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 Too painful to play, Big disappointment., 2008-05-24
The programming on this game is SO bad that I couldn't even continue playing it. As others have said, the navigation was terrible. I also don't like being killed and having to start all over again. The music was very oddly placed and annoying. The graphics were pretty basic and the characters say the same lines over and over. Too many problems. I can't believe The Adventure Company bought this one. The authors must have used some canned game engine and it shows. They should try to fix it, and then re-release it. Too bad, I was waiting for this with great anticipation.
 Great Game, 2008-04-20
I enjoyed this game. Once I figured out how to play it. I didn't have a problem with the graphics or anything else. If you like being a detective then this is the game for you.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Great Game Once You Learn the Controls..., 2008-01-06
I must admit that when I first began playing "Dead Reefs" I was really frustrated with the set-up of the controls, as I am used to the general "point & click" type game & this is definitely not that! However once I re-set the controls to something a bit easier for me to remember & spent time getting used to them, I became instantly engrossed in the story line and had a great time solving the mystery of Dead Reefs.
In this game you play Sir Amadey Finvinero, an investigator who was sent to Dead Reefs to determine the true cause of death for the Baron's son - was it really an accident or was it murder? And if this young man was murdered, who was behind it and why? Could it be related to the curse - a curse the locals believe was put on Dead Reefs due to its' past, when pirates would lure passing ships onto the reefs and loot their cargo as the ships & their inhabitants would sink to their deaths?
In order to solve this mystery you'll find yourself exploring mansions, underground passageways, crypts, grave-yards, old ships and more.
Overall, I thought the story-line & graphics were great and, other than the frustration with the controls, I found this to be a really fun and engrossing game to play. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys mystery/adventure games - once you get used to the controls, it is definitely a worthwhile game to play.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 They need to play test this one a bit, 2007-12-29
Got this for Christmas....even then I think I paid too much. The graphics are very nice and the music fits the game very well as do the incidental sounds. Thta's about all that is good in this one.
The keyboard controls are okay. You can set them to your own settings if you want, but no mouse control in this one. People in Russia must not use mice. Being an older gamer, I still remember games like this, and I just set the controls to my Doom settings and it was no problem. Others not familiar with this type of movement will take a little while to get used to it, but it isnt that bad.
The real problem with the movement is the camera angles. There are many places in the game where the perspective given makes it almost impossible to find what you are looking for. Sometimes you can move the character around and get a better perspective and sometimes you can't. This gets very annoying.
There are also the usual problems where I found myself walking on the bottom of the ocean, and walking down a hallway and suddenly finding myself on a lower of higher floor. This is pretty normal for computer games, but there seem to be a lot of these.
The game play also has some problems. The team that wrote the game are Russian, and i am guessing they had a couple problems with the translation. One puzzle tells you to make a table "stronger" when in fact you really just want to make it "heavier". The solution to the final puzzle also makes no sense. If you do what the clues tell you to do, you do not get the right answer. Maybe I missed something there, but following the clues in this game usually leads to a desired result, but not in this case.
Overall, the game is relatively easy to understand and follow along with. There were only 3 places in the game where I was left with no idea what to do to solve a puzzle. The graphics are beautiful. The sound is nice. But, it is all the intangibles that make this one a mess. No mouse control. Terrible camera angles combined with awkward keyboard controls. Sloppy programming where clues do not fit puzzles and verbal clues are just misleading.
4 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Dead Reefs, 2007-09-09
Although it appeared to be rather frightening, it really isn't. The characters are very stilted and it's slow moving.
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