The Cluedo Chronicles Fatal Illusion is a very old game, published in 1999.
Since it is an old old game, i have quite a high tolerance for it.
I mean, for such a-long long time-game, i think the graphic is already satisfying enough, unlike some people who rant and complaint about the game a lot.(It is such an old game! What do you expect out of it?)
The vocal talents are great, but the audio effect is not so detailed. For example, no footsteps. Only doors cracking when i try to open it, and so on.
There are TONS of graphics glitch inside the game. Where somebody i talked to will suddenly disappear, or when i click on a machinery, the machine will turn back to its original form before i made any changes to it after i leave but turn back again to the last changed position when i clicked on it on zoom view...
There is supposed to be a patch for this game by ATARI to fix several major problems in the game, but then i couldn't find the patch anymore in ATARI official website. I guess they deleted them thinking that nobody will ever play this game anymore...
However i did inform ATARI technical support about it and they are creating this case. I hope the patch will be out soon.
The Storyline itself is quite good, but too short! How can you ever be satisfied playing a mystery game with such a short play time?
The mystery itself is quite easy but the hints are misleading.For example the first case where you have to open a safe door, the key is today's date (in the game) 31 december 1938 ( 31 12 38 ) So i rotate clockwise to 31, next, instead of rotating clockwise to 12 (which normally it is supposed to be anticlockwise to 12), i have to turn passing 31 again anticlockwise to 12 before rotating clockwise to 38.
And also the puzzle on the cable car. The hint picture is not so clear.
I guess Overall the idea for implementing Cluedo into a computer game is genius, its just that sometimes the outcome is not as good as the starting idea. Unless it is dedicated with creative team of professional artist and designers with good budget to make your idea comes true...
This game is played with compatibility with Windows 95/98. So don't forget to set the .exe file to run the game into compatibility mode to Windows 95/98.
How to set compatibility mode?
1.Right click on the .exe file (the main file to run the game)
2.Click on properties
3.Set Compatibility to Windows 95/98
4.Click save
5.Double click on the file to start the game or click on the shortcut.
CHEERS!!
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