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This is a unique adventure game that was designed to help learn another language. There are versions in English, French, Italian, Spanish, or German. With the language challenge removed, we have a fairly simple adventure game wherein a diamond has gone missing from a New York museum, believed stolen by Oscar Lake, the international jewel thief. Unfortunately, you are framed with a mock passport in Oscar's name. You must prove your innocence. The game engine is the QuickTime projector engine 2.12, so it brings along the artifacts and idiosyncrasies those familiar with it have experienced. As with other QuickTime titles, there is variability in events occurring. The QuickTime videos are very unusual, with a strobe like effect making the characters seem like they are in slow motion. The acting is uniformly average and there is very little excitement, even when the oh-so-obvious plot is revealed. Strangely for a game designed for adults, there are no believable adult characters, and the villain is more a caricature than a real character, happily revealing how they committed the crime, believing they are too smart to get caught. The graphics are average even for 1996 and average compared with other games using QuickTime. There are no puzzles, only some inventory driven puzzles which are very easy. However, it is possible to do the wrong thing and get caught in a dead end. Be sure to save regularly. Your progress is scored as a percentage and can be accessed from the user-friendly menu at the top of the screen. The game can be finished in less than 5 hours. |
