Point and click to Escape the Museum

Posted Jun 19th 2008 2:45PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: News

Those who love a good, old-fashioned adventure game might be hunting in the museum this holiday season. Majesco is making a Wii budget title based on the PC software Escape the Museum, which released earlier this year. Since we're big adventure fans, a game that utilizes the Wiimote's point-and-click abilities for the low price of $19.99 has found its way onto our radar. At the same time, a quickly-put-together port has the potential to be awful, so let's hope Majesco puts some effort into this one.

The story sounds a little on the "meh" side. An earthquake traps Susan Anderson in a museum, so she needs to find a way out, look for survivors, and rescue priceless artifacts along the way. You could have probably figured most of that out from the game's blunt title, but hey, that's what we're here for.

Tags: adventure, escape-the-museum, gogii, majesco, point-and-click

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-19-2008 @ 3:10PM

austin_ace said...

yAY I'm the first to comment!

6-19-2008 @ 4:03PM

Zachary Hinchliffe said...

NO ONE CARES AAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH

6-19-2008 @ 4:03PM

Zachary Hinchliffe said...

NO ONE CARES!!!!!! AGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

6-19-2008 @ 9:32PM

austin_ace said...

I do!!! RAWR!

6-19-2008 @ 3:13PM

racecar said...

I'm getting flashbacks to the old Sierra game "Shivers" except it seems like this game lacks the demon spirits trying to kill you. What a shame...

6-19-2008 @ 3:28PM

Mr Khan said...

You have to start simple if you want to resurrect a dead franchise. Zack and Wiki was a good start, but it did flop after all :(

6-19-2008 @ 4:45PM

FYIan said...

My mom gets these kind of games all the time, and I often play them with her over her shoulder. This is not quite a point and click adventure game in the traditional sense. Instead, it's more like an interactive version of the I SPY books, where you have to find certain things hidden in the scenes.

My mother got this particular game for free on her PC, and we both thought that it was awful. Normally the story for these types of game is awful and ignorable, however the story in this game is actually so bad as the detract from the experience. On top of that, the game-play is awful. It was definitely one of our least favorites of this type of game.

Bottom line: Don't get excited about it. It sucks. If you really feel like wasting your time, you can get it cheaper from Big Fish Games on your PC.

6-19-2008 @ 10:03PM

austin_ace said...

wait....u play games with ur mom?!

THATS AWESOME!!! I do 2!

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