Crystal Shard Adventure Bundle

[h1]These are 3 [b][u]great[/u][/b] little P+C Puzzle/Adventure games for a great price[/h1] (Emphasis on the "puzzle" aspect.) Each game takes place in a "small" world (~6 screens or so), but the tagline on Steam is a little misleading: they can only be called "short adventure games" [u]after[/u] you've figured out exactly what to do: they can be [b][u]fiendishly difficult[/u][/b], in the style of classic Sierra games. [b]"Short" does not mean "casual"[/b] -- an unaided playthrough is going to take a while. Each game also has interestingly different mechanics: In [i]Quest for Yrolg[/i] you can only carry one item at a time, and need to set up a series of obstacle-courses to kill the incoming heroes. There's a lot of trial-and-error here, and learning how each of the 3 heroes acts and reacts. In [i]Starship Quasar[/i] you can (eventually) switch between 4 different characters, each of whom has different skills and interacts with some objects differently. Your job is to re-unite the ...

Very nice bunch of adventures! They all share pretty graphics, great voice acting and very interesting plot. [b]Quest for Yrolg.[/b] Very funny and well thought-out game. The puzzles remind those of early Sierra : easy to do, but hard to figure out. Features some realtime sequiences. [b]Starship Quasar.[/b] IMHO, the best game in the pack. Classic adventure with an interesting twist. [b]Larry Lotter and the Test of Time.[/b] Idea is great. Vice acting is amazing. Very hard to solve for those who prefer time-unrestricted adventuring.

Meh. The three games are short, and not very interesting, or very engaging. They're not terribly bad, but nothing about them should make you spend the $ to buy them, unless on sale, or if you are very bored.

Very much enjoyed all three puzzles, especially Larry Lotter! The time-control mechanic was quite fun. The first and third games required some note-taking so I could get the items/timing right, but that was part of working through the puzzles. I've owned this one for a few years now, but I'm glad I finally played it!

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Well, they're not the greatest adventure games I ever played, sure, but the studio put out the wonderful free game Heroine's Quest, which was a rather exceptional game all-round, and worth rewarding with a purchase.

This bundle consists of 3 quite short but very difficult games. Trial and error is your friend here. Other than that, I enjoyed playing them. The puzzles are decent and the stories are very funny. Till next time, don't forget to point & click!

Three short adventure games, each with their own different gameplay hook. The writing borders on clever but skews towards functional rather than funny. Quest for Yrolg was interesting, but I got stuck in several places trying to figure out how it actually worked. I thought it at least had the strongest characterization and I laughed out loud at the anti-tutorial. Starship Quasar is by far the most straightforward, with sort of a Live A Live vibe I enjoyed. Larry Lotter had the strongest gameplay, but felt out of place; in a Sierra parody we've got Quest for Glory, Space Quest, and... Harry Potter? It's really not playing off of Leisure Suit Larry. I think the ideas here are fairly strong, but separating them into different games makes me want to see a full single game that has the strengths of all three, rather than bite sized pieces that don't tie together. That being said I'll need to check out their other titles. These short adventures have the spark but need the polish.

It's got some good gameplay ideas, but none of these were home runs for me. And man, it's honestly embarrassing to be playing a MAD-level Harry Potter spoof in this decade. Only worth it if you really, really want to check out some indie adventure game experiments (which to be fair, is why I got it).