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National Geographic: Lost City of Z

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A point and click single player that loaded easily on my Acer with Vista.And yes it works! Played through to the end with no problems and it did not require or allow any backtracking or manual saving. Easy. You journey to the city of Z and back 'ticking off' hundreds of objects on the way.(none of which you actually use for anything.) If you can't find an object, never fear; a hint will give you its location. You also get to take pictures of jungle animals on the way.The few puzzles you meet just need patience.
The down side.
1.I expected more good pictures from National Geographic.
2.There are too few backdrops and these are often repeated though very well drawn.
3.If you just want a trouble free time, sitting and clicking well fine. Is it just me or was I glad when I reached the end.

I liked playing this hidden object game but I must admit that I finished it quicker than others I have played. Good clear pictures.

In 1925 an Indiana Jones inspiration named Colonel Percy Fawcett went into the jungles of the Amazon looking for a fabled city, the Lost City of Z. He never returned. Now your intrepid sister, who is trying to follow the Colonel's trail in the steamy Brazilian jungle is missing, too, and of course you've got to find her! Will you find your sister and the elusive City of Z?

That scenario should result in a highly exciting and stressful game, but somehow any emotional atmosphere gets lost in the hidden object searches which rather squelch the drama. You search for hundreds of items buried in the beautifully rendered environments and as you trudge along you will encounter mini- games such as fitting stone blocks into a pattern, and these diversions are very easy to solve. You photograph exotic creatures on your way such as a pair of bright red parrots, a leopard frog, a jaguar- but you have to find them in the littered scenes first. You can preview the hidden stuff in the task bar which is lucky because some of the objects are extremely difficult to locate. At one point I was trying to find an ant and even with the hint radar telling me where to look, it took many clicks to zero in on the little critter and send him scuttling away.

You will visit the same scenes several times but with interesting variations such as at sunset, under a flashlight or a moon or night vision goggles. These variations make the back-tracking more palatable. But by and large this game isn't a winner like National Geographic's "Herod's lost tomb".

Being a lover of all things amazon (the jungle) and a fan of the book, I thought what the heck, this might be interesting. I started to play the game, and it seems to be nothing but trying to find objects on the screen and click on them. No narration, no story. I completed a few of the levels, and it was more of the same. After looking at the game downloads here on Amazon I noticed that a lot of them are "hidden object" games. Is that really all there is? There's lots of them for sale. I don't get it. Oh well, some people find that fun I guess. If you have this game and there's more to it after a few levels, please let me know in the comments section.

tis game ask for a relax mode but does not work, if you do not finish 1-12 you must start all over. there is 7days challanges which has over 50 differnt places to go, and you loose time. I tried on 6 days and had to go back to 1 and some puzzle you play in the dark and use a latern or glass to look thruogh. I gave up because it took to long, its not worth the money or shipping.