Posted on: March 24, 2011
kubokuk
Verified ownerGames: 169 Reviews: 5
Not much of a classic
I played this game as a child and I have fond memories of it, but now, when I'm older and know some stuff, I can see the game's flaws. Few major mistakes were made when creating it: - gameplay is annoying: most of the time you don't know what to do and why, so you roam the available area and click here and there trying to pick up things. There is no hidden design, that could push the player in right direction. Riddles are kinda stupid (you can't use a broom to lower a ladder, but you can use a crank), you often collect items that are not needed for anything (sic!) and, worst of all, Jack sometimes steals the items he needs or hurt other people to get them (I don't know what developers were thinking, really) - cutscenes are not that bad, but one issue is making them hard to stand: before scene changes you have to wait until a character leaves the frame, event if he's not present later. It's really annoying. Also, the introduction is far too long, making you say: let me play the game already! - options UI is ugly, and in-game UI is poorly implemented and designed, so you often end up not knowing which mouse button to press and you're just clicking them randomly until you do, what you wanted to do - visuals are so-so, not the worst, but also not very good: animations are weak and locations feel empty The best thing in this game is music, which is really brilliant and sometimes, when you manage to forget about all the annoying stuff, you can feel the mood of the era in which the game takes place. But it's not enough to make you stick with it and forget, that it is in fact a poor piece of computer entertainment.
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