I grew up with sierra games. We go the maginzines and I was facinated by Phantasmagoria but was too young to play it. I played Phantasmagoria 1 in my teens and loved it. This one, on the other hand not so much. Problems: terrible, confusing navigation, illogical puzzles, horrible acting (even by FMV standards!). I gave it one star because the plot did go in some surprizing directions. Summary: a must fordedicated Sierra fans to expeirnece their entire catoluge or if you like bad b-movie horror/porn then this game is for you!
I fell in love with Microids Syberia series when it came out. I got this last year but originally had a hard time getting into (the interface felt confusing and unintuitive.) I tried again this year and I'm glad I did-- once I got the hang of the mechanics I was sucked in by the story. Game pros: *The puzzles were interesting and had good variety *The story was really interesting and the switching to past and present narratives made it more interesting and intense *The scenes and artwork were gorgeous and have a real feel to them *The gameplay options are narrowed enough to give you a little bit of struggle without leaving to many problem-solving options to get lost in *Great voice acting Cons: *Some of the puzzles are crazy hard and don't seem to follow any sort of logic (you hear me lockpick! I'm talking bout you!!") It took several guides and hours! There's no way I would have figured that out alone *Some of the human movement was weird and unnatural but for a game at the time it was pretty good *Ending the game on a cliffhanger had to have sucked if you played the first game before the second!! *If you're an adventure game junkie, I totes recommend this one! Just be sure you have the sequel downloaded before you finish-- I'm writing a review because I'm waiting for 2 to download :/ *I recommend CjuGames on Youtube, gamersintuition.com, and uhs-hints.com for walkthroughs *It's also a must if you loved Syberia
