Good one for puzzle die hards.
User Rating: 7.2 | Schizm: Mysterious Journey PC
The Schizm game has been my friend for just a little while. In the beginning there were great graphics, an interesting story line and background sounds that were just as being there (as those sounds are supposed to be). I did (and do) like this two person game-play for making the game less lonesome, but unfortunate it makes the game more incomprehensible as it is. Since it is (to me) a Myst look-a-like it's puzzles are difficult. But in Myst there were some clues in what to do. I missed those clues in Schizm: reading a walk-through on the net did not give me this "ah aa!" eureka thing feeling. Some of those puzzles were way beyond my line, and some of those I solved all by myself (that gives an endorphins shot, lol).
The DVD swapping (side A, side B) was a little bit annoying, but I put two thumbs up to the developers for keeping the system requirements low !
And I think it's kind of weird that in Schizm too the "end-puzzle" is so much easier than the challenges you've been up to before. It ends the game with a snap and it does not compare with ending a game by fighting with a big boss (p.e.). My game ended very soon because I got impatient once too often (and got advise from this all knowing magistrate called www)
Overall I think it's a good game for the ones with puzzle brains. It has some funny "happenings" to it. Whether it be your brains or the game, you figure it out.
