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User Submitted Crazy Machines 1.5 Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-08-28 great brain game I love adventure and puzzle games, this one is one of my favorite puzzle games! Very challenging but not to hard. Loads of fun will buy the next game. Date: 2007-07-30 Still Fun -- Liked the first one better!!!! Seems a bit easier in some cases.. a bit not well thought out in others. Still fun as heck!! Date: 2007-07-29 Not your standard video game ... This is a fun game for those who like building things, following the logic of mechanics to their conclusion, snd don't mind trial and error exercises. The interface is clunky, but usable. It's a buy at the current Amazon low price. Date: 2007-07-16 Why wouldn't you buy this? Negative: - You will need a good graphics card (newer computer) to be able to run this software. My 2001 laptop doesn't even run the program. A 2004 laptop runs it, but crashes often. Performance significantly improved after I changed the settings on the options screen to show graphics at a low quality (shadows off, bilinear, and low resolution). My 3-year old desktop with an upgraded graphics card (256 MB memory) plays it well, but the program crashes once in a while. Works much better when you run the program in a window (instead of full screen). Positives: - Uses mechanical engineering, engineering mechanics, and electrical engineering concepts in a very broad scale (not actually realistic) to solve interesting and entertaining puzzles. Really gives children (and adults) a good mental exercise. - It is much more entertaining to not solve the puzzle, but do something else to see what happens. For example, you have to put two boards together so that a robot travels on the boards. However, you should try putting some gap between the boards and see the robot crashing to the ground. It is amazing how the programmers have built this sofware. - Most annoying things (professor and background music) can be easily disabled, but other noices such as steam whistle tooting can not be disabled. So, when things are crashing around and hitting each other, it could get very noisy. Of course, you can stop all that by muting your computer. - There are 101 puzzles including 5 (or so) tests for you to solve. My 8-year old child has solved some 90 puzzles in just one day. I got to help only occationally. After every test, the player gets a certificate/degree. My child was really proud after receiving the doctorate degree. Additionally, you can create your own problem and then solve that problem and save it. So, the fun and learning never ends. - It is addictive, but in a good way. In my opinion, it is good to engage in assembling things and solving problems. - Strongly suggest buying the software as it is a good investment in overall development of a child. Date: 2007-07-14 Insanely fun game, but be warned of potential crashes I have been a fan of the original Incredible Machine, and also enjoyed Sierra's "Return of the Incredible Machine" remakes. However, this one takes the cake. With true 3D modeled parts and the integrated physics engine, it makes gameplay much more fun and realistic than any of the other Incredible Machine games. Thumbs up for: - 3D modeled parts - A physics engine which simulates realistic object collisions - Very challenging puzzles for people of any age - Limitless fun constructing your own crazy puzzles - Many new and interesting parts, such as a record player powered by rotary motion, a crazy sausage grilling machine, and a new-and-improved blimp Thumbs down for: The "Professor" is a little animated old guy who pops in at times to say some random things regarding your (in)ability to solve the contraption. But he really grates on your nerves quite quickly. His phrases are repetitive, and sometimes his presence gets in the way of being able to place parts. Luckily he can be turned off completely in the Options menu. Also, the game DOES seem to crash regularly on XP - about once every 45 minutes or so. Perhaps this doesn't happen to many users, I'm not sure. But I advise users to SAVE their custom-made contraptions at every opportunity, to avoid losing any unsaved work. Also, there is a method I've found to prevent the system from locking up to the point of restarting: Go into the Game Options and play in Windowed mode, not Full Screen. By doing this, you will only get the "Program has encountered an error and needs to close" message - Your entire computer won't lock up. All in all, a very addictive game with some minor problems.
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