Reader reviews for Remedy – A Carol Reed Mystery

I finally got around to playing Remedy, the reason i didn’t was because of the sound (it didn’t work in windows 7 and comp xp didn’t work either). So i did the next best thing, i downloaded Windows XP mode for Windows 7 (basically emulation) and started the game. I’m saying this because my experience might’ve been different because of this.

The sound was choppy, but lovely. I absolutely love the series’s music, it can be so haunting and beautiful. Seeing Carol in the beginning is interesting, i didn’t know how she started her detective thing, well i do know. Puzzles are great and actually not that hard. Everything just flows. The hymn puzzle was fun:) and Carol’s description of hardware was hilarious ( it’s a spaceship LOL!!). The story is average and kinda uninteresting. It had a rushed ending but personally i do not play the carol series for the story.Sure some are interesting or borderline decent but it’s the environments and puzzles that really define the series: the houses, the backyards, the spooky places, and it’s all real!

Good:
-Great music&mood;
-Real environments
-logical and fun puzzles

Bad:
-Too short
-Uninteresting story,cliché villain& rushed ending
-choppy sound (could be because of my WXP emulation)

It give it 3,5 stars!

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Time Played: 2-5 hours

The game is somewhat short, moving around a bit disorienting and I had to struggle to get the sound working, but overall I still enjoyed this experience.

The slides look pretty and the investigating is pleasant. This is pretty much British Nancy Drew in Sweden, which is certainly good enough to make me go for the second game.

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Time Played: 2-5 hours