Return To Mysterious Island

by DreamCatcher Games

Product Features

• Take on the role of Mina and explore an unchartered island
• Numerous tactile, inventory, and environmental puzzles to solve
• Many inventory items to collect, from basic items to modern technologies
• Beautifully created, lush tropical island setting; built-in hint system
• For players age 13 or older

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002YIUNI
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,534 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #49 in Video Games > PC Games > Board Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Return to Mysterious Island follows Mina, a strong young woman a lone on a round-the-world sailing expedition. Caught in a tremendous storm, she becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. As she explores her new surroundings, she uncovers artifacts, living spaces, and technologies left behind by the people who came before her to this uncharted is land.

Creating a new life, Mina builds a home from the remains of Granite Rock and us es her survival skills against the wilds of the jungle. She soon becomes aware of a figure in the shadows who, seemingly aware of her troubles, offers her ass istance. She eventually identifies this figure as the unsettled ghost of Captai n Nemo, whose body is located in the Nautilus deep below the island shore. Piec ing together the hints and clues he provides, Mina must travel to the Nautilus, retrieve his body and give him a proper burial in order to free his tortured s oul.

Take on the role of Mina and solve a variety of clever puzzles and use the vari ous technologies found on the Nautilus to return to civilization or remain cast away on the island forever.

Features:

• Inspired by the Jules Verne classic: Mysterious Island
• Numerous tactile, inventory, and environmental puzzles to solve
• Many inventory items to collect, from basic items to modern technologies
• Built-in hint system to aid the player
• Beautifully created, lush tropical island setting
• Numerous NPCs to interact with
• Ambient sounds for a total immersive experience

Product Description

Return To Mysterious Island (PC CD-ROM), Product #26174

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unique, fun, and short., November 27, 2004

By 

Neera "designer & animal lover" (Renton, WA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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

This game starts you off on a remote island where you are lost. You have to eat, which is a puzzle in itself. Then you explore the island, trying to find a way home. Most of the puzzles in this game are logical, except 2 or 3 which involve you tinkering with it until you get it. I had to look at a walkthrough for 1 such puzzle, because the clue they gave didn't make sense.

The graphics are beautiful - and they are not still shots like in many other adventure games. Each shot has something moving in it -- anything from a butterfly to a monkey hurling rocks at you.

A couple of scenes involve your quick thinking. Hang around too long and you're dead. But rest assured, if you die, it resets to just before that scene (so no worries if you forgot to save).

Another great thing about this game is that there are multiple ways to do almost every puzzle. You can assemble things and make different chemicals, weapons, foods, etc. It's nice to have some flexibility in the game, especially if you didn't find an object that's needed to make something.

The ending is quick and sudden, but exactly what I expected. The surprises came in the middle of the game. The game is based on a Jules Verne novel -- but don't expect the same quality of story line. It's good, but not a classic novel by any means.

The real downfall of this game is the length. It is considerably shorter than many other adventure games - even shorter than Syberia. Still, the price tag makes up for that fact. The game's price debuted at a mere $20 list, whereas other games are $40+.

For this price, you might as well pick it up and play this good, though short game.

69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine game, what there is of it, December 9, 2004

By 

Lynn S. Hendricks "Wordmama" (Carson City, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return To Mysterious Island (CD-ROM)

A sweet and engaging little game, with just enough challenge to keep your brain working and some cool places to explore. If the plot is a little far-fetched, well, that's a computer game, right? Graphics are excellent, and the music is lovely; acting and writing both work very well. Puzzles are of the constructing-a-battery-out-of-lemon-juice variety. There are very few timed puzzles, and those aren't difficult, even for fumble-fingered players like me. No violence or anything else objectionable, but some of the puzzles might be a little challenging for kids under 12 or so.

The only real drawback to the game is its brevity. This is one of the fastest games I've played in a long time. There are multiple routes to reach the end, but that doesn't increase playability to the point where you'll want to play the game more than about twice. It's a shame, because the environment is so attractive and the characters so much fun that I wanted to explore it more.

Going to keep my eyes on these guys and see what they come up with next!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short But Worth the $$$, March 15, 2006

By 

F. Yue (Westchester, NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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

As many other reviewers have noted, this game is very short. However, I found it compelling, easy to navigate, and in short, a lot of fun to play. To give you some context, I was a big fan of adventure games back in the Sierra and Monkey Island days, but haven't played any in the past 5-6 years (ever since first-person gore-fests took over the world).

These days I like the Nancy Drew series, but Return to Mysterious Island was a really nice break from the Nancy Drew format. RtMI is pleasing to look at, has great music, and not too much pixel-hunting: most items are in plain view, and the ones that are "hidden" usually require looking up at the sky or down on the ground, as opposed to scanning the area in front of you in super-slo-mo.

The inventory puzzles are fun and at times challenging. You can definitely finish the game without figuring out uses for a lot of your inventory items, but according to one walk-through I read after I finished the game (and was still being haunted by questions like "what the heck was I supposed to use X for?"), all items in the game are useful ones.

I think it's great that there are many different ways to attack the same problem. For example - how to start a fire? So far I have found around 9 different ways to do so, using different combinations of my inventory.

In summary, I only paid $10 for this game, but thoroughly enjoyed the 10 hours I spent playing it.