Product
Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #68 in Digital Video Games
- Brand:
Codeminion
- Model: 40400e Dark Crystal
- Released on:
2010-08-11
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Format: Download
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Embark
upon an epic quest to save the Magic Realm in this delightful hidden
object game. Help Brunhilda explore a mystical world blooming with magic
and humor. Visit the flying university, talk to the dragons and crash a
flying broom! And you get to save the world too!
- Epic
and engaging storyline
- Over 6 hours of gameplay
- All
dialogues with full voice over
- Beautiful hand drawn graphics
- Arcane mini-games to master
System
Requirements
| Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: |
OS: | Win 7, Vista and XP |
Processor: | 1.0 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
RAM: | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard Drive: | 170 MB | |
Video Card: | DirectX:
8.0 | Unknown |
Additional Info: | Unknown |
Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: | Unknown |
| |
Customer Reviews
Repetitive but entertaining
I just finished playing
Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal, and here is my take on it:
The
Positive:
- As another reviewer has stated, Brunhilda and the Dark
Crystal is a long game, so one gets a lot of game play for the money.
-
It is also a great game world with wonderful graphics, lots of detail
and tons of different scenes - I really cannot even imagine how much
time it must have cost to program all these different and highly
detailed scenes and dialogues. Kudos for that. I wish all games would
pay that much attention to the graphics.
- Hints are available
throughout although very rarely are they only 'hints'. Most of the time
they point right at the object needed but that's ok with me as I don't
enjoy too much guesswork to begin with.
- The game also provides a
magnifier for finding small objects in the background and/or dark parts
of the screen which at times is very useful.
The thing I wasn't
crazy about:
The game is extremely repetitive: It is all about
finding objects requested by various characters in the story just to be
told to now go find other objects, or alternatively using found objects
for spells and so forth. There are all in all only three different types
of mini games which are repeated at certain points in the game, none
are challenging.
That said, Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal is
still an ok game because finding the objects ties in very well with the
storyline and always helps to further Brunhilda's journey. But I must
say that at some point a certain fatigue with the game set in, it was
just too long with not enough variety in the game play. The long and
constant dialogues (both written and narrated) didn't help either - in
the end I simply clicked Continue before reading or listening to the end
and just checked which objects I needed to find now.
All in all I
enjoyed it ok, but mostly because of the lovely graphics and not so
much for the game itself.
pretty
good download
This game was pretty good. It
wasn't a quick play. There was humor, the hidden objects were'nt
shadowy and impossible to find. The story was good. I liked it and
bought it.
Thanks
Involving, funny,
family friendly, satisfying and very good value!
This "casual" game is a joy!
It is hours long, has an enjoyable story, good and involving (some
quirky) characters and is far more satisfying than most games I've
played. There are 2 game modes, casual and adventure, and mini games to
unlock. You can replay any unlocked chapters or mini games and the game
always auto-saves when you leave it and I've found it very stable and
without any annoying glitches - very smooth play.
There is a
proper story to this game with some laugh out loud humour very much a
part of it and the odd film references here and there. You can skip
through the dialogue if you want and still have a long game but you will
miss much. The attention to detail is astonishing and this shines
through in the hand drawn graphics and sound effects; the music is
particularly good in my opinion and changes 'mood' with each chapter.
There's also some nice little "Easter eggs" to hunt out too. The variety
of hidden objects some small, some large and often challenging to find
all relate to the story and, thank goodness, don't include plastic ducks
etc.! A very efficient and easy to use magnifier is available should
you need or want to use it.
I've played this game a few times now
and still find that many hidden objects still elude me. As a long time
Myst type Adventure gamer I have found this a particularly satisfying
game and each time I've played it I find something new in all
elements/layers of the game. It really is amazing value.
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