This is a very good game. I'll get my quibbles out of the way first: the sound editing isn't great, and dialogue sometimes jumps from one sentence to another without a pause, or a stock phrase in a monotone voice will follow another panicked exclamation: not very realistic.
The premise is built around global warming and climate change, and this is very well done: a realistic imagining of what the future is likely to be and a drama arising from the imperative to repair the harm we've done. The puzzles are very good, varied, challenging, and mostly logical. The characters ar einteresting though mot exactly likeable, for the most part.
If you don't get this game you'll be kicking yourself... IF you don't get it for $3.00, even more so! Stupendous game play, great story, super awsome graphics, smooth as silk movement, even 'tab' quick graphic options! This one is not only a keeper, it's a must have!!! AND it works without a hic-up or glitch anywhere to be seen under OS X 10.9.x!
Grab it now! YOU WON'T BE SORRY! Honest! One of the few games that 5 stars is just not enough for!
It's amazing both for Lego and Harry Potter fans. I really like it, it's entertaining, has a lot of lego puzzles which make the gameplay last longer. Sometimes, it's a little bit irritating for me to collect all of the lego money blocks but I'm just the person who likes to collect everything that is possible, so it's not quite the game's fault. I played the first part and somehow I like that part better.
JOAR takes place in a (mostly) underground world of caverns and control rooms. It is dominated by an unexplained conflict between roaches and other insects (and spiders) on the one hand, and miliarized ants on the other, though the real goal is to get one roach back to a flower he came across. So, as you can see, flaw #1 is a confused and confusing storyline. What you can make sense of, though, is sometimes funny and even touching.
There is no dialogue; instead, sometimes thought bubbles appear with cartoons of what's going through the character's mind. This could be rather pleasant, except the cartoons are often not very clear, which makes solving the puzzles harder. Flaw #2.
Flaw #3, alas, is the poor quality of many of the puzzles. Some are good, most are very challenging, but many just don't make any sense. When they don't make sense, you can't figure out solutions but most resort to random combinations of objects, and that is not fun or satisfying. To be honest, without a walkthrough I would have given up in annoyance.
Flaw #4 is a little shortcoming in the interface. In most point-and-click games, when you click anywhere in a scene on a hotspot, the character walks over to pick it up or use it. In JOAR, the character just stands there complaining that it is too far away. You have to move it closer and then try again. The scenes are cluttered and the roaches can walk on side walls (but not rear walls!) and ceilings so moving around is not always obvious. A little shortcut for interacting would have been nice.
It isn't a very long game, but probably acceptable for the price (I got it on sale for $5). I wouldn't enthusiastically recommend it, but I did derive some enjoyment from it.
Can't play story mode in Demo - crashes before scenes seem to finish. Free mode doesn't really make sense without playing story mode first. Will not purchase
This is the kind of games I enjoy the most. It's different, it's strange and takes you into a strange story made out of someone's dreams. You have to think in an unconventional way to find everything in the game. This game is really unique, in every possible way. I really recommend this game, even though it's not that long.
Creepy, and strange, but fun and one more time creepy!
I agree with the other review. I'm still playing it but it's really really weird and creepy. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing in the game, what I should do or if I do it the right way. Still, the game is positively strange for me, and I like this kind of games where you have to work out what is really happening but even if you are almost sure, there is always a chance that you're wrong. :) confusing as hell but it gives a lot of fun to those who like that kind of gameplay :)
I had to buy this game!! I've had some great times playing this online when it first came out on PC. You can tell how the graphics were improved over the years, but you won't be disapointed on this one.
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