Reader reviews for Yoomurjak’s Ring

There’s a lot of positives to say about this game and Adventure Gamers review are pretty much spot on. But after having just finihed the game i’m just soooo disappointed by some of the stupid design decisions Private Moon made while developing it. There’s a maze that is extremely badly clued even if by chance you would happen to find the maps to it and some puzzles, especially in he last chapter, are not “hard”; they are unfair!  Possibly a result of poor translation, but that’s not a valid excuse. As much as I was captivated by this game during the first chapters I would advise against playing it without being prepared to use a walkthrough. I hate doing so but in this case there was no way around it.

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Time Played: 10-20 hours

I actually loved this game. I especially loved the story, atmosphere, the actors, the music, etc. It is also a pretty long game that will span over 20 hours. I have just realised that I am a big sucker for FMV games (if done the right way) I would probably have given this game a much higher score (4 or 4.5) if the puzzles made a little bit more sense/were a little bit “easier”. Most of the puzzles get extremely hard/leaves too much guess work for the player, without offering any proper hints at all. I like my adventure games hard, but sometimes it can get a little bit too much. Don’t get me wrong, the puzzles are actually quiet good, but a little bit too far fetched with the lack of hints. Also there are sometimes a few pixel hunts that doesn’t really fit the realistic game world. Some objects does not really seem fit to pick up for no special reason.  Overall great game, and I am hoping for a sequel.

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Time Played: 10-20 hours
Difficulty: Very Hard