Millennium Secrets: Emerald Curse
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A proper adventure game in the old school tradition!
Wow..... not a HOG with adventure elements but more of a proper adventure game with HO elements added in to progress the story. Object hunting was more discrete and not just looking through random impossible piles of rubbish. The story was cohesive and well told. Voice acting was above average. Graphics were nice for a 3D adventure.
I am an adventure gamer from way back and I really appreciate that this was more a traditional adventure with decent puzzles and good storyline. Fun to play - I didn't stop until it was done. I like the idea of exploring your environment with curiosity and not having sparklies to hand hold you. Not as hard-core as Dreamfall or the like but still closer to it in spirit than your average run-of-the-mill HOG.
Bottom line - if you like traditional adventures, you should appreciate this while it lasts - about 4 - 5 hours of gaming goodness.
November 16, 2011
A pleasant change of pace
Not your standard H.O. game but rather a search and find game - open doors, look in cupboards, lift or move rocks etc. Typical adventure game with reasonable but not exceptionable graphics and a good, interesting and sometimes challenging storyline and plot. The game flows along well whithout too much boring and disinteresting dialogue. The puzzles are quite reasonable with some being a tad harder but not over bearing. This game held my interest from go to whoa - worth the money.
December 21, 2011
Millennium Secrets: Emerald Curse
Not the best graphics. Not even a "typical" HOG. This is pretty much running around looking for things in rooms and drawers and such.
However, I had fun playing it. Quite a few times now.
November 16, 2011
Good adventure with lots of puzzles!
3d art with animated scenes to play out the story. Due to this style of art, there are uncluttered/simplistic backgrounds, but regardless, I bought it as I found it an interesting adventure which was captivating enough that I just had to play all the way through. I was pleased to find NO H.O. scenes but there are many individual Items scattered around every room that you need to find to use in order to move forward, and most of them require you moving things out of the way so that made it more interesting too. Hint meter could be added to by finding extra items in the scenes. A LOT of puzzles with good variety of style and varying levels of challenge. Game ends 'to be cont'd" but had a complete finish in itself so not really necessary to purchase the sequel, although I will because I enjoyed this game so much.
December 4, 2011
Enjoyed from start to finish
This is going to to be one of my favorites for 2011. I enjoyed the animation. The story line kept my interested. The action was both interesting and at times funny. Great Game
December 28, 2011
Great game
The story line is intriguing, the mini games aren't too hard, the cut scenes between gameplay are exquisite!
The only downfall I am finding is the mouse feels clunky sometimes, but its ok.
December 5, 2011
Enjoyable game on the whole
I actually enjoyed playing this game although I have to say it was pretty easy. The cuts scenes were very good but other graphics were average but interesting. The puzzles in this game are not very difficult and I would have like a bit more of a challenge.
Still overall quite an enjoyable game. I would reccomend this game to people who enjoy fairly easy puzzles.
December 9, 2011
Loved it
Not the normal HO game but fun to play. Good story line. Not that difficult and keeps you interested. I really had fun playing it and hope to see another one soon.
August 8, 2012
Decent for the price
I bought this on a $3.99 deal, so it was a decent value. I was, however, glad I hadn't spent more on it. The gameplay was a bit monotonous - about 85% of the game was gathering multiples of one type of object and some "challenge" items, also multiples of one item.
The storyline was good. The storyline was the reason I finished, to be honest. It was a nicely done plot overall, and had a little twist at the end.
The gameplay itself did drag for me - most of the puzzles were more tedious than challenging, due to many having little in the way of any instruction. You can only slide so many panels, rocks, and open so many boxes before the scenes start to feel the same.
For the bargain price, it's a nice filler game, so I'm recommending - but with the caveat, not at full price for me.
April 9, 2012
Nice story
Overall a very nice story, good graphics. Seems easy at times, but not so easy at other times. Not your usual HOG game and is a refreshing difference. The puzzles are challenging and, for me - I just skipped 'cause after I tried it a couple of times, just did not want to take the time But Many I did complete. For those who think is too easy - the story line makes it even better - nice and refreshing to play. I just think it should have been longer - or I just not like the ' To Be Continued'
April 4, 2012