The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

The Good
The graphics are usually star in Journeyman Project games and this is no exception. Despite some fuzziness at times to facilitate the 720 degree panning ability, the graphics in Legacy Of Time are quite beautiful. Not quite as beautiful as in Journeyman Project 2: Buried In Time, but then that's a high standard to come up to.

The really impressive part of this game is an incredible storyline. Even if the game were complete drivel, it would be worth beating just to find out what happens. The FMV cut-scenes drive the story very well and are very well done. And the whole time-jumping concept is intriguing in itself.

Sound effects are great, as they were earlier in the series, with not only immersive ambient effects but also realistic effects which accompany your every action. Music is fair and the theme song is awesome.

A big part of this game, as well, is Arthur, your AI helper. At times, one could complain that his jokes are just too bad, I suppose. But I felt that he was a great addition to the game and easily my favorite character. Some of his comments are hilarious.

The Bad
Alot of people felt that the concept of being able to use the Chameleon Suit to talk to people was a great addition. However, I feel that it seriously breeches that spine-tingling surrealistic "aloneness" which accompanied the predecessors and gave them a special ambience. Also, it is unrealistic in the way that, obviously, talking to someone could change the whole of history. Even if these civilizations were destroyed, they must have had a few survivors somehow. Anyway, that's a lesser concern than the loss of atmosphere.

I had severe problems with the audio system popping. It could just be my computer, though.

Finally, a major problem is that you can't die. You could easily die and/or cause a temporal distortion wave in many places throughout the first two games. It lent even more atmosphere to what was already incredibly heavy in it.

The Bottom Line
It's not Buried In Time, but it's the next best thing. Kudos to Presto Studios.