Windows

The Cassandra Galleries

Cassandra Galleries, albeit a dated title by today's gaming standards, is a fun, puzzle-driven, solidly designed game. Published in 1996 by Corel, it is a first-person, prerendered-scene, point-and-click fest (right up my alley), and although it's an older title, the design holds the game in good stead.

A mysterious museum. Elegant puzzles. Doesn't exactly sound revolutionary, does it? So is THE CASSANDRA GALLERIES worth your time? Actually, yes. . . This is a pleasant, breezy, pretty game that I enjoyed very much. It's not ground-breaking; it will start no new trends; it will be on very few player's Best I've Ever Played lists (mine, either). But I'm very glad I played it.

This is a pleasant, breezy, pretty game that I enjoyed very much. It’s not ground-breaking; it will start no new trends; it will be on very few player’s Best I’ve Ever Played lists (mine, either). But I’m very glad I played it.

The Cassandra Galleries isn't a classic puzzle game but it's very easy to trip along through if you just want a mild challenge with an occasional pause in play when you can't find an answer fairly quickly. It is a simple point and click game and would be a possible choice for new players but I must stress though; deaf players should give it a very wide berth. There are no subtitles for the video sequences or for the question and answer puzzles, not forgetting the challenges where you have to identify sounds or music. The game consists of two CDs but you always have to start the game with disk 1, a constant annoyance for any game player.