Fans of hack and slash role playing will enjoy this involving romp through the lands to the north of the action in Lord Of The Rings. Tolkien fans will love the depth of storytelling that's to be had through interaction with the non-player characters, supplying lots of good info about the history of Middle Earth, and many well known characters from the books/films.
There are three characters to play - a Ranger, an Elf and a dwarf - each with different abilities and stories, and it's well worth playing as each as each gets to do (slightly) different things.
The action is compelling, and the look of the game superb. One problem is that the game was designed to work best as a multi-player game, but unless you can run it on a LAN (and that ain't simple) you won't have this option in this Mac port, so while you play one of the characters the other two are computer operated and aren't as much use as they should be.
However, it's great fun and top value for money. It's the easiest way to get transported to Middle Earth with a mouse in your hand!
The fabolous context and the mixture with click and find hidden objects (not so hard) make thies game an excellent choice for everyone who appreciat the match 3 gameplay. Probably the best choice for those who'dlike to begin this kind of games. Also a good idea as a gift for kids who approach first computer games (my 7-year old nephew appreciared very much). Also bought the sequel.
I had this game from another store, and when it started crashing I was looking to pay a second time if I could find a working version. It won't launch any more, it "unexpectedly quits" if I try to launch it. My system far exceeds the minimum requirements, so I reckon it's a bit of third party software maybe? Flash? Java? Boo.
Even at full price of $5 this game is a steal. Reading about people complaining about saving? It auto-saves your progress between missions. I do recommend changing the controls however, personnel preference really to use WASD to move. Get it, you wont regret it!
I love simcity since it was the frist version on DOS :D it get better and better , but still the lake of space ( need bigger maps ) still kind of disapointing, but overrall the game is amazing keeps ur mind thinking and thinking for hours :D
Having not played any if the earlier games in the series I was unsure what to expect. The game gets you involved from the start and you can really see your progress. The random challenges that appear be it natural disasters or those pesky rebels keep you on your toes. My only gripe would be the limitation to two maps.
Cute art and engaging storyline. Unfortunately, as you advance through the games' stages, the puzzles become ridiculously difficult—not in a satisfying, brain-crunching kind of way, but in a totally random way that defies the game's own internal logic. If you want a smart, gorgeous, rewardingly difficult game with elegant mechanics, skip Journey of a Roach and check out Limbo instead.
Okay firstly for .69 you can't really complain, it's a diverting hour or so....the HO scenes whilst nicely drawn can't really make up for the fact that this is a really short game, can understand why they've reduced it so extensively it would be hard to see how they could expect more than a couple of dollars for this one...ultimately you just feel like you're going back and forth all the time doing the same things, there are no suprises but a lot of tedium. Zero replayability, can't say i recommend it.
I love the Tropico series for their light sense of humor and innovative game design. I loved that this game isn't as resourse heavy as others, and runs smoothly on my computer. The game has a good amount of replayability, but sometimes the jokes do get a little old. However, I love the graphics, the design, and the interface. A truly five-star game!
Dont know why i waited so long to get it had an issue download still not sure if i have the full version I am suprised by the differnt monsters there are to kill can't stop playint it
When the game works, I enjoy it a lot. Sadly, it seems to be a complete crapshoot whether the game will work. Specifically the fort may or may not finish building and if it doesn't finish building, you really can't do the game.
'This War of Mine' is not really a game but a simulation of survival - what it is like to be the victim of warfare. Loosely based on the war in Bosnia you play 3 male characters struggling to survive in a war-torn urban landscape. You must contend with hunger, injury, sleep deprivation and death I don't know if a character ever wins because the odds of your survival are definitely slim and I've never reached a satisfactory conclusion. The game is drawn in bleak atmospheric black, grey, and white shadows and the destroyed city landscape is bleak. The characters are silhouettes that are often in shadow and dimly lit. 'This War of Mind' is an eye-opening experience for those used to games such as 'Call of Duty' and other shooters like it. Here you play the victim caught between deadly forces. Your character must daily choose between difficult moral choices in order to survive. The player must often make choices of life and death, your life and well as others. There are no correct decisions and every decision has a consequence. You eventually end up realizing that you never had real good choices in the first place.
As grim as real war, this simulation will be an eye-opener for those who have never experienced it. The developers wisely limited the reality of warfare in order to make the game playable without turning users away. It is clear that the underlining message is that warfare has many many victims but some victims are missing from gameplay. Other real victims of war such as women and children are not in the game. Adding this reality or war victimhood would probably have been too much for players to take.
The game has 2 major problems which, when fixed, will make this a 5 star game. The first problem is that the darkness of the screen and size of the text makes the game difficult to play on a small screen. My 13" MacBook screen was almost too small to play it on. My much larger iMac would have been ideal but I could not play it on my older iMac because there was not enough graphic RAM. This problem was not disclosed on all potential purchase sites. There is supposed to be a fix for this problem with the release of version 1.2 but that version is not available via the Mac App Store (version 1.02), version numbers are not given on the Mac Game Store, and the Mac Steam version is 1.22.
'This War of Mine' is highly recommended. But be careful of graphic requirements. My original purchase of this game was from the Mac App Store.
Unlike helivoy, I haven't any issues saving games or using inventory, and there are quite a few save points so if you have to leave the game you just have to make sure to walk through one of the set points to save your progress. This has worked okay for me. The puzzles, however, are absurd. Several make no sense and just require a long and more or less arbitrary series of actions. (So far, for those who know the game, the lemming puzzle and the clock puzzle are especially infuriating). Any game may have one or two dud puzzles, but this is just one after another. I liked the first Syberia but this is pretty bad. And I know it is just a game, but a little bit of effort could have avoided cartoonish characters like the caricatural two-dimensional monks and the offensive portrayal of an intellectually handicapped character.
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