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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No walkthrough needed!!!,
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This review is from: The Sacred Amulet (CD-ROM)
This was the first game I've played that I didn't need a walkthrough. After playing Versailles 1685, Pilgrim and Paris 1313, I needed a break. The progression of the Sacred Amulet was logical and direct - if you are paying attention. After making adjustments to the extreme speed of the cursor, off I went. The amount of interaction between characters was just right. I found the graphics and music to be attractive and appropriate. The puzzles were interesting but not so difficult as to cause a migraine!! The puzzles were also logical and fitting with the situation at hand. There are lots of helps within the game in case you get stuck. There is a flower you must locate at one point that I just couldn't seem to find, even though I was in the only place the thing could be. I looked in the encyclopedia within the game to find out what the thing looked like and viola! I was standing right next to the flower I needed. In my gaming experience, I have found that most any game created by Cryo is top notch. Way to go Dreamcatcher for snagging the U.S. distribution rights! Keep 'em comin'!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Historical adventure,
By Kehrin (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sacred Amulet (CD-ROM)
This game is one of Cryo's edutainment games. It has a built-in encyclopedia, and a tour feature that lets you tour the ancient Aztec world without playing the game. The graphic quality is good, and the developers did a good job in recreating the environment. You can see homes of farmers, city people, the market place, the royal palace, and many of the temples. This is well worth the price of the game by itself. The game has a nice story and the puzzles are interesting. The game world is quite large and there are places you see during game play that aren't on the tour. There are free walk-throughs online that you can follow to see the whole story and all the environments, if you don't care for puzzle solving, or if you're a parent or grandparent helping grade school kids play. I'd recommend that parents of young children review the material first, before letting young children play, because, though it's handled very tactfully, the game deals with the ancient Aztec culture, aspects of which might be a little too gruesome for sensitive young children. If you like to wander around and explore graphical recreations of ancient places and learn about how the people lived, you'll like this game. The system requirements are low, so it'll work on older machines. I think it's quite a bargain!
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great graphics, beautiful game!,
By Herve Bronnimann (New York City, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sacred Amulet (CD-ROM)
OK, I admit: I've played a little bit more than regular lately. But with so many games by DreamCatcher, it's so much fun! Not all of them are that good though. So, thinking about playing the Amulet? Well, I heartily recommend it to those who liked The Forgotten (not much of a brainer), it will provide them with the next level of difficulty. But it's certainly not that hard. The puzzles are simple and we finished the game in not too intense two days. Riven-sequel seeker, beware.But the game's strength lies somewhere else. First, the graphics and the sound are beautiful, and there is poetry sprinkled in a few beautiful sunset animated movies. Then you meet people all the time (unlike most of these games which look strangely lonely). You can actually die, but the game saves automatically (for one player, at every act, there are ten acts total) and you can also save manually on top of that (for several simultaneous players; my wife and I like to do it on our own at the same time, to help each other but preserve the pleasure). The real bonus with this game is, you will learn about the Aztec civilization, through the encyclopedia (gathered with University professors, copious, with a lot of cross-referenced material). Each article is short, offers a picture. This is very suitable for younger players and adults alike (I'm past thirty). You are kindly linked with the encyclopedia when you click on the objects in the game. You can also play without bothering with the encyclopedia, so it's added value with no discomfort. I might play the game again just to learn more of the encyclopedia. There are very few reasons not to like this game: if you are a veteran gamer, the puzzles will look too simple for you; for $15, you won't complain too much. The 3D engine is beautiful, but like Cristal Key, every sequence takes a little while to load. It is not as slow (or you get used to it, I can't remember :) Anyway, it's far from unbearable. One minor regret: the somehow anticlimactic ending (still a nice sequence, don't worry; no plain congratulations screen here). Overall, an excellent game, refreshing, enjoyable, inexpensive. Highly recommended along with Beyond Atlantis, SafeCracker, and Riven, my recent and all-time favorites. 2115|R3A9904FPTOGXY;2115|RIK1R0CML4BO0;2115|RBA5TTN8AMD32;
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