Keepsake
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Video Game Reviews of Keepsake
Customer Review: Fun, Fun, Fun.....
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok, this game was overall fun. There are however moments that just make you want to slap whoever designed it. When you are in this school...(for most of the whole game)...it is huge, and you are walking everywhere. Sometimes when there arises a puzzle, you have to walk all over the school to find the answer. Then, when you think your almost there, you are on the top layer of the school. This is better, because now you can just teleport everywhere where as you couldn't do that before. But you are still trying to figure out which teleport to take. Yes, the acting is lacking, but who really cares. I did love the scenery with the waterfalls and such. Very beautiful, and the puzzles were good too. Some of them seemingly impossible to solve, and some very easy. I am a person who loves to try and figure out things, and if you don't use any cheats or help, this should take you a while to get through. I enjoyed it...really, I did. Just make sure you have alot of time to play it!!Customer Review: Another bland adventure game from the Adventure Company
Summary: 2 Stars
I am an avid adventure gamer and always have been. After growing up playing such wonderful games as Grim Fandango, the Monkey Island series, and the Longest Journey, it absolutely pains me to see where the genre is going. I had relatively high hopes for this game (seeing as it's marketed towards fans of Syberia) but after even the first five minutes, I could tell I was in for a boring experience.
You are a girl searching for your friend Celeste at the Dragonvale Academy. Think Hogwarts without any of the charm or creativity. You arrive to discover the place deserted, and come across a "keepsake" of Celeste's. This sparks a journey of discovery in serach of your lost friend.
The premise for the game is okay, but the delivery is just plain terrible. The voice acting is sub-par (especially when giants like Dreamfall: the Longest Journey are setting the standard), and verges on awful at times. The character animations are clunky and they move at a speed that would make my grandmother say "Hurry up, would you? You're holding us up." The pacing of the game is also too slow for its own good. Perhaps you're on a journey of discovery, but there's certainly no rush to find Celeste.
The only reason I gave it a 2 instead of a 1 is because of the okay graphics. They don't blow you away and they pale in comparison to recent titles like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but they are by far the best part of the game.
My suggestion is take your thirty bucks elsewhere and buy a game worthy of your support. Like the Longest Journey or Dreamfall, or Syberia. I love adventure games, but this is a new low, even for the Adventure Company.
Pros:
The graphics are okay
Cons:
Pretty much everything else
The voices are terrible
The animations are clunky
The Puzzles are boring
The story is boring
Nothing new here
Customer Review: Involved and enjoyable.
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this game. I liked the voices, at least most of them. It was a very long and involved game with lots of puzzles that were interesting. I also enjoyed using my navigational skills in going all over the school. It had many places to visit inside and outside. One of the reviewers mentioned the steps continuing after stopping but my game didn't do that at least that I noticed. In all, it was a very fun game and well worth the money.Customer Review: The Dialogue IS bad :-D
Summary: 4 Stars
It's true - the voice acting leaves a lot to be desired. And ironically, the rest of the game being so good is a blessing and a curse. Blessing: it makes up for the bad voice acting. Curse: It emphasises the baa-aad voice acting. All that having been said, adventure/fantasy/rpg fans will enjoy this game and if you are one, it is worth the price. One last thing - I have NO sense of direction and navigating the castle ain't easy at first. Once you learn the layout (and use the map) though it gets easier.
I STRONGLY suggest that you play the game with the sound muted.
Customer Review: This company has serious adventure potential
Summary: 4 Stars
In one of the best tributes to old-school fantasy adventure games in many years, Wicked studios has made a labour of love in the articulate rendering of their gigantic magical school. The constraints of the budget do end up getting in the way, but I hope that enough heads were turned to get Wicked studios the attention and future finances that they, and adventure games, deserve..