Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy Review (Bullbachka)
I'm taking my time with this game and it makes me appreciate every second I’ve spent exploring, reading, and analysing more. For me it feels like a long-awaited release; a personal journey, as if I were seeing & experiencing everything for myself, and like a chance to immerse myself into something magical to help me distract myself from the struggles of life. I’ve tried to take every moment slowly so that I don’t miss anything important. Looking for smaller details, listening to each radio recording, reading the material for every smaller investigation, interacting with the Hydrafloats' interior and control panel and seeing all the intricacies — I admit, it’s because I don't really want for it to end. I wanted to extend this experience as much as possible and imagine myself in the protagonists' shoes. Wanted to, but I can't keep myself from wanting to progress further and see what is going to happen next. It’s been a long time since a game made me want to sit and thoroughly play it everyday, every evening, like I have nothing else to do. I'm awaiting its end with dread.
What I feel somewhat resembles my emotions when playing the first two Syberia games — I usually replay them for comfort. It’s not exactly the same thing, obviously, because Syberia holds a special place in my heart due to time and the exceptionality of all the memories connected to it, and am not sure whether I will be replaying this remake of Amerzone in the nearest-nearest time, but I will definitely return to it eventually(every good game needs to be replayed at least once). It is a wonderful experience, and I’m genuinely enjoying being a part the story. I'll miss the feeling when I'll be done, I know it. Despite making a connection to Syberia previously, I would prefer to judge Amerzone independently, without making comparisons — it deserves to. Moreover, it would feel like a terrible devaluation of all the work done if it would only get compared to one of the other masterpieces made.
Emotions aside, I have no complaints either. As you can see, I haven't even finished the game yet — and couldn't wait to write my review. Thanks for giving us such a wonderful gift.