Mysterious Journey

The Mysterious Journey series is a very good science fiction puzzle adventure game series. The first game in the series is titled SCHIZM (Mysterious Journey). This game is a first person perspective game that has real actors in front of a green screen to put them in the graphics. I feel that the graphics in this game are some of the best available. All of the surroundings have been made to look like they are photographs taken with a low grade camera. The story line is very interesting and exciting. It takes place on a planet far away that is being investigated by scientists from earth to see if there is intelligent life on the planet. The main characters Sam and Hanna are piloting a ship to bring supplies to the scientists but lose control of the ship and crash on the planet which appears to be uninhabited. Sam and Hanna have to work together to figure out what happened to the scientists and the scientists and then find a way off the planet. The puzzles in this game can sometimes be too difficult for some people to figure them out without using a walkthrough. I am one of those people. Even though the puzzles may be a little too hard for some people handle, I feel that this game can be very enjoyable for many players that enjoy a good science fiction story.

Mysterious Journey II (Chameleon) is the next game in the series but has nothing to do with the first game in the series. The characters Sam and Hanna are not in this game. The graphics for this game are completely computer generated and uses a first person shooting interface. The storyline for this game is about a man named Sen Geder who awakens from a cryogenic stasis pod in a derelict space station. After he awakens a recorded hologram message tells him that he has been imprisoned on the station 214 years before he woke up as a punishment for causing a war on the nearest planet. But Sen has lost all of his memories, including his own name, and cannot remember anything about the crime. The message also tells him that the station will crash into the nearest planet in sixteen days and that will be his punishment. Sen has to then find a way off of the station and then try to find out what really happened all of those years ago by exploring the planet that he has been blamed for causing a war on. The puzzles in this game are for the most part exactly like the puzzles in the first game and most people will probably end up needing a walkthrough to finish the game. I again was one of those people. However I feel that this game will be very enjoyable for anyone who enjoys a good science fiction story.