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- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Second game in the series inspired by Jules Verne's classics (Nautilus has sold over 117,000 copies worldwide)
- Mass Appeal Theme: "stranded on a desert island"
- Survival, exploration, discovery and puzzles, set in a tropical island setting
- Original interactive inventory system allows you to combine and create new items and tools
- Propriety engine allows for fluid and intuitive point-and-click navigation
- Photorealistic settings and numerous recognizable locations to explore: Granit House, the volcano and the Nautilus
- Meet and interact with the ghost of Captain Nemo
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Manufacturer's Description
The true essence of adventure is captured in this second PC game inspired by renowned author Jules Verne. In this first-person survival adventure, players will encounter recognisable locations from the famous novel, including the granite house, the volcano and the Nautilus. However, Return to Mysterious Island goes beyond Jules Verne's storytelling as players take on the role of Mina, a courageous young woman on a solo round-the-world sailing expedition.
In your quest for survival using logic, discovery, creative inventory management, and elements of the supernatural, the adventure unfolds across splendid photorealistic pre-rendered vistas. Intuitive puzzle challenges and vast exploration of the lush tropical landscapes of the island, all combine for a brilliantly executed adventure game.
Round-the-world saling expedition... Ship wrecked on a deserted island.. The ghost of Captain Nemo... The quest for survival... Caught in a tremendous storm, Mina, our heroine, becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. As she explores her new surrounding, she uncovers artifacts, living spaces and technologies left behind by the people who came before her to this uncharted island.
Creating a new life, Mina build a home from the remains of Granite Roack and uses her survival skills against ethe wild of the jungle. She soon becomes aware of a figure in the shadows who offers her assistance. She eventually identifies this figure as the unsettled ghost of Captain Nemo, whose body is located on the island. To return to civilization, you must piece together the hints and clues Captain Nemo provides, retrieve his body and give him a proper burial in order to free his tortured soul.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
This game was highly enjoyable to play - beautiful graphics, inventive system for combining and making items, which kept it very realistic, but it was let down in a few areas. One was the linear nature of the game, it was just too linear. There also were not enough places to go, I was quite disappointed to discover that while I could see other parts of the island, I couldn't get to them. Having to shoot down robots partially ruined the game, I didn't feel it was in the spirit of the genre, or even the setting! It was over before it barely started, and left you feeling like you'd missed out somewhere.
But - it was a good game. The gameplay was excellent, the scenes beautiful and the plot-line good. It was just too short, and too small. I'd have preferred that the developers spent more time making it a bigger game, than releasing it in a platform that could be completed in 4-6 hours.
It is worth playing, but don't settle down for too long.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
when they say that adventure games are a dying genre ..they are prooved wrong with this game. with excellent grapics and a cute little monkey to help you acomplish tasks, this game has everything to be a great adventure game. the controls are easy to understand and to operate. Plus there are sooo many differant ways to end the game you dont know what to expect!. as you get further and further into the game, bonus points reveal certain secrets. a great game if you love point and click games.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
If you're looking for an adventure game to play, you could do a lot worse than Return to Mysterious Island. It is a fairly standard 1st person adventure game (a la Myst series) set in the future but with links to events in the past on a seemingly deserted island. The graphics are excellent and the puzzles not too difficult. Many early puzzles are a case of foraging for food to feed your main character after she washes up on the island. Things then accelerate from there. The main character has some charisma and is a bit forgettable but the whole story worked for me and I enjoyed it. It is also priced to sell and thoroughly deserves to. The real beauty of the game though is that there are many different ways to solve the puzzles, thus making replayability a serious option.
This is one of the few recent adventure games that I will be keeping hold of to replay in the future.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Island Adventure
I love this game and have just played it again with a friend and also ordered the sequel. You kind of have to work everything out as you go along and tbh I used the walkthrough I'd... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Alan
Small but beautiful mysterious island
Beautiful graphics and scenery will remind you of Riven or Syberia, and you'll acquire a cute sidekick. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Hessie
A short but enjoyable adventure
This is worth a go for any point/click game lover. It is beautifully presented graphically, in the usual manner of these games. Read more
Published on 18 April 2009 by Mr. Kevin Ward
Monkey business
This game starts on the same beach where Journey to the Moon finishes - although 100 years later and with a totally different story and character. Read more
Published on 2 July 2008 by J. Grimwood
Huh? It's Over Already? But I Haven't...
What a fantastic point and click adventure! At least it would have been if it was a whole lot longer! Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2008 by Helenreddjedet
Way to short
This is a fantastic inventory based adventure game. The story's good, the graphics are lovely and the puzzles are spot on (just hard enough to keep you interested while not being... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2007 by Amatheya
Good fun - too short
I really enjoyed this game. The puzzles were logical and varying in difficulty. It was nice to have a companion even if they couldn't speak. Excellent graphics and gameplay. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2006 by Ms. Rachel L. Sykes
Bit of a mish-mash
When you start this game the graphics are really stunning with spectacular views over the ocean and you can really immerse yourself myst-like. It's very impressive. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2005 by J. Deane
Too easy by far
The graphics are really nice, the interface is smooth and intuitive, but...it is far too easy. I am no expert adventurer but I finished the game in a few hours. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2005
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