Return to Mysterious Island

by The Adventure Company

Product Details

• ASIN: B000EVMFSU
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,893 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun game, December 15, 2006

By 

David Linzer (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return to Mysterious Island (CD-ROM)

Overall a good game. You will occasionally need to refer to a walkthrough (You can find one that some kind soul posted free online by Googleing the title of a game and "walkthrough".) However, almost all adventure/puzzle games are like this. Either you periodically refer to a walkthrough, or you get frustrated at some point where you are stuck and shelve the game.

Nice graphics. Some of the cutscenes are very simple, comic-book like drawings with sound. This sounds cheap, and I am sure it saved a lot of programming time as compared to computer animations, but it is really quite enjoyable. In fact, I think I liked it better than animated cutscenes!

Overall, a good game. I wish they had more adventure games like this. No blabbing, droning dialog that goes on forever. No endless reading of volumous diaries. Just problem solving and exploration.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Original Adventure Game Play, March 2, 2009

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Alexander T. Hoffman "indiglowblue" (North Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Return to Mysterious Island (CD-ROM)

I got this game with 5 others in an Adventure Company collection pack. This game by far had the most original gameplay of any Adventure game I've ever played. There are multiple ways to resolve a puzzle and items can be used many times in may different ways by combining with other items and deconstructing items to make entirely new items. Where other adventure games have their limits, Return to the Mysterious Island goes as far as any adventure game has in creating an inventory system where you can combine items in a way the reflects the human imagination, rather than a programer's limitations. The game has beautiful graphics and fascinating puzzles. I only wish the game were longer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, October 20, 2008

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Blondie - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Return to Mysterious Island (CD-ROM)

While it is a short game, I really enjoyed it. The challenges are not too hard. It's just like being shipwrecked for real and having to figure out survival skills. I enjoyed it a lot!