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Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy

Amerzone - The Explorer’s Legacy takes the excellent fundamentals established by its predecessor and enhances them tenfold with modern gaming sensibilities and unbelievable visual polish.
84%Game Brain Score
story, graphics
grinding, monetization
89% User Score Based on 150 reviews
Critic Score 81%Based on 12 reviews

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Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land

Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy screenshot
Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy screenshot
Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy screenshot
Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy screenshot
Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy screenshot
Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy screenshot

89%
Audience ScoreBased on 150 reviews
story47 positive mentions
grinding2 negative mentions

  • The remake features stunning graphics and beautifully detailed environments that enhance the overall experience.
  • The game successfully expands on the original story, adding depth and new gameplay elements while maintaining the charm of the classic.
  • Puzzles are engaging and well-designed, providing a satisfying challenge for players while allowing for optional hints.
  • The fixed-point locomotion system can be frustrating, limiting player movement and causing slow transitions between scenes.
  • Some puzzles are overly obtuse or rely on minute details that are not clearly indicated, leading to potential frustration.
  • The game's performance can be inconsistent, with frame rate drops and slow loading times affecting immersion.
  • story
    113 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story of the game has received mixed reviews, with some praising its immersive and engaging narrative, enhanced by beautiful graphics and well-developed characters, while others criticize it for being weak or lacking clarity, particularly regarding the ending. Many players appreciate the expanded lore and the opportunity to explore side quests that deepen the story, although some find the amount of reading required overwhelming. Overall, the remake is seen as a faithful adaptation that adds depth to the original tale, making it a worthwhile experience for fans of narrative-driven games.

    • “Beautiful visuals, an intriguing story, challenging puzzles, and a great adventure set in a world that evokes a strong sense of wanderlust.”
    • “The english voice acting is very professional; the story, the characters, the voice acting, and the environments suck you deep into the narrative and propel you forward into the story.”
    • “Wonderfully engaging and immersive storyline.”
    • “Like with a lot of his work, the story is weak and the ending unsatisfactory.”
    • “When it comes to the story, for me it lacked an explanation of who we actually are and why we are doing this, and what happened after we did 'the thing' - the ending is meaningless to me; maybe I missed something.”
    • “It's really hard to immerse yourself into such a technical mess, even if the story and setting, I must admit, are very atmospheric and intriguing.”
  • graphics
    66 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game have received widespread praise for their beauty and modern enhancements, successfully preserving the charm of the original while adding depth and detail. However, some areas, particularly the jungle environments, exhibit inconsistencies in texture quality, which can detract from the overall visual experience. Overall, players find the graphics immersive and well-optimized, contributing significantly to the game's engaging atmosphere.

    • “This updated version preserves the beauty, whimsy, and magic of the original while enhancing it with modern visuals, improved mechanics, and expanded lore.”
    • “The visuals are absolutely stunning, especially when you get in the wilderness.”
    • “Incredibly faithful to the 1999 original, but with a much larger scope, better graphics, and improved gameplay.”
    • “Additionally, some areas are lacking graphically, specifically the jungle areas where high resolution and well-animated animals are interacting with a distractingly much lower resolution jungle floor.”
    • “The graphics are now a little outdated, which is why Microids has released a new edition that doesn't have to hide behind the graphics of current games.”
    • “Although the Unity engine can be hit or miss when it comes to graphical fidelity, lighting, and saturation, the overall atmosphere is immersive.”
  • gameplay
    47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is characterized by classic point-and-click mechanics, enhanced graphics, and the introduction of new elements that significantly extend playtime. While the puzzles and interactions are engaging, some players found the late-game mechanics to be poorly integrated, leading to frustration. Overall, the game successfully combines nostalgia with modern improvements, though it may feel dated to some.

