Runaway: Dream of the Turtle
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Video Game Reviews of Runaway: Dream of the Turtle
Customer Review: The most disjointed game I have ever played/What the....
Summary: 2 Stars
When I wrote my review of "Runaway 1"(" 'Circle of Blood it's not' ") I criticized the game's pacing, saying that I found it irritating that none of the answers were revealed until way into the third act, I like to get a taste of the big answers as I progress so that I feel like I have accomplished something important to the narrative by the end of a chapter.
Spoiler Alert, kind of.
At least "Runaway" one HAD a third Act. "Runaway 2" on the other hand ends with Brian rattling off a litany of things yet to be done. This left me with the feeling I had accomplished nothing, including the task you set out to complete at game-start. What there is of a story is the most disjointed thing I've ever played, a hallmark of the Adventure game genre is that you start at someplace comparatively normal and soon you're on a journey trhat takes you to far-flung places. ("Gabriel Knight" and the "Broken Sword" series come to mind.) This does that too, but not well at all. While those games are exquisitely constructed, "Runaway 2" whisks you off to disparate places and you say to yourself, "how'd I get here?....Whatever...." And some of the bridges that are there to enligten you as to how you got there and where you're going are easy to miss. I'm thinking particularly of the alien conversation at Prof. Simon's housse in which a big chunk of story is revealed (I couldn't tell you what is was if I wanted to because its revealed in alien speech that is so distorted I missed most of it.) This happens with a puzzle, too. You're supposed to get a series of clues from a parrot, but his squawk is so bad that you can't understand what he's saying. "Runaway 2" made a horrible mistake giving us so little to go on, it ends with a line like: "Sounds like a great story we shold tell sometime" I'm afraid the adventure game climate in this country is such that WE might not get to see it, others might as Pendulo is a Spanish company... Worse, as big of a adventure game fan as I am, I'm not sure if I'd care if we didn't.....
Customer Review: Might be fun, but stopped working on my PC
Summary: 2 Stars
I got a couple of chapters into this game and then disaster struck. Every time I try to start the game, it either prompts me to insert the DVD (which is there) or my PC locks up and I have to power it off and reboot. I have given up on it at this point.
This is definitely a story and dialog game. If you like lots of dialog, i.e. going back and forth to different locations talking to people about a billion things, then you would like this game. It is also an "inventory" game, i.e. you collect things in your inventory and then have to figure out how they expect you to combine them or use them on things in your environment (like putting butter on a cable so you can unfasten it).
I prefer games with more puzzles and less talking (like the Myst series), so perhaps I'm not missing much with it not working for me anymore.
Customer Review: Love this game
Summary: 5 Stars
Love this game, its funny, clever and just fun! Can't wait for part 3!! This game had me stumped a few times and i just had to cheat! For people who played Monkey island series, Grim fandango, & Runaway 1. had a lot of little scenes that reminded me of Monkey Island 3.Customer Review: Great characters, great story, greater variety, great fun
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is surprisingly cool. I picked it up while traveling in Europe, where adventure games are still all the rage, and the range of games available is truly amazing. This game which is apparently 100% "Made in Spain" (though you would never know it from playing, besides some historical references in a couple of hilarious screens!) Being an adventure buff myself, I had already played Runaway: A Road Adventure, which contains some of the same characters, though I actually liked the characters in Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle even more, especially Lokelani, a hot Hawaiian bartender in a skimpy outfit who claims to have gone out with men from all over the planet!
But getting to the main point, the game is purely and simply FUN! The main reason for this is probably that the different places you travel to are wildly different, including tropical places, snowy places, cities, boats, ruins... And the graphics and artwork are simply breathtaking. The whole visual style is completely different from any other adventures I've played, which makes the experience fun and refreshing. I played the game almost straight through over a couple of weeks, since I was always dying to find out where the adventure would take me next. You start out in some truly beautiful yet funny scenes in Hawaii, ending up on a crashing airplane run by "Platypus Tours" (almost seems like you are going to end up in an episode of "Lost"!), but this is only the beginning.
As for the puzzles in this point-and-click game, I would say they are of moderate difficulty. Some of them in the beginning were a bit easier, but a couple had me stumped as I moved on to later chapters. As always, the characters give you many a clue and hint, and in The Dream of the Turtle, the characters have a lot to say! Which is good, because the dialogue and script are really funny and well-done. One of the aspects I most enjoyed was that the writing seemed very well-thought-out and was actually aimed at an audience with a thinking mind on its shoulders! This includes a uge number of references to books, movies, famous personages, and other games.
More technically speaking, the music and sound effects are both excellent. You can tell that an enormous amount of effort was put into every detail in this sense, as with everything graphic, as well. Anyway, I think the game will be a total surprise for everyone who decides to jump in and play.