AnaCapri: The Dream
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Video Game Reviews of AnaCapri: The Dream
Customer Review: Anacapri The Dream -
Summary: 1 Stars
If the idea of putting you to sleep was the basis of this game, then they have succeeded. This game is extremely boring. The point and click action in this game becomes tiring. At least later you can flash transport from one area to another. The acting is horrible as well as the music soundtrack. The storyline moves slowly, and I moved aimlessly around for the longest time before having to resort to obtaining a cheat. The game description sounded like it would be fun, but that has not been the case. This has been move like a travel site with lots of pretty pictures. I would not recommend this game but would like to visit Anacapri.Customer Review: Great scenery and gameplay
Summary: 5 Stars
I just loved playing this video game! The imagery is great and really makes you feel as you were wandering through the island. Great puzzles, riddles, characters and plot! I really liked the whole experience it gave me while playing it, I recommend it. The idea of setting a whole videogame in a photographically created environment is stunning and original!Customer Review: Happy that I bought this game
Summary: 5 Stars
I too bought this game based on the single five star review. And I am very happy I did! This game is worth every single penny. This is a classic adventure game, with solid story line, well designed puzzles and great atmosphere. What people are expecting from an adventure game? Action? Violence? Speed? Well, this game has none of this and I am glad it doesn't. I enjoyed this game with all my family, we had several hours of entertainment, we learned about history and legends of Anacapri, with a lot of high quality pictures. It is not true there are no animations! All the ocean scenes are animated and they're absolutely stunning. All the animals are well animated and there are plenty of atmospheric effects. I did play developers' previous game which I found a step below. So overall, we had great time with this game and I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a serene yet intelligent gaming experience. Customer Review: Not Myst...not even close
Summary: 1 Stars
I too bought this based on the single five star review. I don't know how anyone could compare this to the Myst series. It's not even close. It's more like clicking through your aunt Millie's slide show of her vacation. The voices are amaturish and speak to you as you view their still photo. The music, for the most part, does not fit the scenes. Some of the puzzles are clever and fun but overall it's not a world I enjoyed exploring. It was tedious and often boring.Customer Review: GREAT GAME, VERY ENJOYABLE
Summary: 5 Stars
The adventure game Anacapri the Dream, is the next best thing to being on the Island of Capri, in the Mediterranean Sea,off the coast of Naples, Italy. I visited the Island of Capri after I had played the game. It was like stepping through my computer screen into the "Dream"
The game is so realistic. The point and click feature with some panning gives a person a chance to see what is around and behind you. It is full-screen with approximately 7000 2D photos.
A jump mode will take you back to a spot you have alredy visited, so there is no tedious back tracking. A map with flashing red arrows keep you from getting lost. A lap top icon in the game keeps track of what actors tell you so you can always refer to it for clues.
The game is non linear, so it does not matter where you go, although the areas of the game open one by one as you proceed toward the solution. The game develops in the Reality and in the Dream, with strong interactions between the two Worlds. The house you will visit in the real world is Anacapri where you solve the mysteries. Only at the end of the game will Dream and Reality converge in an unexpected solution, giving you also the chance to select one of two possible endings.
You can pause and listen to the pleasant music, island sounds, or go into one of the quaint shops that line the narrow walking paths and look around. If you are tired of walking the beautiful foot paths, you can travel by cable car, boat, or bus where you will find more clues to solve the mystery of the Obidian disk. The game is 50+ hours with puzzels and an Italian card game called Scopa. You use a real moving deck of cards in the game. If you just want to go on with the game, some puzzels can be by-passed. Puzzels are what I like and solved all of them making the game more interesting. I did not have to kill anyone and I did not have to die! That is a feature I really liked!
You will hear a lot of history of the Island while listening for clues. I found this very interesting and informative. I would recommend the game to anyone who wants to play a relaxing adventure game, it is well woth it.
After the game is solved it can be revisited again and again by using the exploration mode.
In the exploration mode I enjoyed going to the beach and listening to the sea and the sound of the sea gulls.
It takes about 30 min to load the game onto your computer. This is quite normal for a game with 7 Gbytes. This inclues 32,00 images and plenty of animations. This puts the game into your computer ready to play. I like this feature because there is no putting a disk in and out. It is a Myst type game, but in the real world, with real characters, and it is a much more complex and intriguing story. In a scale of 1 to 5, I would put the game at 5