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Not worth it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 15
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is not working at all. I have been constantly trying to install it since Christmas, and it wouldn't work until this morning. When it finally did install, it said the server was down. I called the helpline and they told me to install a patch, which I told them I already installed. He told me more junk about re-installing it, which I had already tried many times. This game is not worth the trouble

Doesn't Work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Game installs fine, initial video plays, but then during registration it can't connect to the server. Support is non-existant. The webpage doesn't even list this game under it's support section.

Supposedly there's a patch, but I can't find one...

I'd review the actual game for you, but, well...

Game does not work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game with great anticipation. It sounded like so much fun. I recieved the game and it does not work at all. It goes runs for a few minutes but just as you enter the game itself it stops. I even had a pc geek check my computer and he said I have more than enough requirements for it to run. I did not bother to send it back as it only wastes more time and money. Too bad, great concept. Do not buy this game. It is a waste of money.

Puzzles

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You get to solve a bunch of puzzles. Pretty much that's it. The "you're a part of the story" is a great concept but I just don't see how solving puzzles helps me feel like I'm in a real life story.
A complete failure.

Missed opportunity: unplayable game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love adventure games and played over 20 of them, never leaving even one unfinished. From the reviews, I gathered that this game would be an interesting and stimulating new experience within the genre. I know that many people enjoyed the game and admitted to little or no difficulties finishing it.

So, what is wrong with me? With considerable trouble and stubborn tenacity, I managed to get to the point of becoming initiated in the game and even completed the first 6 sections of the second chapter (called AQUA). However, for the life of me, I could not advance with any of the last 3 sections of this chapter: 1. The first section (OUPHISIT) in this group would not give me the expected letters in the circles, no matter what I did to them. 2. Another set of floating circles in the following section, called SOTHIR, got together and lit up the Saint Sophia, but the game would not advance. 3. Finally, the word SOLINVICTUS in the last section of this group, called CHNOUPH, would always be destroyed by the fast moving "killer stars". Even my teenage son, well trained in first person shooting games and the likes, could not get further than SOLIN.... - could it be that my 2.13 GHz Duo Core processor accelerates the animation of these minigames too much?? -. I tried very hard, using walkthroughs and sending 2 e-mails to the game support. There was no reply from them and the tech support number in Toronto is off the hook until sometimes in February of 2008. So, to preserve my sanity, I uninstalled the game and made sure I will never get tempted to reinstall it.

Nevertheless, it is pity. Although some Missing game enthusiasts came out with fairly good walkthroughs - I used 2 of them -, they could not adjust the difficulties of the mini action games in a way that the emphasis could have been shifted from the action sequences to the intellectual challenges. This lack of customization short-changed a large audience of adventure gamers who could have been up to a real treat.

Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: February 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I read other reviews on this game before buying it. I was excited by the internet element. However, I was disappointed when I got the game because it wasnt like a traditional adventure game that I play. I thought I would get to be the character and actually be able to go around places in the game and solve a mystery. This game is all puzzles, and they are relatively difficult puzzles. I stopped playing in the second session of puzzles because it was so frustrating. If these puzzles had been incorporated more into the game than just puzzles and movie clips I would have been more interested.

issues

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i think this game has a great concept and would be fun to play...if it would work properly. fist of all i had the issue of it not connecting to the internet but then i installed the patch and it worked out. but then if i play the game for more than 5 minutes it completely shuts my computer off. my computer meets all the requirements and i couldnt find anything on the internet about this problem to fix it. i tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but it didnt work. so now i can play the game in 5 minute intervals and lose everything i was working on when it shuts off or i could try to exchange it and see if its just that cd. so if you buy this game i hope it works out for you!

Good game snatched from the jaws of a great game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Missing since January racks up buku points for originality and inventiveness, not to mention simple viral marketing strategies. Its not often you see the words "Reward for Information" on a video game box. The Last Ritual (sequel to this) does even better, with what looks like a full-up evidence baggy, complete with chain of custody signatures. But I digress.

The games premise is you are assisting a fictional news organization in tracking down one of their star reporters, Jack Lorski, who went missing while investigating a series of murders, and eventually trailing a serial killer known as The Pheonix. The Pheonix kidnaps Jack and his companion, forces them to make a series of videos, and compiles it into an encoded computer program, and mails it to Jacks employers, who then turn it over to the public for assistance, as the program can not be cracked, only played through.

The Pheonix treats the player as an initiate or disciple, introducing them to his warped vision while touching on many branches of esoteric thought, including alchemy, numerology, demonology, and other realms of philosophy and theology.

The game progress while periodically sending the player e-mails and other interactions, even providing hints if theres enough down time, indicating you're having trouble with a particular puzzle.

There were many drawbacks thoguh. I could not beat many of the stages without a walkthrough, not because they were difficult, but because I literally could not understand what was being written or spoken, which was the pivitol clue to a particular puzzle. Also, some of the puzzles were simplistic, and others were incredibly frustrating. While its good that even the later stages had easy puzzles, the disparity is so great it made me want to grind my teeth.

The video clips between stages, either made by Jack as a documentary, or of the Pheonix stalknig Jack, were fantastic, but you could not replay them after they were viewed. While not critical, it would've been nice to watch them all in sequence.

All in all, this game was a great buy at $20, explansion included, even though I never finished the game or expansion, as I needed HD space for C&C 3. But if you're looking for a great puzzle game, take a look at this, though bear in mind at some point you will need a walkthrough.

No email support for this game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was a really fun, different game to play. But don't count on getting the "supposed" emails that they say you will be getting. And those emails have a lot of information that help solve some of the puzzles. Thank goodness I found a sight that someone had all of the emails on. A lot of the websites created for the game are still up. You need to download a couple of patches. One being to be able to connect to the proper website address, and another to be able to complete a game in the last stage.
Other than that, I enjoyed the game immensely. It's creepy, and the puzzles are challenging and fun.

Too frustrating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game has a great premise and the puzzles are fun. However, the logistics of the internet and mail is terrible. When I try to do research on the internet I am booted off and the system is extremely slow. Same with mail. It is very frustrating. Half the time I just went to the walkthrough to get the answers hoping that by getting further into the game the internet search engine would improve. No such luck. Unless you are extremely patient and don't mind constantly "ending program" and starting over I would not recommend this game

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