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Great Journey

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Great Journey

Rating: 3 (4 votes cast)

Somewhere, on the edge of a small continent, there's a town. It's called Old Port, because it remembers times of great sailing ships and brave people who used to sail them. Each nook of this charming town has its own story from distant times.

This is where Tony and Annie live. They are 10 years old and their heads are full of dreams. They have made friends with the Captain, an old sea dog, who traveled many seas and knows lots of tales from distant lands. There were times when they all together set off for long voyages. They got to know faraway regions and people who live there. From each of their journey, they brought lots of presents from their new friends. They also wrote many letters and postcards in which they invited each other to visit their homes.

Once, on a beautiful July day, as usual the postman arrived at Tony and Annie's door. However this time he didn't have his bag full and he just handed a single letter to the kids. There was a strong chill coming from it, like it has been mailed from a very cold place.

Here's what was in the letter:

 Dear Tony/Annie,

For some time now somebody has been bringing garbage to our clean land. We cannot catch him. We don't have any vehicle that is fast enough. We heard that Professor Glass has an airplane. Find him, please, and come with him to us, to the South Pole.

Professor is conducting a research on one of the islands in the South Seas. I think that Captain, an old sea dog, will find that island without any problem. I send you my best greetings.

Penguin
 
The message alarmed the kids and they quickly decided that they couldn't leave their friend in danger! They decided to set out on a great journey.

  • Colorful and captivating scenery. Discover beautifully rendered backgrounds and vividly animated real-time 3D characters.
  • Take your pick; choose to play as Annie or Tony as they start out on this Great Journey.
  • Ecological storyline with NO violence. Great Journey promotes empathy and understanding of today’s environmental issues.
  • Mouse based interface where one click is enough to do pretty much everything you need. It's slick, simple and kids love it!
  • 5 chapters full of adventure and more than 30 locations from all over the world. Start from the old port town, then sail to sandy Africa and later visit lush, tropical jungle at Crocodile Island. Next, find your way to the mysterious Easter Island and eventually prepare for a dramatic finale on icy Antarctica!
  • 7 mini-games will provide lots of action for everyone. Play soccer with an African shaman, save the port from a garbage flood, feed the monkey, photograph whales and do lots of other crazy stuff. Challenge your family or friends for the best score or play together in multiplayer modes.

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  • Platform:PC
  • File size:323.33 MB
  • Categories:Kids
  • Publisher:Meridian4
  • DRM:DRM Free
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Perhaps not a great journey but a pretty good one!

By unfairrobot posted 24th Oct 2011

Great Journey is a puzzle/adventure game for kids -- appropriate for those about eight years old, I would guess. My seven year old really enjoys it but has trouble with some of the mini-games, which require a level of speed and dexterity that's a bit higher than you'd expect.

In general, the game's presentation is great: great graphics, a good interface, decent controls; all the on-screen text is spoken aloud, so kids won't find it difficult to get involved. The story is good, and you get to pick whether you're a boy or a girl, so everyone should be happy!

Best of all, it's interesting enough so that any parent who sits with their child and helps them through the game won't get too bored themselves. :)

Considering that there are a lot of really average games for kids out there, I'd recommend this one quite highly. My only reservation would be the mini-games, which did seem aimed at a higher age than the rest of the game and were occasionally a bit unforgiving.

Great Journey review

By lancelotdulys posted 3rd Oct 2009

Got this game via a bungle I've bought a little while ago. Being a kid game, I was putting it off, not really caring for it. I've finally decided to give it a spin at least for the sake of a review.

It's cheesy, cheeky, colourful, bright, incredibly short and annoyingly easy. Hey, it's a kiddy adventure game! But is it any good, well not really.

Gameplay is handled by mouse most of the time, with the player clicking various hot spot (with will animate and sparkle...hooohaaa). Doing so results in either coins which can be used to buy totally useless hints or with an item drop needed to complete a task at hand. Ending a “chapter” will require the player to win a mini-game, keyboard controlled this time. This will result in a scream of either “my god it's way too easy” to “this control scheme is a pain”! One example is the “soccer” game which will probably make your kid pull his hair off (and then yours, trying to help him out).

Sound wise, it's not all bad other than the voice acting or should I say “read acting” that pollutes most of the “dialogue”.

Note for parents, it's not an edutainment software so don't expect any learning value other than the “eco” message that initiates the quest.

All in all, the frustrating control and the overly bland gameplay will probably turn off most kids after a short while.