Great first half of a game
posted by JimDScott (SAINT PAUL, MN) Jan 3, 2008
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Zack and Wiki is a half of a great puzzle game. For the first half of the game, you guide Zack through a series of stages solving point and click puzzles. The stages build in complexity, but are essentially linear. These early stages are engaging, fun, and leave the player satisfied with finding the solution.
The second half of the game goes steadily downhill. All the skills and techniques learned in the early stages are steadily abandoned. By the time the player reaches the final stages, the game becomes trial and error with terrible consequences for failure. Point and click games are fun the first time through -- but when forced to replay a level multiple times through while learning how to solve the last puzzles at the end of stage, the game becomes excruciating.
You can buy hints and extra lives, but these must be used sparingly. Money to purchase the extra lives is very short. Perhaps there's a way to earn more money during the game, but I didn't find it.
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