Journey to the Center of the Earth | 
| From: Viva Media
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $29.99
New (1) Used (9) from $4.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 14079
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.4
UPC: 838639001293
EAN: 0838639001293
ASIN: B0000ULBI0
Release Date: October 23, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New - factory sealed box. **Check out my other items**
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| Features:
| • | Explore an unknown world hidden beneath Earths surface | | • | 3D adventure game on PC with 30-40 hours of game play | | • | Interact with 30 characters in real-time 3D | | • | 300+ different views, 200+ objects, and 100+ puzzles to solve | | • | Unique atmosphere enhanced by original soundtrack and sound effects |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
2005: somewhere in the skies above Iceland. Ariane, a young reporter, is out covering a story for a leading discovery magazine. No sooner has her helicopter landed on a ledge of the Sneffels volcano than it is destroyed in a violent rockslide. Ariane is thrown clear, but the pilot is lost. She sets off to try and find help when suddenly the earth opens up under her feet... Several hundred meters below she finds herself alone on a subterranean beach. Ariane discovers the strangest of landscap
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Avoid this game September 11, 2008
What a stinker! It's been a while since I played a game this bad! Sure, the scenery graphics look great, but don't be fooled...just wait until you have to navigate the screens - You will think you are a beta-tester at a video game company...in the EARLY stages of development.br /br /Most games have at least one saving grace that makes me glad I experienced them, but not this one. ugh! I may have to just chuck it out with the garbage!
PLEASE make it quit... November 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Please make it quit!!" was what I was thinking the entire time I was attempting to play this game. I kept hoping that things would change and it would get better, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it never did, so I finally gave up in utter frustration. I have never before "played" a game that was so totally UNplayable, as this one is. br /br /It is absolutely impossible to navigate in this game, as hotspots are microscopic/missing, and the visible ones don't work. The "puzzles" are simply a collection of miscellaneous inventory items used in completely illogical ways on equally illogical objects. Can't navigate in this game, by the way - Arianne spends an inordinate amount of time actually physically stuck somewhere, while I went over the screen 1/4 inch at a time, looking for any way out. The progression of this game is utterly ridiculous, as frequently Arianne has to accomplish a task BEFORE she is given the necessary information to accomplish that task! Did I mention that the navigation is criminally horrible???br /br /If it were possible to give this game a big, fat ZERO, I'd do it. I finally had to quit before my blood pressure blew my head off. Or, before I put a sledgehammer through my monitor (and it was NOT the fault of my hi-tech computer). I agree with the other reviewer who said it wouldn't even be fair to give this to someone else, as that would be incredibly cruel to another human being.br /br /Save your money!
 Glad I only paid a buck for this! May 6, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Risking a dollar for this at the local library sale, I can safely say I got my money's worth.br /br /Very shortly into it, I decided the game made little sense in its layout and clues. I've read that this was originally written in another language and had to be translated. Perhaps this is why there are several odd turns of phrases. (ex: a thigh or arm bone, when heated, is labelled 'hardened cranium')Doesn't make up for the rest of the game, though.br /br /I finally gave up and out of pure curiosity, set the laptop next to the computer and followed a walkthrough step by step. TEDIOUS is the word. Running back and forth...one field was 4 clicks and even with Arianne at a loping run, it still took forever. Right now, I don't know if I will even finish it- maybe if I'm absolutely bored out of my hardened cranium. br /br /Good graphics makes me overlook lesser problems, but the graphics in this was not good enough. The sky was pretty much blank and while there where a few nice shots, the scenery was not special at all. Too, there was little movement of secondary characters, trees, etc. What did move tended to be very repetitive. br /br /Gameplay was frustrating. Some hotspots were very, VERY small, which forced you to spend too much time trying to find the exact point. On several instances, a necessary hotspot would not appear until you finished other actions. br /br /Clues, when existent, made little sense. Perhaps it was that translation thing again, but I don't think so. Just a poorly planned game. Period.br /br /Overall, I'm afraid I have to recommend you save your money, time, and wits. There are far too many better games out there to bother with Journey- not even for a buck.
Wouldn't even load = Video problems April 30, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have a very state-of-the-art computer with all the accelerated video, drivers, sound, etc that is needed to run any game., with all the drivers kept up to date. This game wouldn't even load and kept crashing the system, even to the "blue screen" of dumping physical memory. I ran all patches, changed video modes, changed compatibility modes and nothing would work. If that's any indication of what's left for problems if it ever runs, check out the other reviews of those who actually got it to work...lots of problems. What a shame such a promising game ended up such a waste.
 Pretty dull April 20, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Despite having a nice variety of locations and artistic style( a value I probally place too much emphasis on in video games), this game falls flat and becomes another sad excersice in computer adventure gaming..Only get if you are a true fan of the genre and have nothing to play
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