Essex
As with other Synapse games, many puzzles require astute timing and must be solved within time limit. Essex, however, degenerates into a very frustrating game of hide-and-seek, as you attempt to find various characters in the labyrinthian ship. Your mapping skills will be stretched to the limit in this game, and worse yet, characters move around freely in a seemingly random pattern. Although you can use the Intercom to locate them (by asking "WHERE ARE YOU?"), they might not be at the location they told you once you arrive! Worse still, some puzzles require some characters to be with you, so finding them is imparative to finishing the game.
This frustration aside, Essex is a well-written and enjoyable sci-fi game, although it's not up to the standard of other Synapse games. The game will prove a worthy challenge to IF veterans, but definitely is not for the easily frustrated or IF newbies.
Average Rating: | 5.07 [27 votes] |
Genre: | Interactive Fiction |
Designer: | Bill Darrah |
Developer: | Synapse Software |
Publisher: | Brøderbund |
Year: | 1985 |
Software Copyright: | Brøderbund |
Theme: | Science Fiction |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | DOS |
If you like this game, try: | Babel, Breakers, Delusions |
Thanks to... | Druadic & Mok |
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