Timboli: The reviews on the Game page sound quite good, but the screenshots there, left me feeling it was less than stated.
Screenshots are an important element I go by when deciding to buy a game. I rarely even bother with a video if the screenshots are good enough.
Unfortunately some games have crap screenshots and no video or the video is just some flashy dumb video and gives no user sense of playing the game.
Further to that, if the game was $1 to $2 AUD I'd just buy it on the strength of most reviews. At almost $7 AUD I need more impressive data to make a purchase, else another game etc takes precedence.
I would have liked more shots of the so called faithful reproductions of the original ship. That way, if I don't ultimately like the game, the visuals might be satisfying enough ... for the money.
It's not always about the looks. This is a piece of history recreated and that makes it great. Don't you wonder why they have preserved this game all the time? Just google for it and/or watch some youtube videos. People really like it. If you are interested in the Titanic it's a must buy. I was interested in the Titanic before they found it. It was a big mystery how an unsinkable ship did not just sink but also vanish. I bought Robert D. Ballard's book in which he told how they found the wreck and of course I also watched Cameron's movie which I really liked - not because of the excangeable romance story but because of the fact that Cameron tried to stay as true as possible to the ionformation known until then. This game gives the opportunity to feel a bit like being on the Titanic and several of the pictures and details in game are true to the original. Like I said, if you are interested in the Titanic it's a must have even though the game is old and some of the movies don't look that good.
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