After playing Bermuda Syndrome I realized I had stumbled across a buried treasure of the video game world. This game is innovative and overall just plain fun, darn it!
Okay, so you're Jack Thompson, a member of the US air force who, due to some miscalculations on your part during a dogfight, has been shot down over Germany. Luckily, (or unluckily) you happen to fall through what scientists call a "convenient worm hole" causing you not only to crash into a strange alternate universe jungle-world, but to decapitate a hungry dinosaur with your plane's propellers.
Even better, by killing said hungry dinosaur you now have a reason to hang with the hot damsel-once-in-distress, the princess.
I didn't mention before but this game is all about the puzzles, and unlike most games, it also gives you a tutorial on your first puzzle so you know what to expect as things progress. It will never be this easy again so enjoy it, damn it. After your first puzzle you can enjoy a cool little animated scene in which Jack gets himself loose from the tree. Yes my friend, you can indeed expect more of this throughout the game which should please all.
Now to go through the pros of this game. The backgrounds are orgasmic, seriously, the amount
of work put into them is staggering. It's fun just entering the next area to see what the new image is. Next is the animation. Now, for its time it was absolutely great and honestly, it's still great now. It's so cute watching little Jack smokin' his little cigarette. The idiot. Ah, and I couldn't forget Bermuda Syndrome's soundtrack. The score changes with each scene much like the background, which eases the nerves when one has finished doing a puzzle in one area for an extended amount of time.
The cons (you knew this was coming). The music is a con as well for me. Although I really appreciated the changing melodies, it was a boring, generic sound that caused me to put it on mute on more than one occasion. There isn't much to interact with and what is there is visually discreet which makes a lot of the puzzles a bugger to finish. There are a few puzzles that, even with all the items needed to complete them, are quite tedious, but overall they are just challenging enough.
So you've decided to play this game, eh? Great. Now let me give you three bits of advice before you proceed.
1. When you are stuck talk to the princess. She is smarter than you. The first evidence of this is that you smoke and she doesn't. Fool.
2. Look VERY carefully at the screen for signs of interactive objects. You need this like you need fingers so make sure you check every nook and cranny.
3. Lastly, save. Save, save, save. Why? Because no one wants to go through half the crap twice. When you save, you save time and patience.
So if you enjoy a challenge, get this game. The ending may surprise you!