    • “This updated version preserves the beauty, whimsy, and magic of the original while enhancing it with modern visuals, improved mechanics, and expanded lore.”
    • “The developers kept the classic point-and-click mechanics, enhanced the graphics, and added new gameplay elements that nearly double the playtime compared to the original (from 3–4 hours to around 8–10 hours if you play without using hints).”
    • “The story is so engaging, the gameplay is great; those classic Benoit Sokal-type puzzles are some of my favorite in video game history.”
    • “I never like it when you play a game for several hours, and you think that you know all of the mechanics that are available to you, and then they throw something like this at you: hey, guess what!?”
    • “All of a sudden, we're going to occasionally throw a puzzle at you and we're not going to indicate the hotspots that you need in order to make progress, even though we have shown you every hotspot in the first several hours of gameplay!”
    • “It also felt like the last two chapters were a bit rushed, with noticeably less gameplay than the earlier parts.”
  • music
    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with many praising its thematic and incidental compositions as beautiful and emotionally resonant, enhancing the overall experience. However, some players found the music underwhelming compared to the original game's memorable score, suggesting a lack of impact in the remake. Overall, while the soundtrack is appreciated by many, opinions vary on its effectiveness in complementing the game's visuals and narrative.

    • “The thematic and incidental (background) music is wonderful.”
    • “The game is visually beautiful and the background music during the game is like a gentle touch of heaven.”
    • “The music is excellent, welling my eyes at least twice as I reflected on the spirit of adventure, beauty of nature, and complexities of humanity.”
    • “🔲 little to no music”
  • atmosphere
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is generally praised for its immersive quality and artistic design, with many noting the successful transition from a lighthearted tone to a darker, more mature ambiance. While some players found the background music generic and the overall experience lacking in memorability, the detailed environments and compelling narrative contribute to a thick, engaging atmosphere. However, technical issues with the Unity engine can detract from the overall immersion for some players.

    • “Great story and atmosphere, amazing remake of a great game that's in the same universe as Syberia.”
    • “Each location is very well thought out, the final part of the game takes us into an increasingly darker atmosphere heralding the journey to the end, which I consider a huge plus.”
    • “Although the Unity engine can be hit or miss when it comes to graphical fidelity, and lighting and saturation, the overall atmosphere is immersive.”
  • optimization
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization has received mixed reviews, with some players experiencing significant performance issues, including high fan noise and inconsistent frame rates, regardless of graphics settings. While the overall graphics and story are praised, the current state of optimization detracts from the gaming experience for many users.

    • “Good story, great graphics, great performance overall a great remake.”
    • “The game’s performance isn’t great. There are inconsistencies in frame rates.”
    • “A few of the English voice actors admittedly don't sound that natural, but there are still solid performances, with the writing always hitting home.”
    • “The point-and-click gameplay feels very outdated and lacks originality.”
    • “The game’s performance isn’t great; there are inconsistencies in frame rates.”
  • replayability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users consistently highlight the game's "infinitely replayable" nature, indicating that it offers a compelling experience that encourages multiple playthroughs. This aspect significantly enhances its long-term appeal and engagement.

    • “Infinitely replayable!”
    • “This game offers endless replayability.”
    • “The replayability factor is off the charts!”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of the game is highlighted as a heartfelt and faithful tribute to a classic, resonating deeply with players and evoking strong feelings of nostalgia and appreciation.

    • “A heartfelt and faithful tribute to a classic.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, as they can only replay entire chapters from the beginning to retrieve missed items, which can lead to repetitive gameplay. While the chapter select menu provides helpful information on missed content, the necessity to replay sections often detracts from the overall experience.

    • “First of all, you can only replay each chapter from the beginning, which often means tedious grinding in order to get to the part where you missed something. The 'chapter select' menu tells you how many, if any, things you missed in a given chapter, which is nice, but this problem remains. While this method is functional for viewing missed signs and documents, it does not always work for missed items.”
  • monetization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of the game has been widely criticized, with users labeling it a "poor cash grab" and advising others to avoid it.

    • “Stay away from this poor cash grab!!!”
    • “Stay away from this poor cash grab!!!”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Reviews highlight a humorous contrast between the original game's single, memorable music piece and the less impactful tracks in the remake, suggesting that the simplicity of the original inadvertently adds to its charm.

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