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 Penny January 6, 2009
Donald R. Olson
I could only play 2 of the 5 games. Keepsake keeps crashing even through I downloaded Adventure games patch. DeadReefs is not playable, also Return to Mysterious Island. However, tunguska is a good game and probably worth the price of the collection. I am still playing Nibiru.
 Hours of Quality Adventure Gameplay for Little Money December 4, 2008
logicjack (Philadelphia, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with several reviewers that mention how much adventuring you get for so little money in this collection. I found all of the games to be enjoyable to play although enjoyable in different ways.
Keepsake - visually awe inspiring; now that's what I expect a School of Magic to look like
Nibiru - like watching a movie with puzzles for commercials
Secret Files: Tunguska - this was a surprisingly good straight forward adventure game. I could associate more with the characters because of a lighthearted, almost comedic atmosphere.
Return to Mysterious Island - this is a first person adventure style that I particularly like with lots of inventory and building your own combinations of items.
Dead Reefs - a ghostly adventure that for a few minutes gave me that Afraid of the Dark creepiness. I had to install the Xvid driver to get this game to run on any of my systems.
The bottom line is that no matter which type of adventure game style you prefer, you will find it here along with some quality efforts from other styles.
And all of these for less than the price of one regular game. I recommend it as a nice collection for seasoned adventure gamers.
 Disappointment October 17, 2008
J. Mertens (Hawaii)
Could only play one of the games, everything else was a nightmare, so I give up, a waste of money.
Don't waste your money July 29, 2008
L. Drake (Alaska)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a great disappointment! I was not able to play Dead Reefs at all. System requirements state you only need a 64 MB DirectX9 compliant video card, when you actually need nVideo Ge-Force or ATI Radeon to play Dead Reefs. I was also unable to play Keepsake after just getting in the game because it froze. I followed the suggestion from The Adventure Co. to change from Windows XP to Windows 98, but it still would not play. NiBiRu would have been okay but for the the main character, who is a mean, bullying jerk. Tunguska is another walk two steps, solve a puzzle, walk two steps, solve a puzzle, which I find tedious in the extreme. I prefer games like Black Mirror, Dark Fall, or the Lost Crown, where you have a great story and wonderful atmosphere with several good puzzles. The one star is for Return to Mysterious Island, which I enjoyed, even if it is quite short. I also think it should have been mentioned that this is a DVD, not CD. Luckily I have a DVD drive, but many people would probably assume it is a CD. I wish The Adventure Company would get their act together.
Game by game July 17, 2008
Emmie (Oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's easier to review the games one by one. I have not played Dead Reefs because the reviews say it's buggier than an entymologist's den. Disregard the ratings above because I would rate each game so differently. Also, I would buy it again, if only for two of the games.
1. Keepsake: The visuals were gorgeous; the puzzles were interesting, with a few of the usual puzzles thrown in. The storyline was stupid. We're in a school of magic! Wizards, dragons, you know! Could we have a little action, please? How about a real bad guys? And frankly, Celeste got on my nerves.
2. Return to Mysterious Island: Visually okay, but I really, really loved loved loved the fact that puzzles had more than one solution. I played it twice just to try things differently. I've always hated the fact that you can be standing over a bomb, needing the wire cutters, and going to die because you only have a pair of scissors. In real life, you wreck the scissors, get a little shock, and live. Story line was a little thinner than usual, but the flexibility of the game made it one of my favorites in this pack. Only one pixel hunt I can think of.
3. Nibiru: This game reminds me of Eastern European films: Grim, humorless, inflexible, and giving me a lot less agency than I am used to. Not a coincidence--it's based on an Eastern European game. Too much walk and talk. Storyline could have been interesting, if it didn't insist on being so noir. At least it wasn't buggy. It was beautiful, though. Points for using Nazis without falling into sterotypes.
4. Tunguska--we enjoyed this one. Humor, action, and a great button. You push on it and you can see all the "hot spots" on the screen. No more pixel hunting. Good storyline. We await the sequel. I think if you like Broken Sword, you'll like Tunguska.
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