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Publisher Sandlot Games Type Demo License $9.95 Version 1.0 Date Added 6/4/2010 Size 524 MB Downloads 4,327 The Legend of Crystal Valley 1.0 Help Eve find her missing father in this breath-taking adventure game. Average Rating: Submit Your Rating & Review Registry Total: 1 Entry Ken Spiker (6/9/2010 - version 1.0) I played the demo and right away I notice that this game suffers from several severe drawbacks, the most important being the limitation of movement of either the protagonist or the observer. The environment is a 3D simulation, but the point of view is fixed and Eve can only move in very restricted directions. This is a game of exploration and investigation but we are only allowed to explore a few possibilities in each scene and investigate only those objects the game directs you to. The graphics and animation aren't so hot either. Myst was a great game in large part because the graphics were so stunning. Here the graphics are ordinary, uninspired. On the plus side, I think it is a wonderful idea for a game. I like this sort of exploration thing. The music is appropriately eerie for a mystery game. Remember, I only played the demo. I could be wrong. Perhaps later on there would be turns in the story and surprises that would make it all worthwhile. I just felt there was something clunky about the way this game was realized in the graphics and the interface.   The Legend of Crystal Valley