Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

by Mindscape

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001WRSN
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,845 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Travel 3,700 years in the past and embark on an urgent mission to ensure the Earth's survival. Travel to lost mythical civilizations and uncover the secret of the Earth's past. As Agent Gage Blackwood, you'll travel through time, assume multiple identities, interact with characters from ancient civilizations, and weave your way through an intricate web of puzzles. This epic, four-CD-ROM story line continues the Journeyman series.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of games in every aspect., November 8, 1999

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Maestro Y - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (CD-ROM)

I don't want to sound like an extrimist, but this is literally the best game I've ever played. The story is extremely engaging, as I constantly found myself anxios to see what happens next. The graphics are superb, and the game engine is perfect! You can pan around in 360 degress. And as you turn, the sounds around you rotate accordingly. The worlds you travel to are brilliantly designed, each putting you in a different mood, somehow drawing you into the game (I know I sound looney when I say this, but this is true). You can also have conversations with characters, even assume their forms to get more info out of them. And there are more items to pick up then ever! In short, this is one game that you won't want to miss.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Legacy" of great storytelling, January 20, 2000

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tropic_of_criticism - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (CD-ROM)

Without doubt, "Legacy of Time" is one of the very best adventure games I've ever played.

The graphics are stunning, especially in the DVD version. The puzzles are difficult enough to be challenging, but not so impossible as to put you off playing the game. Far from the uninhabited worlds that some adventure games offer, this has a varied cast of characters who need to be thoroughly investigated before puzzles can be answered. The game interface (you wear a 'chameleon suit' which allows you to steal the likeness of every person you meet) is so clever, you quickly become immersed in the process of interviewing the same person with each different 'face' in your inventory. Getting these varied perspectives on the unfolding story is a key to solving the final puzzles. This is perhaps the closest you'll come to being able to actually being the writer of a story and seeing it from the POV of all your major characters.

More than that, though, it's an excellent family value. While it can be played strictly for its adventures and puzzles (all of which rely on communication and investigative skills), an 'enhanced' mode can be turned on which give players a great history lesson about the three real life ancient cultures being explored here.

This is probably the only game I've ever played where I wanted to actually buy earlier members of the series so that I could see how the plot had deveoloped.

Pick it up now while it's cheap!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring visuals for the virtual tourist, March 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (CD-ROM)

This game is a little gem, although it does get off to a rocky start. The background for the story (with the aliens and spaceships) is silly and cartoonish. Fortunately, it does not last long, because the meat of the game--visiting the beautifully rendered legendary civilizations--is fantastic and totally absorbing. I loved how you could interact with other characters and how, with the aid of the special suit, you could eavesdrop into their cultures. How about more games like this--where you are a traveler and explorer rather than a warrior? This game has no violence, by the way, so parents and pacifists should have no problem with it. Also, the puzzles are fairly easy to solve. I was okay with this, because I didn't have to keep leaving the game to phone the cheating hotline, as I had to do with Zork Nemesis, Myst, and Riven. If a challenge is what you are seeking, however, look elsewhere. Same goes for you warrior wannabes. This game is for virtual travel hounds, like me, who like their visuals grand and their challenges mild.