Despite it's many shortcomings, it's still fun, though I get it's not for everyone.
Better than Night Dive's. Go buy it.
This game would be pretty great, but I'm a lot of problems with it crashing. Now when I try to play it, it just refuses to work, and I end up having to reinstall it. So it would be at least 4 stars, but gotta fix the crashing GOG. Get on that.
The puzzles alone are definitely worth the price of the admission. They're a giant leap for mankind from 7th Guest puzzles, most of which weren't that hard. Also, they threw in scavenger hunts for an extra challenge and you have to solve the puzzle in the room the item is in before you can search it out. Great graphics for it's time too. Music actually sounds better; it's mostly the songs from 7G remixed, though they're still .midi sound. You can skip past making trips and annoying interruptions from Stauf by right-clicking. You can also opt out of watching the annoying cut-scenes and hall your ass to the puzzles. The acting is slightly less awful (and awkward) than the 7G. I was also glad I didn't have see something like the Marti'n Burden getting nailed by a creepy 60 year old Edward Knox. Bleh. Now the cons: While the puzzles are definitely more challenging, some of them border on damn near impossible, with rules that are often hard to understand; I'm still not sure I fully understand the cash register puzzle. Some scavenger hunts are way to hard to figure out without help, and even after that, the answers are pretty vague. The story line is awful. Like what you'd get if makers of popular soap operas such as "Days of Our Lives" and "As the World Turns" decided to make psychological thriller. No more ghostly apparitions; very disappointing. No more creepy Ouiji board for your main menu. Now you carry around what's supposed to be a Palm Pilot, though it more resembles an Acer mini laptop. A lot less supernatural elements. 7G had you climbing into sinks and holes on a pool table and magically appearing in the kitchen; walking through tiny dollhouse door just to get to the next room; and stepping into a painting or watching them eerily come to life . Those have been replaced by opening secret passages and watching the scenes on your "Palm Pilot." Crashes...a lot. Little can be done to help that since there's no option to change graphics to a lower setting. So that's my review. Pretty good game, though somewhat bogged down with bugs and a lot of really bad ideas.
This game is probably one of the most underrated games in history. This game was freaking tits when I was a little kid! Exceptionally good graphics for it's time; made you wonder how so many other games after it got more of popularity. Very detailed environments. Super gory. Beating levels does require a lot of skill and use of tactics, and can be almost too hard at times, even on the easy game settings. Very retro soundtrack. Almost no bugs. Fairly decent acting in cut-scenes (though it does have a bit of a Mystery Science 3000 cheesiness to them.) Tons of phat weapons that shoot, blow up, burn, freeze, disintegrate, melt, or just eat the skin off your enemies like in Mars Attacks. Only things I didn't like are the camera doesn't follow you like it does in games like Diablo 2. Also action's could've been a bit faster paced. Controls are with the arrow keys as opposed to point and click. Even thought the first one was wildly successful, and probably more so than No Regret, I liked it better than No Remorse. It's a little less cheesey. I can carry all of the weapons rather than just 5. Levels aren't as long. Cut scenes don't look like they were filmed in a closet, and the ones that require special effects have REALLY good special effects. Music sounds a little less weird. So, yeah, all in all great game. Worth every star.
