The Seawise Chronicles: Untamed Legacy > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

3 / 5

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Hard Puzzles

PostedNovember 20, 2011

katyggls79

fromLincolnton, NC

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Card & Board, Puzzle, Mahjong

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

The puzzles in this game were very hard, mainly because they weren't particularly intuitive. What had to be done next was often unclear and the puzzle solutions not logical. For this reason, I found this game quite frustrating. The story is interesting, the characters engaging, and the graphics quite nice, but more intuitive game play would have made this game a lot better.

I don't recommend this game.

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3 / 5

NIGHT BE A FAMILY GAME

PostedOctober 18, 2012

rosekaufmann

fromLos Angeles

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

2 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

Panaramic vision. Find fragments. Inventory items can be combined before using. Collect anything that gleams red (they’re rubies and you’ll get a hammer that will set it free from whatever is holding it). About 15-20 minutes into the game, I thought it was aimed at children (due to dialogue and type of artwork) which doesn’t mean that adults can’t like it with the same enthusiasm, but I think ...Show more

Panaramic vision. Find fragments. Inventory items can be combined before using. Collect anything that gleams red (they’re rubies and you’ll get a hammer that will set it free from whatever is holding it). About 15-20 minutes into the game, I thought it was aimed at children (due to dialogue and type of artwork) which doesn’t mean that adults can’t like it with the same enthusiasm, but I think children would have trouble doing the puzzles by themselves.

Didn’t know how to evaluate majority of the game because the good seems to have an offsetting problem, so you have to determine yourself which outweighs the other. Here’s my take:
1. Foreground is bright, but the background is frequently dark, making it difficult to find anything. Although you can freely use the hint button to find things and it recharges really fast.
2. Items in the tray may appear to be a brighter color (say purple), but in the HOS, it is greyish or beige. Can make it difficult to know you actually found something.
3. The inventory tray can be locked into place. But sometimes what you’re looking for is under the tray, which keeps popping up when you move your cursor to the bottom of the screen. Solution is to temporarily change your screen to windowed until you’ve gathered the objects.
4. Dialogue is written. Sometimes, it is too fast to easily read. Some people may see the dialogue as childish.
5. There was one occasion where you had to press 3 pieces of a puzzle in a statue, but unless you had the statue in a certain location, the puzzle kept disappearing if you guessed wrong. Became annoying.

I can only say try the game for the entire hour to see what you think of it. A half hour may not give you a true flavor for the game because the intro is not how the game plays the rest of the time. Show less

I recommend this game!

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2 / 5

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Too dark & dreary visually

PostedDecember 11, 2011

SeaBamboo

fromLondon, UK

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Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

2 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

This is a Fractured Object game from Maximize Games; normally I would buy as FR0Gs are not easily come by. You are given a journal which tells the story so far; the music is ok but someone went overboard on the background noises. I know the game starts in the jungle but it really is too noisy.

It is widescreen, there is no voiceover except for the narration which is Tom as an adult recalling what ...Show more

This is a Fractured Object game from Maximize Games; normally I would buy as FR0Gs are not easily come by. You are given a journal which tells the story so far; the music is ok but someone went overboard on the background noises. I know the game starts in the jungle but it really is too noisy.

It is widescreen, there is no voiceover except for the narration which is Tom as an adult recalling what happened when he was a child; the dialogue can be clicked through. I found the cursor clunky & rather draggy.

The graphics are crisp but very dreary & the artwork was rather lovely hand drawn scenes however the objects are so well blended that you will need the hint button; luckily it recharges within 10 seconds! The scenes are scrollable & be warned some of the items are found at the very bottom of the screen.

The inventory was used by clicking a bag on the right & you have to remember to close it to go back to the FR0G objects; not very smooth in operation & altogether too large.

The screens are very dark & many of the objects too difficult for me to find so I did not purchase after playing the hour demo. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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Overall rating

2 / 5

A rare adventure game but too frustrating to recommend.

PostedMay 10, 2020

Heather_G

fromIndiana

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Marble Popper, Match 3

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I could manage the side to side scrolling. I don't mind FROGs. The few HOS's were okay once you realize you have to move your cursor to the bottom of the items list in order to scroll down in the screen, and the clunky cursor and inventory were workable. The puzzles however were often undecipherable and had no instructions whatsoever. Most had a skip button, but not all. Some require the use of ...Show more

I could manage the side to side scrolling. I don't mind FROGs. The few HOS's were okay once you realize you have to move your cursor to the bottom of the items list in order to scroll down in the screen, and the clunky cursor and inventory were workable. The puzzles however were often undecipherable and had no instructions whatsoever. Most had a skip button, but not all. Some require the use of clues you have to write down that are found throughout the game. This is standard fare for adventure games so I wouldn't normally complain, but even with my monitor's screen brightness turned all the way up, there were lots of clues I was never able to see even though the walkthrough says they were there. They are randomized, so you need them. This makes the game almost unplayable. In a few cases, I just used trial and error until I happened upon the solution. Also, if relying on the Hint system to find invisible fragments, you might be out of luck as it sometimes decides to point you to something else, like where an action is needed, so you might not be able to find all the fragments of a needed object.

We so rarely get a real adventure game here that it's with a sad sigh that I say I can't recommend this game. Pass it by. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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1 / 5

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one of the WORST !!!

PostedMay 21, 2016

vernete

fromUSA

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Time Management, Adventure, Strategy

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

i bought this game years ago nd thought i'd give it another try. i'd been better off if i could have somehow marked just how bad it was so i wouldn't go through the frustration of trying to play it again!
the graphics are unbelievably bad. most of the time i have to use the hint button and am still unable to see the item after it's been highlighted by the hint. all i have been doing is using the ...Show more

i bought this game years ago nd thought i'd give it another try. i'd been better off if i could have somehow marked just how bad it was so i wouldn't go through the frustration of trying to play it again!
the graphics are unbelievably bad. most of the time i have to use the hint button and am still unable to see the item after it's been highlighted by the hint. all i have been doing is using the hint, clicking on or around the red spot, waiting for the hint to recharge and doing it all over again. what fun is that?
and what's with not having a skip button? so far i've had to resort to the walkthrough for most of the games. and the walkthrough is terrible!
i am now stuck on the danged suitcase puzzle with no way to continue. after multiple times of using the forum and the walkthrough, nothing works! i HATE this game!!! i do NOT recommend it in the strongest way possible!
save your credit and get a game that is playable as well as enjoyable. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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