Nibiru
by Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Product Summary
Brand: DreamcatcherFormat: CD
Release Date: 2007-02-06
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Model: PCO45620JC
Publisher: Dreamcatcher Interactive
Product features:
- 80 breathtaking locations created in rich photo-realistic detail
- Multiple chapters of intense story telling
- Highly detailed and fluid 3D character animation
- Over 35 interesting NPC characters to interact with
- Atmospheric visual effects including: fog, rain, daytime and nighttime gameplay sequences
Video Game Reviews of Nibiru
Customer Review: Some nice elements but mostly just dull
Summary: 2 Stars
I like adventure games, and I've played most of the better ones out there. This one has some things going for it, but it has a LOT of flaws too. The first being that I just found it horribly, horribly boring.
Part of it is the story. The introduction seemed really rushed, so I ended up not really following what the whole point was, and then it didn't get any better. I'm actually not even done (I'd say I'm probably about two-thirds through), but I find it difficult to want to play it because I have no interest in getting to the end. I tend to like "mysterious happenings" and "old lab experiments" etc., but so far there has been a little bit of mystery and a lot of tedium. Most of the puzzles involve getting into a building, or getting a paper signed, or getting a hotel room. The mine was pretty cool, but the puzzles frustrated me, which leads me to the next point.
This game is VERY linear, which ordinarily doesn't bother me too much, but in this case was very annoying because the puzzles often don't make any sense. Solutions tend to be arbitrary or non-intuitive, and often after figuring out the answer I think to myself "Man, that's dumb!" Another reviewer mentioned a good example involving dynamite and a rat, which is both completely out of left field and rather gruesome.
The interface is also tricky - you have to use both the left and right mouse buttons to "use" and "examine" items, and it's not consistent throughout which one will make what work, so I took to right- and left-clicking all over which gets old fast. You also occasionally need to combine items in inventory, but this is also inconsistent as sometimes you have to do it *in* the inventory, and sometimes in a zoomed-in view.
I must admit that the graphics are quite good in most places, but nothing mind-blowing if you've been playing things like Syberia, which has phenomenal vistas and graphics. Also the music falls short - kind of creepy but nothing that really sticks.
The voice acting also annoyed me; much of the supporting voices are over-dramatic, and I actually really don't like the main character (me). He's ... just ... dull, states the obvious, and the dialogue implies that anyone who doesn't bend over backwards for him is mean.
In short, it might be worth ten bucks if you're a real die-hard adventure gamer, but in my opinion one of the better Her Interactive Nancy Drew games is more fun than this one.
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