Recent reviews by kalventure

This is a good time full of bad luck. One time my friend and I's amazing camp went up in flames thanks to lightning. It was a Time.

You can also play DST solo, which I enjoy. But this is one of my fave games to play with my friends.

All these years later, still love this game - especially since they keep adding to it!

I love this game so incredibly much! The music is relaxing and I like that there are goals to accomplish with achievements but you can also do your own thing; now with multiplayer it's even more fun. I think I prefer this to the Sims if I am being honest/

A fun and relaxing find the lost object game with excellent graphics and a fun story. Totally enjoying the game so far as a way to mindlessly unwind!

This is a fun, yet frustrating, game. There aren't that many people to play a multi-[;ayer game with, which is unfortunate.
The music and graphics are stellar for this game, and while there are a couple of wonky bugs it is a great tabletop PC game. I just wish there were Steam achievements or something to entice people to play.

All my dreams came true on the day that Steam notified me that MI3 was available. The game is just as wonderful as I remember it to be and it was an enjoyable way to spend some time.

Unfortunately I could not find a way to save the game, or any actual menu options. (Space to pause.) I wound up playing it straight through because i feared I would lose my progress (which spoiler alert, I did when I accidentally closed out the window). Hopefully some patches will be added for added functionality.

Played during the free weekend.
The story is different and while a slow burning, I found myself quite addicted. It took about 8 hours for the "UGH I just died and lost all my progress" annoyance to settle in, and once it did I was done for. It's a different gameplay than I am used to and I very much would like to complete the game but you can only search the map (which I SWEAR islands move) and complete the same quests repeatedly so many times...

EDIT 2/22/2017:
I initially wrote the above review after 9 hours on record and as of this update I have 50.4 hours on record. Now that I have delved a bit more into the game, I wanted to update my review.

This is a game about exploration and taking risks. If you enjoy in-depth story development and a good challenge, this game is for you. I really enjoy the game and am so glad that I gave it a try over the free weekend - and was happy enough to buy it to continue playing.

You will die. A lot. Despite this it is not as annoying as you might think; each time I had a decent playthru and died I had about 15 seconds of "OMG NOT AGAIN" and proceeded to carry on. It is a bit annoying to re-explore the map and redo the beginning quest items, but not enough to deter me from literally playing this about 12+ hours a day for like 4 days in a row.

The game is really about the lineage of zee-captains. I'd recommend paying the 1,000 echoes as soon as possible to get the townhouse and unlock the will. You will only have to do that once so long as you write a new will for each subsequent zee-captain. Getting a scion unlocks a second legacy for the subsequent lineages, which I expect will also help (my current Captain hasn't died yet so I have yet to take advantage of my Scion).

The biggest con is it takes a bit of time to figure things out and realize it is about the legacy of your lineage and not the specific captain. I suppose second to that is the fact that you are set adrift on the zee without much of a tutorial or guidance and if you want to understand how the game works you have to rely on external sources like the wiki, which I did not do until about 35 hours in (I avoid spoilers; but the players of this game are so good about not ruining plotpoints).

As a note, you can take off Invictus mode as well, meaning you can have manual saves. I read up on the FBG forums about this and there isn't anything other than the achievement and bragging rights. I haven't done this yet but I probably will for my first win. The game is long and has various endings and possibilities; so replaying later when you are more experienced on Invictus is always an option.

I am a huge fan of the original KQ games, and this does the franchise justice while setting up for new adventures. It was so much fun to have blanks filled in, but it is also totally playable if you have never played the games before. GREAT point and click, 10/10