Title: Cool, but Somewhat Tedious
Product review: Molyneux's achievement is truly remarkable. No one has done these sorts of things in video games before. During the first two weeks that I owned it, I was continually discovering new features and nuances of the game play. The graphics are brilliant and colorful, the world is rich and subtle, and the characters are hilarious. You can think of this game as a combination of "The Sims" and a real-time strategy game. Likewise, it has all the features that made "Creatures" fun, without all of the headaches of micro-management. While this game is both beautiful and exhilarating, it should be said that it is time consuming and sometimes exhausting. Some evenings I found myself not wanting to play because it was "too much commitment". Molyneux's goal was to make a living, breathing world and he was successful, but the unfortunate side effect is that sometimes that's exactly what we are trying to escape when we play games.
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