Odyssey

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A worthy purshase if you like a challenge [Posted on 2001-06-26]
Oddessey is set after Homers story of Oddesyus's invasion of Troy. You start off in the ruins of Troy. You are shearching for Ulyseus. In the Troy camp you must speak with the commander. Then you go to find a man. The game is extreamly difficult and it has some strange camera angles and a couple placesthat there is an invisible wall and you have to press space bar in exacly the right place or nothing happens. I recomend buying the strategy guide if you the game.

a little better than beyond atlantis [Posted on 2001-07-22]
Beyond Atlantis was impossible. Odyssey is a little easier. What's bothersome is that both of these games contain ridiculous, illogical puzzles that are both boring and tedious! I'm fairly new to pc games, but these 2 titles (atlantis and odyssey) are annoying enough to make me stop playing adventure games altogether. Playing games is supposed to be fun, not tiresome. The Longest Journey or The Last Express are, without question,much better games than Odyssey.

Prepare to die! [Posted on 2001-09-15]
Okay. There were a lot of things I liked about this game, and a lot of things I didn't like.

I don't tend to be as fond of third person adventures. And the keyboard control of the main character was very difficult! Although it was supposed to allow for precise movement, I found that it was extremely hard to get your man where he was supposed to go. Some of the pans and changes of orientation were extremely disorienting, too. I had to stop and re-orient myself in about every scene.

You die A LOT in this game. I don't like that, much, myself. I tend to prefer games where you don't die, or at least where you can revert to the place where you last saved without reloading the whole game. Some of the ways you can die are pretty amusing, though.

Some of the puzzles are REALLY illogical. I found myself going to the UHS hints quite a bit, which is annoying to me. Many of the times I got hints, I would NEVER have figured the puzzle out without, because the answer just was not something that followed or made sense.

On the plus side, however, the graphics were decent. I loved the mythological content (if you've read others of my reviews, you know I'm a mythology geek). When you didn't die and the puzzles made sense, the game was really great and absorbing. I especially liked the pig section; now that was original thought!

All in all, pretty good with periods of tedium and frustration.

Great game! [Posted on 2001-11-08]
I love this game great story fun bad guys great game play that kids and adluts will like I have played a lot of games and this is one of the best it even has fun puzzles and great graphics and you don't keep having to fight bad guys that there is no point to in lots of games bad guys just come and kill you but in this game bad guys don't just came and kill you some times you fight them but bad guys don't just kill you. this game you will not just win fast it has a lot of stuff so it will last a long time but it will not get boring really fun buy it if you think it sounds fun you will like it.

PARENT'S BE CAUTIONED! [Posted on 2002-04-10]
THIS IS NOT A GAME THAT I FEEL IS SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. IT SHOULD BE RATED "T" FOR TEENS, CERTAINLY NOT "E" FOR ALL AGES.
THE REASON BEING IS THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT TRULY A VIOLENT GAME BY TODAYS STANDARDS, THERE ARE STILL SOME SCENES, ALTHOUGH WITHOUT GORE, THAT ARE STILL PRETTY INTENSE. THERE ARE ALSO VERY REALISTIC SCARY MONSTERS THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SCAREY FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.
THERE IS ONE OTHER REASON THAT I WOULD CAUTION PARENTS. ON THE FIRST LEVEL, THE MAIN CHARACTER ULYSSIUS, IS PRESENTED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO "SPEND TIME" WITH A LADY WHO WE SAY "WORKS THE STREET". ABSOLUTLY NO IMAGES ARE SHOWN, BUT THE IDEA IS STILL THERE. I GUESS THAT DREAMCATCHER INTERACTIVE JUST HAD TO THROW THAT IN. PRETTY UN-CALLED FOR IF YOU ASK ME.

OTHER THAN THAT I LIKE THE GAME. THE GRAPHICS ARE REALLY WELL DONE, INFACT SOME ARE JAW DROPPERS. THE STORYLINE AND EASE OF PLAY ARE WELL DONE AS WELL.

ALTHOUGH I DOUBT THAT I WILL BE BUYING FROM DREAMCATCHER AGAIN, I LIKED THE GAME (OTHER THAN WHAT I MENTIONED ABOVE), AND GIVE IT FOUR STARS.

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