Crispix
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Reviews by Crispix
Review for Wizard
02 Feb 2011
Wow. This was a terrific game. I have to confess I started it about a year ago and got irritate with "guess the verb" of "reach into telescope" so stopped... but i'm really glad I picked it up again. Really, really fun. Bremoval and Badder were so clever. Loved the reversal of spells and all the spells in general. Portal was great and i liked the library control desk interface. I agree that potions were a PITA... i would have just made it be everlasting potions like the bucket of sand (thanks for that, btw... if we had had to go back to the beach to get sand every beaker, i think we all would have killed you :) ) I think you have an eager group waiting for Wizard 2!
Review for The Things That Go Bump In The Night
31 Dec 2010
This was a really great game. I needed some assistance from some of the hints on this page, but in general the puzzles were challenging but intuitive. I was also surprised by some twists I didn't see coming. Do-overs were a great addition (except when you were in an already unwinnable place!) Genuinely creepy at points. Really fun and I'm sorry it's over :) Thanks!
Review for Shipwrecked
10 Nov 2009
This really was a great game. Some really creative puzzles-fun to solve. loved the traveling between islands... building the boat, the colored pegs puzzle.. good stuff. Thanks!
A few thoughts (which may just be my own pet peeves):
- The monkey. Oh, the monkey. at the very least i'd get rid of the "you drop everything" option because at a few points i considered bagging the game rather than having to continue to pick everything up. Without even a "take all" option!
- A few things really counter-intuitive... huh? How are matches not ruined by a jar of honey? Why not just use an empty bottle or jar? Also, the only place i could fill the bottle was at the stream, even though i kept going underwater, there was a small pond, etc. Hard to know I was on the right track.
- Also--my own pet peeve, granted... i hate mazes. I would have quit at the jungle if i hadn't had your walkthrough! How would i ever have solved that, or found the anteater? I might be alone in this, though, since there are so many mazes in text games. I also don't like games where you can die or make game-losing decisions... maybe i'm just grumpy :) Thanks! Now i have to go do my actual work...
A few thoughts (which may just be my own pet peeves):
- The monkey. Oh, the monkey. at the very least i'd get rid of the "you drop everything" option because at a few points i considered bagging the game rather than having to continue to pick everything up. Without even a "take all" option!
- A few things really counter-intuitive... huh? How are matches not ruined by a jar of honey? Why not just use an empty bottle or jar? Also, the only place i could fill the bottle was at the stream, even though i kept going underwater, there was a small pond, etc. Hard to know I was on the right track.
- Also--my own pet peeve, granted... i hate mazes. I would have quit at the jungle if i hadn't had your walkthrough! How would i ever have solved that, or found the anteater? I might be alone in this, though, since there are so many mazes in text games. I also don't like games where you can die or make game-losing decisions... maybe i'm just grumpy :) Thanks! Now i have to go do my actual work...