Majestic

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Customer Reviews:

Don't Buy This Game [Posted on 2002-02-27]
Majestic is a highly entertaining game in the vein of the X-Files and David Fincher's movie, "The Game". In fact, Majestic is one of the most original and engrossing games I ever played.

Then why the 1 star rating? Electronic Arts, the creators of Majestic, have decided that the game isn't profitable enough for them - one of the reasons it is being released on CD. Unfortuneatly, subscriptions to majestic were much lower than EA expected. Instead of trying to get more subscribers, they have nixed Majestic. Already, the message boards and "members only" areas of the majestic web page are gone... But it get worse. How? Majestic is being cancelled as of April 30, 2002. I'll say that again : MAJESTIC IS BEING CANCELLED AS OF APRIL 30, 2002.

As many gamers have been, I am throughly disappointed with this decision. Unfortuneatly, EA is not about to change their minds on this. In fact, rumor has it the entire majestic team has been fired...

Engrossing, if you like to THINK [Posted on 2002-03-17]
Majestic is a game I'd heard about for some time, but was waiting to read the reviews for. I finally read some, and they were uniformly outstanding, but to play you had to join an EA-owned service and I didn't want to do that. But then, they released the game on CD and no special membership was required. So, I bought the game.

You've probably heard, EA has pulled the plug. This is sort of like cancelling a great TV show before it has the chance to build up an audience. EA never gave Majestic a chance to succeed. The game servers are active until the end of April, so if you start now, you can't finish the game... period.

That said, I have NEVER enjoyed a game more than I'm enjoying this one. Well, maybe "enjoy" isn't the right word. I'm addicted. Besides the main plot, which consists of some simple puzzles that get harder over the course of the game but are always solvable with the tools right at hand, there is a second, much more challenging game just "outside" of the main game that has absorbed my attention for days and days now and is the single most challenging intellectual problem I've ever come across. I won't ruin it for anyone except to mention "Solitaire1947."

If you don't own Majestic... don't bother to start. But remember that Majestic was something truly innovative, great, and exciting, and Electronic Arts killed it before it ever had a chance to succeed.

Sad, really...

The Fun Is Officially Over [Posted on 2002-07-07]
Originally billed as "The game that plays you!" Majestic was an exhilarating online mystery, unlike any other game before it. However, gameplay was all online, and involved searching websites on the servers run by EA. The software in this box is merely the interface for that online play, there is zero off-line content. EA shut down the servers running this game in April 2002. So, now, this is merely a collector's item for the box art, there is nothing that can be done with the software at all.

If you are looking for a game to play, do not buy this. There is nothing payable at all in this box. It's not bad, it's simply non-existant.

Game No Longer Playable [Posted on 2003-08-21]
Just in case anyone was thinking of buying this game...

EA no longer supports this game and it cannot be played. So don't waste your money. It was a great game when it lasted.

Please bring back Majestic [Posted on 2005-08-14]
If you're a fan like me, you might occasionally check this space for reviews, hoping that someday you'll load up the Majestic page and see a note from someone saying "If you liked Majestic, try this new game instead." So far it hasn't happened, but I keep hoping.

Majestic was one of the most innovative and immersive games I ever played, but it was cancelled back in 2002 for lack of interest. Sure, the AI on the AIM bots was poor and the phone calls were hokey, but it was unlike any other game ever made, before or since. I dream of more games like it, but I guess the market isn't there, because I've not seen a single one. I can't even find any fan pages on the net.

But I find it hard to believe I'm the only one that fell in love with not only this game, but the concept of this game. A game that extends past the traditional interface and calls your cell phone, sends you faxes, AIM messages, and emails. For a brief moment back in 2002, I was stalked by a video game, and it was exciting as hell.

Anyway, this has gone on too long for a game that's been dead for three years. I just wanted to let you fans (if there are any) know that you're not alone. Some of us are out here waiting for the day that a new Majestic-like game comes out. [...]

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