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Good games... after two fists full of hair pulled out

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 28 / 30
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely different than your typical collect your items, point and click adventure game. It tries to bring something new to the table. However, whether that "new" makes a good game or not, it's probably going to depend your patience level.

The game is somewhat original, has good writing, and its story is definitely mysterious enough to give you an urge of continue playing; so you can find out what this is all about (since, you don't even have a clue who the protagonist is at the beginning). There's also a lot of details to the game, I don't mean graphically (although they are pretty good), but about its characters and the technical enviroment the game takes place in; making it believable and interesting.

With all the good things said, there is one BIG problem. Which is the "new" I mentioned initially. "The Experiment" plays very differently than anything else we are use to; not just adventure games, but games in general.

First of all, Lea, the main charater you see in the game is not you (the protagonist). Your character commands her behind video cameras by utilising the enviroment around Lea. Confused? Or maybe even more interested? Yeah, that's pretty much going to decide whether you are going to like this game or not.

If you are interested behind the idea of playing almost like a voyeur, then you'll probably overlook the painful control scheme. The basic idea is that you look at Lea through the video cameras, and you tell her where to go, or what to do, by start operating on something around her; for example, the lights. As you progress in the game, you will learn more system functions in the compound that the game takes place in, therefore giving you greater control of the mechanical environment. Sounds fun? Right. Except the game makers didn't include an easy interface. There's too many controls and sub-controls, making the learning curve ridiculous. The camera angels don't help things either. You will struggle at times to choose the right view to see what Lea is doing, and where she should go next.

I know I probably wrote more about the control scheme than the actual contain within the game, but that's really what makes "The Experiment" unique. But it is an aquired taste. You will either enjoy the game due to this uniqueness, or hate it because of it.

A Very Different Adventure Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Now, this what I call a different adventure game. You control the main character using cameras. Very different from what you usually do. Because it is different, I really enjoyed this game. I liked the 3rd person view from the various cameras.

The graphics used in the game are excellent and very pretty - especially the intro cut scene. The puzzles used in the game were not overly hard and matched the story line.

The best adventure released from TAC in quite a while and I hope TAC releases more games of this quality in the future.

Well worth playing by anyone looking for a good adventure game that is a little different.

Cool sophisticated but with a few minor flaws

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: March 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Cool and so clever in many ways, but with a few flaws.
The Good. - Very clever interface, deeply immersive interesting interactive world. Nice realistic feel. Quite good deep puzzles. The science ship makes a cool interesting environment.
The Bad. Can be frustrating. Still mostly not that difficult. Puzzles could be deeper still. A few minor bugs - get caught in doors, one or two crashes (in same place). Puzzles can be somewhat rigid in order structure forcing you to wonder back and forth etc - but this is a very minor problem.
Overall I like this game a lot - very good.

I wish I could play it!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I read all the great reviews about this game and purchased it, however, the mouse is so sluggish while the game is going that I can't even use it. I looked up this game on several forums and soon found out that I'm definitely not the only one with this problem. The answer I found was that people with this problem are told to wait for a 'patch' to fix the mouse issue. I just wish that I hadn't paid for a game I cannot play.

Better for real puzzle-oriented folk

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE the concept -- that your PC is really part of the game. But for my taste there's too much moving windows around, and waiting for wots-her-name to move about. And the voice acting is pretty bad. I'm probably too much action-oriented -- more puzzle-loving players might love it. I'd put it somewhere between Tomb Raider 1 and Rhem for action.

I also wish I could play this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game would not play. After investigating on the company website I found my video card was not sufficient even though it met the requirements stated on the box. Check company website to see if your card will work.

Extremely annoying interface

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you want enjoyable game play with interesting visuals do not play this game. If you like to figure out how to program your new television or other software set up, then you might like this game. It's very cumbersome to try and get the main character to go/do want you want. You have to move a alot of windows around to see anything at all. Not fun at all. Very slow paced.

Not my cup of tea

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

No, this is definitely not the typical point and click adventure games. You aren't actually even moving a character...you basically control a ship and the main character moves through the ship as you turn on lights and open doors for her. The interface is strange, with an overabundance of separate windows that exist on your screen, including the cameras you are controlling. I found this game to be frustrating and cumbersome, with none of the actual interesting aspects of adventure games, such as exploring an area, solving puzzles, interacting with characters, and beautiful scenery/graphics.

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