon for the game and select Properties, Compatibility, and change the settings to 256 colors, 600x800, and to run in Win95 mode, and turn off the visual themes, and make sure a few things as possible are running in the background to give up as much memory as possible. This program is so virtual in its reality playing, watch for signs of motion sickness and obession! Never before has a computer game I've played had so much staying power in my memory. While I adore Myst, Riven, Exile, and have played many interactive fiction games, among others, few stay in my memory over the years as much as Buried in Time. Truly a delight and well worth every penny spent on the game, in whatever format, though I'm hearing it runs better as a stand alone on the newer machines than in Trilogy form. Absolutely incredible, very educational, and a must play for teenagers up to the elderly but actively thinking.
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Summary: The Journeyman Project Turbo
Review: Ok, I have The Journeyman Project Turbo (Which is included in the trilogy) It is probably one of the best, most intriguing games i have ever played. It has an awesome storyline as well as great graphics. It has a great way of unfolding all of the events that happen in the past. But, beware- If youdo any slightly wrong movements, you will get an error message- and belive me, it is annoying! But overall, this is one of the best games you will ever play. On a 10 point rating, Iwould give it an eleven!
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PURCHASING THE JOURNEYMAN TRILOGY As you read the reviews, you might notice that some reviewers had problems with the 2nd game of the trilogy. Specifically, disk 2 of Buried in Times would not read. In fact, if you look carefully, you will see that everyone who bought the trilogy had this problem. Those reviewers who bought Buried in Time separately did not. I did not notice this at first, so I took a chance on a used copy of the Journeyman Trilogy. I also have a disk 2 of Buried in Time that cannot be read. I decided to explore this a bit further by examining the files on each of the 3 disks. Disk 1 of the Trilogy version of Buried in Time is named BIT_MPC_1 and has an identifying file called BIT_DISC.1. Disk 3 is named BIT_MPC_3 and has an identifying file called BIT_DISC.3. So we would expect disk 2 to be named BIT_MPC_2 and its identifying file to be named BIT_DISC.2, but its not. Instead, Disk 2 is named BIT_MPC_3 and its identifying file is BIT_DISC.3 -- identical names to those used for disk 3. Not only that, but the size and creation date of the BIT_DISC.3 file on disk 2 is exactly the same as the one on disk 3. In other words, the disk that is labeled disk 2 is really just another copy of disk 3; there is no disk 2. Given the prevalence of the problem (see other reviews here), it looks like this was a manufacturing problem. It's likely that many packages were shipped with this error. In fact, it appears that the technical support folks weren't even aware of the problem so whenever it was reported, they just shipped out another copy of the same defective disk (see one of the reviews here). I haved tried to track down a correct copy of disk 2 for Buried in Time, but since so many of the original developers and marketers have either gone out of business or have been sold and merged with other companies multiple times, I am having no luck. I am still happy with my purchase because I bought an inexpensive used copy. I will be able to play Journeyman Projects 1 and 3. I am trying to find someone who has the original Buried in Time so that I might use their disk 2. I wouldn't spend the money for an unopened box unless I was interested in it as a collector's item. I hope this was helpful
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Summary: Best ever.
Review: The first CD Rom drive I ever got came with a voucher for a program. The original Journeyman Project Turbo was my choice, and, I'd wager, one of the better choices I've made thus-far. This game series ranks as the BEST I have ever played, outstripping anything else in originality of story line, dialouge, ambient sound and graphics. I bought Buried in Time the day it came out, another worthwhile purchase. I did the same with Legacy of Time, which I foolishly loaned a friend who promptly moved out of state. Today I bought a used copy of Legacy on DVD, and it rekindeled my love afair with Journeyman.
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Summary: Lots of humor, and nicely made
Review: The Journeyman Project 3 (TJP3) is a nice game overall, and certainly worth the money. Ok, the graphics are a bit outdated, but having said that, it is certainly a game worth buying and playing. The storyline is not all that orginal - you have to go back in the past to find clues to a mystery in present day or future. In short, it's up to you to save the earth. For those who played the (very disappointing) 'Schizm', yes, it must have been a inspiration to the Schizm-makers.... TJP3 has lots of humor, more than any other adventuregame I've played. It provides you with hints and nudges if you want to. The suuroundings, especcially the Tibetan region, is stunning, and very true to life (I've been in Tibet...). So, long story short: this game is a good buy. Note that the first two installments of this game, TJP1 and TJP2, will encounter frequent problems on newer computers. TJP1 might not run at all, TJP might experience difficulties in reading some of the cd's. TJP2, by the way, is in the same class as TJP3 - great story.
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