Odyssey

by Dreamcatcher

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004U8K5
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,188 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A Butcher/Lang translation of Homer's Odyssey begins, "TELL ME, O MUSE, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy." Now, with the advent of computers, players can control a hero in an adventure inspired by this tale. Explore the Homeric epic as Heriseus, sent by Queen Penelope to find Ulysses 10 years after the end of the Trojan War. Odyssey features a detailed 3-D world for your full exploration, and a variety of puzzles and unusual challenges.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Odyssey, December 23, 2000

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"links42" (Albany, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Odyssey (CD-ROM)

This game is one of great graphics and if you are intrested in Homers work this is the game for you. It holds to the Greek writers poem. It follows Heriseus, Ulysses best friend, on his quest to find Ulysses or proof of his death. I would recommend this product if you like games that do not deal with you killing everyone. But you still can use your sword, but most of the time it will not be even be unsheathed. This is a game for those who think about there actions before they take hold of them.

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to die!, September 14, 2001

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wysewomon "wysewomon" (Paonia, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Odyssey (CD-ROM)

Okay. There were a lot of things I liked about this game, and a lot of things I didn't like.

I don't tend to be as fond of third person adventures. And the keyboard control of the main character was very difficult! Although it was supposed to allow for precise movement, I found that it was extremely hard to get your man where he was supposed to go. Some of the pans and changes of orientation were extremely disorienting, too. I had to stop and re-orient myself in about every scene.

You die A LOT in this game. I don't like that, much, myself. I tend to prefer games where you don't die, or at least where you can revert to the place where you last saved without reloading the whole game. Some of the ways you can die are pretty amusing, though.

Some of the puzzles are REALLY illogical. I found myself going to the UHS hints quite a bit, which is annoying to me. Many of the times I got hints, I would NEVER have figured the puzzle out without, because the answer just was not something that followed or made sense.

On the plus side, however, the graphics were decent. I loved the mythological content (if you've read others of my reviews, you know I'm a mythology geek). When you didn't die and the puzzles made sense, the game was really great and absorbing. I especially liked the pig section; now that was original thought!

All in all, pretty good with periods of tedium and frustration.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A worthy purshase if you like a challenge, June 26, 2001

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Evan Clark (Bangkok, Thiland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Odyssey (CD-ROM)

Oddessey is set after Homers story of Oddesyus's invasion of Troy. You start off in the ruins of Troy. You are shearching for Ulyseus. In the Troy camp you must speak with the commander. Then you go to find a man. The game is extreamly difficult and it has some strange camera angles and a couple placesthat there is an invisible wall and you have to press space bar in exacly the right place or nothing happens. I recomend buying the strategy guide if you the game.