Well, I seem to have been trapped into a computer game revival at the moment. I'm still playing through Quest for Glory V, but I got the itch to play Legacy of Time again, even though I had some problems getting it started last time. Well, this time I got it from GOG.com and... it didn't start. After some tinkering I got the game to start and show the intro scene and I got to when the actual game starts and... my cursor didn't show up. Back to the drawing board, did it again and now it didn't start again. I got my hands on some external things to fix the files, but that didn't work either (which also was a pain to get my hands of since the computer erased the files as soon as I got them). In the end I fixed it by lower the resolution and then I tinkered a bit again and didn't even have to do that. Still, cursor now leaves a trail over the screen and I can't see Arthur or the items I have selected at the screen, but the game works and I could complete it without problem. At least no disc swapping.
Still a great game, if a bit easy now that I've played it so much that I know the puzzles by heart. I still learn a couple of things that I missed as a kid, the siddah for example was a reincarnation of the last siddah that couldn't reach Nirvana due to pride. I also tried to see how free I was about finding different disguises. The only one that forces you to get one I would assume is Shangra-La since you need the pilgrim. I also got the feeling that each artifact was closer to two of the six elements described in the game (earth, wind, water, fire, space and time) which I thought would mean water and earth Atlantis, fire and air El Dorado which left time and space for Shangra-La, but El Dorado pretty much used all four elements in protecting the artifact as well as a irrigation system that gives water to the top of the mountains. And the monks have their steam tunnels and such which is the only highly advanced thing they show I assume (beside the staircase or the ability of transmutation.
Still, I hope they add the game to ScummVM some day since I would love for the graphical problems to be solved and I'm a bit spoiled by the ease of use for that program. Still, took me something like 5-6 hours and I recall that it took me a year to solve as a kid. I must have been a really stupid kid... or the fact I didn't know what they talked about might not have helped. Probably the scary steam tunnels that did the most, even though you probably get the map early and it shows where you are. Tried to play the game with information from the game and El Dorado and Shangra-La is rather straight forward, but Atlantis I had to make at least one leap. After getting into the temple with the gold medallion I got a bit stuck in thought, I thought there would have been a mentioned of the water effect and the need to visit the windmill, but no. I had to go there since it was one of the few locations I had (and that I need to get there to get into the tunnel in order to find the artifact).
Still, looks great (besides the glitches), might need a bit of clean up. Music is great. This might explain why I like the FMV games I've played, they are really focusing on atmosphere. Gabriel Knight 2, Phantasmagoria 1 and this really feels atmospheric, the first in their horror theme and this in mystery. The actors works great, but they are hindered a bit about the blue or green screen work.
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