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Customer Reviews of Adventure at the Chateau d'Or

An entertaining game
This game was a welcome change to a lot of adventure games and I think that IS the creativity of it. It gets really boring after awhile when all games are variations on the same themes. Otherwise, I don't know why people are talking about books. In Adventure at the Chateau there is only one book, which I only found after I had finished the game when I went back to explore the palace some more. So apart from that book, which you don't need, I guess the so-called "books" are the short video sequences that you see in the library. These are about people and events. You can call that history if you want, but it's not any different than a lot of games where the stories are fictional people and places (myst and company come to mind...and in Myst you really DO have to read) I experienced no bugs or malfunctions, so I was able to explore the palace and was not limited to talking about the small part of the game that I was able to see...and in fact there is a prison...or dungeon...and that was one of the coolest things in the game! All in all this game is a great deal for the price. Even if you just want to watch the videos

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Technical problems
THe major flaw of the game was that after reading the books about the history of France, the information was NOT encoded in the player's knowledge and thus, the player could not proceed with the game (could not answer the duke's question). THis was very annoying, particulary after you spend time learning the (superficial) history of France. In addition, the controls were difficult to maneuver and static and the puzzles were not inspiring. THe graphics were good but it gets boring when you have to spend your entire time on the castle grounds...it felt like prison after a while. THere was no creativity in this game. I would not recommend it. UNfortunately, there are few very good adventure games. Even the Longest journey, which I had problems with, is superior to this game.

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Great game for kids
I bought this game for my 10 y.o. nephew as a Christmas present and he really loves it. I was a bit hesitant due to some of the reviews here, but I bought it because his mother had lived in France and I thought they would have fun playing it together.

What a surprise! the 10 y.o. loved it and he got through the "learning part" (which is really a funny, multiple choice, question and answer) with no need for help at all. I suspect that the people who keep calling this a learning or educational game may be "learning challenged" if a 10 year old (granted a very smart one) has no problem at all with that part. Here at amazon.com, I think people are probably familiar with reading books (which some may call learning) and should not have any problem with the game.

For the rest, the graphics are beautiful, the music is tastefully deployed and it's great to see an adventure game where logic prevails rather than some bizarre notion of reality. In other words, common sense gets you through this game and you don't need a hint guide to tell you that pouring wine on a floor at midnight burns a hole in the roof (no that doesn't happen here, but i wouldn't be surprised to see it in some games!).

All in all a nice game that takes about 12-15 hours to play. I'd like to see more games like this where you can have an enjoyable experience without spending hours on one road block that prevents you from moving forward.