Feeble Files

by MacPlay

Product Features

• Feeble is a downtrodden Grenelon who seems destined to be trapped in one intrigue after another. Only you can help him work his way through his troubles and come out unscathed.
• Visit 80 different alien locations and interact with dozens of citizens
• Make your way through betrayal and revolution by doing everything from outsmarting enemy soldiers to cross-dressing
• Darkly funny situations and dialogue that will keep gamers laughing for hours!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007MA56
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 17, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,959 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Use your intellect to survive the deadly challenges of another galaxy! / Rated T: Teen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Feeble is an apt title! It won't run on my Intel Mac!, October 27, 2009

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cybersleuth58 "chi-mama" (Northern New England) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Feeble Files (CD-ROM)

I love adventure games, especially those mixed with a little dark humor. I love any game that requires thought; Feeble Files is a huge disappointment bc it JUST WON'T RUN on my Mac. (I am running Snow Leopard). :^p The copy I purchased was produced by MacPlay; MacPlay's no longer associated with the game. Ergo - they no longer support it. Adventuresoft holds the IP on the Windows version; they could not help me. Personally, for what it's worth, I'd recommend avoiding this title if you have an Intel Mac. Perhaps it requires a PPC processor?!?! DUH! I should have realized... I strongly urge trying a demo to be sure it will run on your rig. Good luck and (if it runs for you) enjoy... :^p

3.0 out of 5 stars Good and bad, April 18, 2011

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ppd. - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Feeble Files (CD-ROM)

This is a sci-fi point-and-click adventure game. The atmosphere created by the storytelling and especially the Oracle computer where you can look up basically everything is really well done. I especially liked looking up every directive I could and there sure are a lot of them! The sci-fi dystopic world of the Omnibrain is immersive and obviously a lot of effort went into perfecting it.

Also the graphics are very good, even though this game was created a long time ago. The colors are beautiful and functional. There are several cutscenes with better graphics as well.

Right-clicking will instantly list all of the saves or all of the encyclopedia entries. Double-clicking (left and right) skips cutscenes. It is hard to get past the item interface. It takes an awfully long time, and I guess this was meant to discourage trial and error.

I would say the difficulty and puzzles are obnoxious. I would recommend having walkthrough in hand while playing this game! Many of the puzzles are very long and have a complex series of components to the solution. I could get some of the pieces together, but could rarely come up with the whole solution without hints. Oftentimes, I couldn't even tell what task should be worked on first, and there may be four tasks that you know you can work on at any given time. How should the player know where she or he can make progress?

Overall the game had a strong sense of frustration rather than fun.