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Grackon's Curse is a little-known title released by a now defunct Taiwanese
company. It is a Myst-like point-and-click adventure that uses letterboxing in its
display. Graphically, it is comparable to Myst, but it does not limit itself to a
slide show presentation. You are the heir to Castle Crondiff. Grackon, an evil wizard,
cursed the Castle and its up to you to journey through its rooms and find clues and
keys to progress and eventually remove the curse. An annoying part of the control is
that sometimes you have
to take three steps before you can turn around so be careful to go the right way
first time. The sound effects are limited and repetitive, as is the music. The voice
acting is laughable. It was obvious there were a limited number of people doing a
number of voice parts. Of greater significance, this had a number of situations
where making a mistake led to death (and being kicked out to the desktop) without
warning. Save regularly to reduce the frustration from this aspect. This is a fairly
simple game that could be a way of introducing potential adventure gamers to the
world of adventure games. However, for the more experienced adventurer, this will
be finished in a matter of hours with very little challenge. |
