I just started Hourglass of Summer yesterday.
So far:
- The plot is really, really good. It’s about a guy (you) who time jumps from one period to another from before summer vacation, during, and after. Your girlfriend dies in an accident on the last day of summer vacation and you have to jump back and forth in time to figure out a way to save her.
- Since no installation is required, you can play it on your DVD player, DVD-ROM drive on the PC, or your PS2. But then the downside is you can’t just save whenever you want to. You have to go to the menu and the game would generate a password that will allow you to pick up where you left off. It’s clunky because you have to request for a password everytime you want to “save” before a decision and then you’d have to enter a password in order to “load” in case you change your mind about a decision. I’ve played in on the DVD player and my PC and both mediums have been problem-free so far.
- If you’re playing from a DVD player the game doesn’t seem to allow you to fast-forward or rewind, so if you miss a line of dialogue or two you can’t go back. This makes gaming tedious if you are replaying to get the other endings. However when played on the PC I found that I can fast-forward or rewind…
- You can’t access extra features until you actually finish at least one game to the very end.
- Each and every character is fully-voiced.
I’m about 3-4 hours into the game… hopefully I can review this soon.
Another question: Does anyone have a concrete idea of how many endings are actually available?
[This message has been edited by rowena (edited 09-24-2004).]