Posted July 14, 2009
If you are a Simon the Sorcerer fan then by all means don't miss out on this game. If you are new to the series, start with Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2.
A lot of people don't like Simon the Sorcerer 3D, mainly because of the 3D graphics which were relatively bad even back when the game came out. This was due to delays in releasing the game. I can't remember how long it has been delayed but it was a couple of years IIRC. The graphics were called "revolutionary" by some game magazines when the first screenshots of the game were shown but when the game finally came out it just made people laugh.
The best thing to say about the graphics is that the facial expressions of the characters (yes, they have changing facial expressions) sometimes are really hilarious.
I personally don't agree with people saying that this game is bad. The graphics could be better but they are okay and even if they really were as horrible as some people think, the gameplay is the most important thing, isn't it? Otherwise you wouldn't look at an adventure game review on an old games website but at a 3D action game review instead. And the gameplay is, in this case, awesome.
In my opinion it is as funny as the first two Simon the Sorcerer games and it's much funnier than Simon the Sorcerer 4 (I haven't played Simon the Sorcerer 5 yet). You'll find a lot of parallels to the two older Simon games. For people who liked the RPG playing guys in Simon the Sorcerer two and one (I loved that part in game 2), Simon the Sorcerer 3D has that too for example.
The only really bad thing I can see about the game is this one minigame where you have to catch fairies. You have to catch a bunch of them and that wouldn't be a problem but the thing is, they only pop up every now and then. Sometimes you have to wait for half an hour until you see one. This is really, really boring. There are cheat tools to get around this though.
A lot of people don't like Simon the Sorcerer 3D, mainly because of the 3D graphics which were relatively bad even back when the game came out. This was due to delays in releasing the game. I can't remember how long it has been delayed but it was a couple of years IIRC. The graphics were called "revolutionary" by some game magazines when the first screenshots of the game were shown but when the game finally came out it just made people laugh.
The best thing to say about the graphics is that the facial expressions of the characters (yes, they have changing facial expressions) sometimes are really hilarious.
I personally don't agree with people saying that this game is bad. The graphics could be better but they are okay and even if they really were as horrible as some people think, the gameplay is the most important thing, isn't it? Otherwise you wouldn't look at an adventure game review on an old games website but at a 3D action game review instead. And the gameplay is, in this case, awesome.
In my opinion it is as funny as the first two Simon the Sorcerer games and it's much funnier than Simon the Sorcerer 4 (I haven't played Simon the Sorcerer 5 yet). You'll find a lot of parallels to the two older Simon games. For people who liked the RPG playing guys in Simon the Sorcerer two and one (I loved that part in game 2), Simon the Sorcerer 3D has that too for example.
The only really bad thing I can see about the game is this one minigame where you have to catch fairies. You have to catch a bunch of them and that wouldn't be a problem but the thing is, they only pop up every now and then. Sometimes you have to wait for half an hour until you see one. This is really, really boring. There are cheat tools to get around this though.