Time Machine

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Customer Reviews:

Annoying Controls [Posted on 2001-09-23]
I have tried several times to play this game after installing it months ago. I just find it so annoying to try to maneuver the character and interact with people and objects! To open a door or pick up an object, you have to be positioned right in front of it, or nothing happens. That would not be a problem if the character were easy to maneuver. But he walks too fast and will overshoot the mark if you don't time your moves just right.

Once you do finally come into contact with another character, the exchange is completed unsatisfying. The characters (including your own) have nothing of interest to say. Even calling them "characters" is being generous. They reminded me of the voice of the computer on Star Trek (vaguely, as Majel Barrett has much more personality than these automatons.)

I suppose the above wouldn't be so bad if there were some sort of mission to encourage you to continue. But all that the short introduction reveals is that you are trapped in the future and now you have to find your way home. We've all seen that plot before and it's usually accompanied by some intricate subplots to give it more depth. I have yet to see that here.

If it still interests you, check out www.dreamcatchergames.com and see if there's a demo you can download. Maybe your experience will be better than mine. Here are some games I have played and can recommend: Blade Runner (personal favorite); Beyond Atlantis; Dracula: The Last Sanctuary; and Dracula: Resurrection.

fun [Posted on 2002-03-29]
People have totally underrated this! The plot is very interesting involving the sands of time and a time wave(divine force). There is a god, Kronos, who controls all man. like HG Well's Time Machine, a young man goes about 800,000 years into the future, but it is very different. There really isnt any reason for younger kids not to play it except he is hard to maneuver. You might want to try something like the Windows Harry Potter game first, then go for this. But it is totally worth buying.

Uh-oh [Posted on 2003-02-28]
If you have played some good quality games, you will be disappointed by this one. It's too bad because the basis of this game is a good one and a time machine alone could be a great tool towards what could be quite the adventure. But these possibilities are not achieved by this game. You can not move around freely and the controls can be difficult. Your kids might enjoy it but if you are looking for a whole lot of fun, try Myst, Atlantis or Blade Runner.

opn the second episode... [Posted on 2006-11-24]
I have a question, on the very beginning of the second episode, when he is trying to get to talk to the top monestery dude. How do I get there?? I don't get it. Anybody, help!

Good game but... [Posted on 2008-04-03]
I had purchased this game from a sale a few years back. At that time I had a computer that was running on Windows ME and the game worked great.

After I got a new computer that runs Windows XP, the game would not work. It is not compatable with anything above Windows 95/98/ME and am very dissapointed.

It would be nice to have a re-release of the game so that is works on newer versions of Windows.

So I guess my advise is this... if you do not have a computer that runs Windows 95/98/ME, do not but this game... it will not work.

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