I don't know how people played this back in the day without falling into a coma. I guess even then people were fooled into buying a game just because of the graphics and sound, and after the purchase they didn't want to admit it had zero playability because that would mean admitting they made a mistake.

I'm sure it looks nice by standards of the day, but even then there were other, better games out there. This is one of the most mind-numbingly inane games you'll ever play. People rave about "intelligent logic puzzles" and "tricky challenges" but that is just code for completely obtuse, repetitive gameplay.

Walk to this location. Rotate this object. Walk to the other end of the island. Take a note of this code. Repeat the entire thing seven times. Now go over here and flip these four switches into this sequence. You'll get no indication you've done it right, but trust me. Now go over here and click on this blank wall to reveal a hidden panel you couldn't possibly know was there. Now pick up this book and read all 24 pages just in case there's something in it which might prove useful later.

Now go over to this other island and count the number of bricks in this building and type the number into a computer on a totally different island to play a message. Count the number of syllables in his 10 minute long speech as that will be crucial much, much later on.

...okay, I'm exaggerating. But not my much. This game was terrible then and it's terrible now. The only reason people persevered back in the day is because they'd spent a small fortune on their new CD-ROM drives and couldn't afford to buy any other games for a year and so had to make do with what they had. Which is an interactive slideshow.

I don't know how people played this back in the day without falling into a coma. I guess even then people were fooled into buying a game just because of the graphics and sound, and after the purchase they didn't want to admit it had zero playability because that would mean admitting they made a mistake. I'm sure it looks nice by standards of the day, but even then there were other, better games out there. This is one of the most mind-numbingly inane games you'll ever play. People rave about "intelligent logic puzzles" and "tricky challenges" but that is just code for completely obtuse, repetitive gameplay. Walk to this location. Rotate this object. Walk to the other end of the island. Take a note of this code. Repeat the entire thing seven times. Now go over here and flip these four switches into this sequence. You'll get no indication you've done it right, but trust me. Now go over here and click on this blank wall to reveal a hidden panel you couldn't possibly know was there. Now pick up this book and read all 24 pages just in case there's something in it which might prove useful later. Now go over to this other island and count the number of bricks in this building and type the number into a computer on a totally different island to play a message. Count the number of syllables in his 10 minute long speech as that will be crucial much, much later on. ...okay, I'm exaggerating. But not my much. This game was terrible then and it's terrible now. The only reason people persevered back in the day is because they'd spent a small fortune on their new CD-ROM drives and couldn't afford to buy any other games for a year and so had to make do with what they had. Which is an interactive slideshow.