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Zork Grand Inquisitor

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I bought this game over two years ago and it was well worth the money. Time and time again I and my family have enjoyed this rare gem.

It is difficult now to find a decent adventure game based in the classic style of simply point and click, though this game should be setting the standard. The easy control system is part of the key, you can't really get into a game if you need to memorise twenty or so keystroke combinations!

Even if you are unaware with previous "Zork" games, please don't let this put you off. The game itself consists of a very original story line weaved with a large helping of humour and suspense, it can be appreciated by both the beginner and the experienced adventure.

Graphics wise the game delights your senses by feeding your eyes with screen after screen of beautiful graphics and wonderful animated and video sequences.

Do not be suprised if you are to notice a few familiar faces in this game, although you have seen them before, they totally engulf you into the characters they portray.

So yes, I throughly recommend this game, it is one that you'll be sad to complete!

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I play tons of adventure games and found this game to be one of the most well balanced games around. I don't like alot of fighting in my games, and this didnt have that at all. It was funny, great storyline and made for people who want to do more with games than blow things up. I played Zork Nemesis and wasn't too inpressed, but this one is pretty dang cool.

As a longtime player of Infocom's original Zork series and other text adventures and having played a number of other graphical adventure/problem-solving games, I enjoyed Grand Inquisitor a lot. In retrospect, however, I found the puzzles to be a bit obvious and forced in many places (would Activision dare to release something as challenging as "Spellbreaker" in graphical form?). I also wish there was a bit more terrain to explore. Quite honestly, I found Zork Nemesis more challenging despite it being sinister and not in the spirit of Zork.

The interface is part of the problem. While necessary to some degree, I sometimes wish the changing/highlighting cursor interface could be downplayed a bit. The 360-degree motion is a nice improvement over typical "slide show" adventure games such as Myst and Riven, but the graphics and rendering are still a tad subpar. If there was fluid motion throughout the environments (i.e., true forward and back motion), well that would truly be something. The pop-up "menu bars" for inventory and spells is useful.

The humor in Grand Inquisitor is about right: a bit corny at times but always with its tongue-in-cheek sarcasm intact. The use of low-key actors such as Dirk Benedict, Rip Taylor, Erick Avari and Michael McKean as the voice of the Dungeon Master were all well-chosen and the video sequences were good.

Here's hoping the Zork legend continues...this time though, I hope Activision strives to make the next one bigger, more challenging and with an improved interface.

I played Zork back when it was only text and it got me started on Adventure games. Once the graphics were added and playing Return to Zork and Zork Nemisis I thought the Zork I grew up with was gone.

It's back! Z:GI has the same sense of humor and playing style of the orginals. I especially appreciated going back to the little white house where it all started. I laughed until my sides hurt.

From my point of view one of the best adventure games ever.Get deep inside the zork underground empire,full of mysteries in order to release the empire from the evil dictator and return the magik.

Zork Grand Inquisitor is without a doubt the best adventure game ever. If you played the old text versions of Zork, then you will want this game. If you haven't, there is still a lot here to enjoy.

The story picks up sometime after magic was banned by the Grand Inquisitor (who insanely says "I am the Boss of YOU.") You eventually meet up with a magician who has been placed into a lantern and off you go to the Great Underground Empire.

The game itself is full of wonder, humor and clever puzzles. The music adds a lot to the locations and brings a sense of wonder to them. You really feel a part of what is going on. The humor is outstanding. There are several pop culture references that you will catch and there are some slapstick jokes. The humor can be best described as a Monty Python/ Saturday Night Live / Mystery Science Theater 3000 type of humor. The puzzles, at times obscure, are always rewarding when you complete them.

Without giving too much away, you will find many moments of awe (humor wise.) There is the talking door, the funny "singing spell names", and listen for David Lander (Squiggy) doing voiceovers for two different characters.

The DVD version is nice to have. First of all, it keeps the game on one disk. However, it has very strict requirements on DVD decoders. If you don't have one of the 4 it lists, the game will play in normal mode. It is hard to find these decoders now days. However, receiving Zork Nemesis with this is a big plus!

This is one game everyone should own.

I play adventure games with my children, and we LOVED this game! I am an old-time Zork fan, so I recognized much of the humor and some of the places, etc. This was fun, never too difficult to figure out, but always just challenging enough to keep us thinking. We would highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a good challenging adventure game.

Where can you find an underground garden with real egg-plants, a six-armed sword wielding invisible bridge guard, a spell book with a chant to make purple things invisible, a machine that turns people into small metal objects which can still talk and a wise-cracking but disembodied Dungeon Master? It can only be Zork, where Activision has wisely returned to the traditional humorous format of gameplay. With stunning graphics, a complex but enthralling puzzle system and a script which has you in stitches, Zork Grand Inquisitor is easily the best insight into the Zork world yet.

If you've played any of the Zork games, you know how much fun they are. Grand Inquisitor is no exception - funny, challenging, and intelligent. I just wish they would make another sequel already.

Absolutely one of the best pc games I've ever played. Funny, intelligent, absorbing. The problems and puzzles are well designed, so your stratagies and problem solving yield results which move you forward in the game. I never wanted it to end. I'm waiting for the next Zork.