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Game Information
- Platform: Windows 98 / Me / XP / 95
- ELSPA Minimum Age: 3
- Media: Video Game
Product Features
- Live-action video in virtually every scene intensifies drama, suspense, and realism:3 hybrid CDs (Windows/Macintosh) immerse you in the game play:High-quality sound effects, original music scores, and full-motion video sequences:Breakthrough virtual-reality technology provides 360 degrees of seamless movement and freedom:An epic arctic adventure, 4 years in the making
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Review Morpheus is a lushly rendered puzzle game in the same genre as Myst and Riven .
You begin the game lost in an arctic blizzard, trying to find clues to the disappearance of your explorer father, who vanished three decades ago in the same frozen wasteland.
The hokey 1950s video of your frostbitten character is thankfully left behind for the haunting visuals of an icebound ship, the Herculania .
As you wander through the ship's fabulous art deco ballroom, movie theater, and other rooms you'll manipulate objects and find clues to how the six passengers diverted themselves with evil intentions and forbidden love.
Con artists and hypocrites (with one exception), they came aboard the Herculania seeking pleasure--only to become ensnared in their hosts' scientific experiments.
You'll also confront the Neurographicon, a futuristic dreams-to-reality device that you suspect trapped your father before you. Integrated QuickTime sequences, ambient sounds, and the ability to pan 360 degrees.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Morpheus is a lushly rendered puzzle game in the same genre as Myst and Riven. You begin the game lost in an arctic blizzard, trying to find clues to the disappearance of your explorer father, who vanished three decades ago in the same frozen wasteland.The hokey 1950s video of your frostbitten character is thankfully left behind for the haunting visuals of an icebound ship, the Herculania. As you wander through the ship's fabulous art deco ballroom, movie theater, and other rooms you'll manipulate objects and find clues to how the six passengers diverted themselves with evil intentions and forbidden love. Con artists and hypocrites (with one exception), they came aboard the Herculania seeking pleasure--only to become ensnared in their hosts' scientific experiments. You'll also confront the Neurographicon, a futuristic dreams-to-reality device that you suspect trapped your father before you. Integrated QuickTime sequences, ambient sounds, and the ability to pan 360 degrees enhance the gothic creepiness of this game. The game begins slowly, but the puzzles soon pick up the intellectual pace. Environment is important, and clues can be devastatingly subtle, though not as biographical as one might expect. Morpheus is a rich, many-layered experience, with puzzles inside of puzzles, and you'll get a lot of play for your money. To finish you'll need a large notepad and pencil, some math, and careful powers of observation--or a lot of time. --Betsy Aoki Pros: Lavish, colorful graphics and ambient sound Story rich enough to intrigue without excessive gore Engaging--the puzzles require thought and observation Cons: Use of 3 CD-ROMs means you have to switch discs throughout the game Occasional crash for Mac users; PC users, this game played fine on Windows XP without crashing onece
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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It's a well put together game with a rather strange plot device -
in that you enter the minds of several characters to replay history.
There's a story twist at the end which intrigued me - but I'm not sure I understood the implications.
I found it very involving from the beginning - and the puzzles generally logical and solvable.
There were a couple where I resorted to a walkthrough in the end.
The graphics and sound are fine - and must have been considered terrific when this game first came out.
Although I played this recently I didn't find it dated at all.
I spent a lot of time hunting this one down for my collection - and wasn't disappointed.
As for XP issues - I simply used the compatibility tab in XP and ran it flawlessly under Win 95 compatibility.
in that you enter the minds of several characters to replay history.
There's a story twist at the end which intrigued me - but I'm not sure I understood the implications.
I found it very involving from the beginning - and the puzzles generally logical and solvable.
There were a couple where I resorted to a walkthrough in the end.
The graphics and sound are fine - and must have been considered terrific when this game first came out.
Although I played this recently I didn't find it dated at all.
I spent a lot of time hunting this one down for my collection - and wasn't disappointed.
As for XP issues - I simply used the compatibility tab in XP and ran it flawlessly under Win 95 compatibility.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I the Product information given by Amazon under the heading Platform it states that the programme runs on widows XP. But when I recieved the game and installed it - and after shuffeling around with the display settings on my computer - I found that this game does not run on Windows XP, it states on the box that this programme is only suitable for windows 95.
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