Amaranthine Voyage: The Tree of Life Collector's Edition
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Totally worth your time
I don't normally leave reviews, but I have to throw one out there to congratulate the developers of this excellent game! If you have the CE, check out the "making of" video to see how much hard work they put into this.
The story is original, the puzzles don't fry your brain, and the art is absolutely beautiful. The only gripe I have is that the visuals look stretched out if you prefer to go with a wide-screen. You can fix this by clicking the "aspect ratio" in options, but black bars will appear on either side of your screen. Other than that, I loved it!
February 4, 2013
Beautiful game!
I liked this game so much that I played it through twice today. It's very beautifully made, from the game scenes to the vignettes that provide the backstory, to the art in the in-game journal. The music is very relaxing, and it's a lot of fun to play.
The story was engaging - I wanted to find out what happened next. The HO scenes and puzzles never caused me to lose track of what my objectives were, as is the case with some games. In a way, this type of game is more like an interactive story, and I appreciated not losing the storyline while playing.
The game played very smoothly for me, with no glitches, hanging, crashing, and so on.
Be sure to watch the credits - they're a hoot! My only issue with them is that they scroll too fast to catch all of the humor.
February 3, 2013
LONG and beautiful Adventure
Well, this one took my breath away. It is a beautiful fantasy adventure game, with great hidden object games and puzzles. The graphics are very good and the sound is perfect !! The ambient sounds put you right into the game.
I played this on and off for 3 whole days, not rushing, and I feel I certainly got my money's worth!
The hidden object games were fairly easy, but that is how I like them, large enough to be easy on my older eyes.
The game ran PERFECTLY on my Windows 7 laptop, even during the animation scenes. I would really hope that folks would at least TRY the demo..the story is great and doesn't drag you down!
February 2, 2013
A fun game
I enjoyed this game over all but it would have been made infintely better by an interactive map that allowed you to move to areas of interest
The storyline was fun, the live acting terrible ( but not distracting)
Games were not overly challenging- most were very easy, as were the HOG
An OK game-
January 31, 2013
great adventure!
Great story, music and graphics keeps attention all the way! I really enjoyed playing this game.
January 28, 2013
liked it a lot
really liked this game! I love earning achievements and while I haven't finished the game the story line has gotten me hooked!
January 28, 2013
Another great game
Superb graphics, awesome music and sfx, great atmosphere...
I really like it. Definite buy for me!
January 28, 2013
Superb!
I beta tested this one and was looking forward to release.
Super storyline, interesting HOs and puzzles and good exercise for the little grey cells on the adventure side.
Bonus chapter also good and tied things up nicely!
Definitely recommend.
February 8, 2013
FUN! Love the riddles and interactivity
I just purchased the game after finishing the demo. I love the sound when you click on the Hidden object screen, but my favorite part is not finding the listed object on the list, it is finding the riddle to go along with the object. I would like to see a Game that has more of the riddles. The graphics are beautiful, voice over done very well. Storyline very interesting. Puzzles skipped quickly if needed. I enjoy all the other interactivity like finding bonus items.
February 8, 2013
COLLECTORS GAME OF GAMES
Having played the BETA version some months ago, I was excited to see it released as a full collector version. There was some difficulty after downloading but uninstalling and re-installing Amaranthine and Game Manager together, it works well.
I am always impressed by game graphics but this game surpasses any i hgave previously played. Once completed I look forward to playing again and having a "look around" at the scenery!
There is a Strategy Guide included but i have not had to use it. There are many different types of mini games and HOS. The skip button fills rapidly as does the Hint button. Using 2 items in a HOS can be tricky sometimes having to line up the actual spot exactly,
February 2, 2013