Posted on: May 12, 2023

CarChris

Games: 171 Reviews: 86

How it all started.

The game is a spiritual predecessor of the Syberia games. I wanted to see how it all started with Benoit Sokal’s games (may God rest his soul), so I tried the game and it was proved that I was right to do so. I was drawn to the game from the very first scenes, as the player character is nameless, faceless, and silent, and the (very few) NPCs refer to you directly (as if it is really the player the one who participates in it), which increases the immersion immensely. The game is played in first person and the player flips between panoramic “screens” in which the camera can be rotated in 360 degrees with the mouse to view the world around and interact with the environment (grab objects, solve riddles, investigate further) or proceed to next screen. Minimal options in the menu, so you are playing with the game’s native resolution (which is low), but it didn’t mind me. What did mind me though (and I consider it as the only negative in the game) is that the subtitles aren’t displayed. Some NPCs speak fast, and some speak somewhat incomprehensibly, so my advice would be to save your game before talking to anyone, so that you can repeat that dialogue as many times as you deem necessary. I always have subtitles “on” in games’ options, by the way. As for the riddles, they are mostly logical, although there are cases where trial and error tactics may also apply. However, no timed ones. There is no pixel-hunting, as the hotspots for each interaction are fairly large. If you can withstand the old graphics, you can experience the hero’s journey too!

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Posted on: September 22, 2024

RoundNova

Verified owner

Games: 24 Reviews: 1

Old, sure, but still pleasant.

You can't particularly comment on the age of this game as a downside, of course it's design princples will be outdated compared modern "standards," which in this genre still aren't quite as revolutonary as we think. But in terms of the short story it tells and the writing therein, I found both to be quite engaging and heartfelt. If you can tolerate games of this type and don't mind setting up DGVoodoo to make it run at your desired 4:3 resolution, I imagine you'll enjoy it.

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Posted on: December 6, 2020

Cass P13

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 1

A nostalgic experience.

First of all, I played this a lot when I was young, so I'm certainly pretty biased. This is a pretty short adventure game, but the memories will probably stay with you for a long time. If you liked Syberia, you will find here some similar themes, but Amerzone still has a unique feel in my eyes. It's a dream-like journey through the ruins of an abandoned world. You will meet characters that are little more than ghosts from a long gone era. You can't do much to fix their mistakes, but you can give back some semblance of hope to this land. Maybe. It's a bit rough around the edges though, I will admit. Puzzles aren't too difficult, especially if you're accustomed to point and click games, but they will require you to search some environments thoroughly, which can be a bit frustrating (like being asked to go looking for a bug in a jungle for instance). While replaying it, clicking mindlessly made it sometimes impossible to use certain items, but this never happened before (I recommend saving at the beginning of each chapter, just in case). That said, this game made a big impression on me. There's nothing else quite like it, and I know I'll never forget my time with it. The strange (and cute) creatures there is to discover, the regretful souls there is to meet. It's a journey through a dead dream, but maybe you can still find some life in it.

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Posted on: September 16, 2023

guiltf33der13

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Games: 75 Reviews: 34

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Graphics aren't usually a win/break issue for me... except when the game happens to also involve pixil hunting; and oh boy, there is a ton of it! Don't get me wrong, the art is good. It's just difficult to see some of the items you need to fetch because it's blurry from being upscaled, and some the items often blend in with the background clutter or darkness! Puzzle clues are vague and imprecise, or sometimes even inaccessible. For the former issue, you won't actually be solving these puzzles, instead you will be engaging in trial and error based on the soft clues you're given, so you'll feel like your'e forcing it, rather than solving it - assuming it's one of the puzzles that doesn't require you to engage in a leap of logic. For the latter issue, you do receive a book to help guide you, but the handwriting is in sloppy cursive and is very difficult to read. There is a lot of content in it to filter through, and you cannot reopen to your last read page, or jump to a page. You have to flip through it from the beginning every time. Although usually it's fine, the game isn't perfect at informing what you can interact it, and how to interact with it, in order to progress the game. I actually got stuck on the computer in part 1 because even though I put in the right password, I didn't know I was supposed to click this one other button. How was I supposed to know? I couldn't have. I had absolutely no way of knowing. I never would have solved this game without UHS due to all these QoL problems. Don't feel ashamed if you have to use it too.

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Posted on: September 2, 2015

zstauber

Games: 1522 Reviews: 10

Beautiful graphics, too easy

Actually if you have a small child, this might be a good puzzle type game to go through. It's suitably short, and it doesn't require any kind of math or spatial awareness like many other games in this genre. It's gorgeous, I'll say that.

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