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Quirky fun, if you have the patience

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 36 / 39
Date: April 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A strange little game, this. There's evidence of a delightfully fun personality behind the writing. I found myself laughing out loud more than once when the Flaming Mask guy suddenly demanded to have his nose scratched in the middle of prophesying the planet's doom.

On the other hand, the basic plot is never explained sufficiently for the average player to figure out just what the HECK is going on. The game comes with a step-by-step walkthrough, and that's a good thing, because many of the puzzles are only solved by doing completely unrelated things. I resent this -- there ought to be some sort of internal logic that allows the persistent user to actually *solve* a problem occasionally instead of just tripping over the solution because you threw everything in your inventory at it.

It also needs to be said that the game is buggy. The game's forum shows that everyone else had the same problem I did -- inexplicable freezes that require you to reboot to get out of the game.

But problems aside, the game's sense of humor makes up for a lot. I played, laughed, got frozen, cursed heartily, rebooted, and went back to playing. But if you have blood pressure problems, perhaps you might want to think this one over carefully.

Don't let the packaging fool you!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 75 / 76
Date: May 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

An old Ross Perot quote pretty much sums up this game: "You're going to hear a giant sucking noise" as you play this game. Whoo, baby, does this game stink! I thought that 'The Crystal Key II' (another recent Dreamcatcher/Adventure Company game) was pretty awful, but I did not know there was a whole other level of bad below that! Holy cow, how does dreck like this manage to get published with such flashy and professional packaging and marketing?

Jeez, where to start? How about with the incredibly bad interface. The game is a standard point-and-click adventure game where you navigate from point to point and then pan around in 360 degree views. Panning requires you to hold down the left mouse button while dragging the mouse in the direction you want to pan. What is so awful about this interface is that when you have dragged your mouse the entire width of your mousepad, you have only panned about one quarter of way around the view. You then have to lift and reposition your mouse to drag it some more in the direction you are panning! Most games have an option to correct this by letting you set the mouse sensitivity to a speed that you (and your video card) are comfortable with. Is that option available here? NO! Can you pan with your keyboard instead? NO! As a matter of fact there are absolutely NO games options whatsoever! You are stuck with one panning rate, one music volume, one dialog volume (a real shame since the dialog is putrid), and...you get the picture.

Getting an item into your inventory is pretty easy (just click on it), but getting it out is absolutely painful. You first have to click on a screen icon to pull up your inventory list, click on an item to see a larger view of it in the middle of your screen, click on that large image to change your cursor into a representation of that item, and then click on the exit button of the inventory screen. Finally you then have to click on the game spot where you think the item might be useful. Unfortunately, you typically have no clue as to what might work at a specific hot spot, so you end up trying EVERYTHING in your inventory to see if something works (and there is a lot of junk in there sometimes)!

The puzzles of the game are a joke. As a matter of fact, the very first two puzzles you encounter are pretty much the same thing: try to find the correct sequence of clicks to get all the way through the puzzle; if you guess wrong, start over! They don't get much more imaginative beyond that. My game came with a "limited edition" game strategy guide included free. I'm guessing that all of them will come with this guide because, otherwise, nobody will be able to (nor want to) finish this embarrassment.

As a final insult, the developers thought they would try to spice up their incoherent game by adding a lot of humor. Done well, humor can add a very entertaining aspect to an adventure game. The classic Zork games are excellent examples. When done badly, as in this case, it just becomes irritating to the point of distraction. Most of it is just not funny (okay, maybe to a six year old) and does not "fit" in the atmosphere of this game. Jive talking jungle natives? Please.

Again, like Crystal Key II, this looks like the work of an independent game developer who has spent years putting together a workable game using "knives and bearskins". If so, I would have admired the work and enjoyed the game for what it was. Unfortunately, this game was, again, developed by what looks to be a large team (Hexagon). Games like these give the game genre, which I love the most, a huge black eye and are probably the reason why so many people get turned off by adventure games. What a shame, because there are some really good ones out there. Unfortunately, you have to dig through a lot of dung like this to find it. Avoid this game.

It's been too long since it was fun to play . . .

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: May 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After many years of playing adventure games, I have been getting increasingly reluctant to try new ones because they are getting harder and harder to tell them apart. But Forever Worlds reminds me of the old games that were fun and kind of whacky where you never know what is going to happen next. I love the element of surprise and nonsense where a pair of magic sandals can send a huge boulder off dancing into the jungle. It made me laugh. Other games just seem soooo serious.

I also had no problems with loading or running the game which was a break, thankyou. It has an unusual interface where you can turn around and look anywhere even while you are playing or interacting with things. This is really solid for a change. Even when I had launched a puzzle but didn't have the right item to put there, I could go away to find it and then come back and then place it and launch it again and it worked!

But the fact that I had a good time is why I wanted to say something. The worlds you visit are very different from other games out there and the video scenes and characters are beautiful too. I especially liked the giant bee. I wish there was more of that one. Actually, I wish there was just more. I guess I will just have to go back and play it again : )

Hooray for creativity!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an odd game for sure but it is so original. That's why I like it so much. Its fun to play and playing a game is supposed to be fun. This one is totally off the wall with talking reptiles and semi transparent people and some very weird puzzle logic. The river where you ride the canoe is broken and a maintenance guy has to come and fix it for you so you can float down to the next village. The whole maintenance idea in the game really broke me up too. There are also giant butterlies that supply the power in wind tunnels and stuff like that.

There is a lot of creativity put into it and that's what makes it work for me. It's one of those where you are either going to love it or hate it and probably nothing much in between, but if you like crazy and funny and don't mind thinking like a kid again this game delivers. I laughed all the way through this.

Loved this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I would like to complain that there are not enough animations in this game and they are too short because I really loved them. They were excellent. I wish someone would make a movie out of this story so I could just watch it. Still, the puzzles were really weird and I liked that (I really tried not to look in the solution guide unless I was really stuck). So I am glad they were there all the same. Please, can I have some more.

Nutty but fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is one crazy game like somebody from Mad Magazine would make. Everything is so weird and out there you can kiss logic goodbye and try to figure this out or you can just go along with it and have some really nutty strangeness. I enjoyed it. No new age atmosphere or lecturing for a change.

A Frustrating Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: May 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a very frustrating game. I have a good computer system and have never had the difficulties I encountered playing this game, i.e., very "jerky" maneuvering movements; highly sensitive Navigation Cursor in that you go to another area without wanting to and have to return; "Saved Games" not loading at times; having to reboot due to freezing or blacking out of the scene.

This could be a fun game as the concept and some of the characters are good, particularly the lizards but the frustration is not worth it.

More than pleasantly surprised

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was amazed at how few problems I had after seeing reports in other forums about this game. But it loaded and ran so smoothly I was waiting for something to go wrong. But it didn't. I really thought it was more than OK especially when my expectations were not that high. I ended up really liking it and showing my favorite parts to my nephews who loved it too. They now play it over and over and really enjoy it.

not for fools

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I don't know what fools are dumping on this. OK, its not for everyone because you have to think about it and its different. So this is wrong? You will like this game unless you are a complainer by nature and want your gaming fed to you on a spoon. I am an old adventure gamer and this plays like a classic.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an addicting game. I found it very hard to stop. I could compare it to some older games but I think this is different enough to stand on it's own. The video scenes with the condor and the butterflies and the bee are some of the best I've seen. Great graphics. This is also a truly magical game with a really original story. I recommend Get It! 5 out of 5 any time any where.

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