The Legend of Crystal Valley
3.5
5
2
2
Disappointing after promising beginning
Way too much pointless, repetitive dialogue, no voices for the most part. Ends rather suddenly without much explanation. A few interesting puzzles; I wish there were more further on in the game that required thought in the way that the statue puzzle does. The things that were cool were almost too obvious, and then there were others that were too easy to overlook, going from place to place looking for something you hadn't yet interacted with, when it turned out that it was in fact something you had already looked at that you needed, but you needed to look at it multiple times for a description to show up that hinted at how you might use it. I'm not going to click on every (most likely useless given the percentages of things you use and those you just look at) single object 3 or 4 times to just get the same description most of the time! But apparently in this game they expect you to do just that...
I simply can't recommend this game because it's relatively short (if you can figure out which objects you need to investigate), the storyline seems intricate at first, and then it's a letdown with no explanation really tying it all together. Leaves me with the feeling that they started off with a really ambitious, complex story, and then suddenly they ran into a project completion deadline and had to cut short the end rather than really explain all the complexity they had come up with. Several characters and plot elements were indicated as being very important, and at the end it's just "eh, none of that matters now, have a Coke and a smile."
There could have been a lot more humor incorporated other than "what, you mean I have to bargain with you too, and go do some errand before you'll help me?"
I also had an object that I never used to complete the game; if this was the case for several objects, it would make sense to have teasers...but not for one single object I got near the beginning.
December 21, 2011
Much better than expected!
I played this game and it went over my expectations. The game is a fun game-challenging, but not annoying/frustration/too hard challenging. The music in this game, I LOVED. Throughout the game, the music changes a few different times (it never gets annoying) and it's BEAUTIFUL. Some beautiful guitar playing. And you always go forward in the game, which I liked very much! I Loved the atmosphere too. The storyline was amazing to me and def. had a twist! There is however no voices in this game, but it didn't make me dislike the game. This game is sort of like Dreamfall: the longest journey, only the mini game to that. Great game (and this is NOT a hidden object game).
January 30, 2012