Customer Reviews

Ollo in the Sunny Valley Fair

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This game is fantastic. The animation is great, the story is fun, and the activities are actually educational. Kids about 3-5 will need a bit of help. It's kind of like playing a Putt-Putt game, but it is easier to know your goal because it is divided into chapters.

I go through a lot of kid software, and this is the funniest cleverest learning software I've ever seen. The box says ages 3 and up, but kids under 8 will definitely need an adult's help to figure it all out. Every age will like the great animation. BTW, this game runs native on Mac OS X.

I thought my four-year-old mastered this program over a year ago but she still enjoys playing it today (September 2003) and still learns small details she previously missed each time she plays. Critics who say this game is too difficult for three-year-olds are, in my opinion, underestimating the abilities of three-year-olds. This game is extrememly intersting and motivational. If a child has fun playing the game, he or she is bound to figure out how to solve the problems with a little parental coaxing. Just navigating around the "Ollo World" is fun in itself.

Wow. After playing through this with my 2 year old AND my six year old, it's clear to me that this company knows its way through the mire and muck of the legions of incredibly bad kids software to come up with a quality game that will be played for years.

The game has the most distinct visual style ever; it's pacing is perfect for the upper boundaries of the designated age range; better still, adults will love the catchy tunes and the down home, friendly style. I want Ollo 2, 3, and 4 now!

A lovely simple, honest and clever game. My daughter was almost 4 when she got it and mastered it in days- and for those days played it for hours at a time! It reminds me of a kids' version of Myst in it's theme of putting many tasks together to create a solution to a problem.

It taught her how to use the mouse, navigate using a mental map, and remember tasks after many screens. An absolutly perfect introduction to basic computer skills in the lovliest way. I will buy many copies for presents. She still plays with it and her sister, 3 1/2 is now starting to play it alone.

My 3 year old granddaughter really loves this game. She is a "do it myselfer" and needed very little help in learning to move around in this game. She is always very excited when she masters a new "chapter" She evens plays out "Ollo" with her toys. Telling them, now you can't go to chapter 2 until you finish chapter 1, etc.
The game has helped her with reasoning skills- the giant tomato has knocked off the clown's wig, where is it. Then in another screen you see the wig being used by a bird as a nest. To get the wig, you need a ladder, and so, you have to find where the ladder is in another screen, unlock the shed - first finding the key to the shed, and take the ladder back to the tree before you can get the wig. She quickly learned how to move from screen to screen and back, and just really loves solving the different puzzles.

After seeing many poor quality computer games for kids, Ollo was a breath of fresh air! This is a top notch game with a fun storyline and cute graphics that can be enjoyed over and over. This game is a bit challenging to navigate at first but after some initial guidance, my 3 year old plays it on his own with no problem. Highly recommend!

Ollo is not only our family favorite game for our 4 year old, it also has turned into the neighborhood favorite. My daughter's 5 year old friend comes over to play it while my daughter is off doing something else!

The chapters are great because the girls can go right to the activites they want. The open-ended marble game is also wonderful because it allows freeform exploration. The clickable areas are large, and although I had to play with my daughter the first dozen times we played it, she now has mastered the mouse at age 4 and can play it all by herself.

As an artist in a game-programming family (my husband is a game designer/programmer for a major playstation/xbox game maker), Ollo has impressed me with the quality of the visual style, and my husband with the straightforward interface design and carefully created activities and games that seem to exactly fit our daughter's interests and abilities. The game doesn't crash, it runs well, and most importantly, it's incredibly fun.

A+, Hullabee! Keep up the great work! Make another Ollo!

I picked this CD up at the library for my 3 year old and we have since purchased it. It is the first software that I enjoyed working through with her, and that she enjoys doing on her own. She enjoys every aspect of this software ie. working through the chapters, playing the "mini-games" on the way, and collecting the marbles for the pinball game.

Wow. After playing through this with my 2 year old AND my six year old, it's clear to me that this company knows its way through the mire and muck of the legions of incredibly bad kids software to come up with a quality game that will be played for years.

The game has the most distinct visual style ever; it's pacing is perfect for the upper boundaries of the designated age range; better still, adults will love the catchy tunes and the down home, friendly style. I want Ollo 2, 3, and 4 now!