HI ari I'm going to answer your question out of my personal opinion. Phil might have answered you, I haven't read through the whole thread. Like others have said in the past, a basic understanding of harry potter is needed to enjoy it the more. The sarah game doesn't cover advanced things in the books such as death eaters. People that have not read the books, might experience the puzzles more tricky, but the game shouldn't be impossible to beat for those who have not read the books. However, I feel very strong about it that the manual should inform people that the sarah game is based on the harry potter books. while reading the manual the sarah game sounded to me like an adult pack man game. Also while playing the demo, I also got the impression its similar to pack man. Phil was very unhappy when I called the sarah game an adult version of pack man, I intend nothing bad by sayhing so. Let me quote the first passage of the sarah manual: Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry has simple game play, You're Sarah running from ghosts and other creatures, picking up spells, objects and serendipitously placed coins. When you encounter ghosts and creatures, you can use your wand to scare or stun them for a short time, and if you get trapped you can always apparate, or teleport away. If you get caught, you lose magical energy. When you pick up enough objects, and figure out how to get to the other floors, you can go where the beasties get faster, smarter and harder to scare. If you lose all your magical energy, the game is over Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a live First Person Shooter action game using sound as it's main medium. I repeat that first sentence again, sarah and the castle of witchcraft and wizardry has simple game play. Later chapters in the game is contradicting this introductory passage of the manual. A puzzle such as the frog piece puzzle is a clear evidence that the sarah game is advanced game play. What about the tarid card deck puzzle, that's advanced theory included in the game. Phil made the mistake of saying sarah is an arcade game and that's one of the reasons why I bought the game, all right phil has later corrected it by saying it's a first person shooter game. Never in the manual did it say that the game is based on harry potter and that one will enjoy the game better if one have an understanding of harry potter. The only occurrence of the words harry potter in the manual is where it says: All proper names from the Harry potter book series are trademarks of Joanne Kathleen Rowling and the Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. Phil already privately responded to me by sayhing: if he say in the manual that the game is based on harry potter, he would have landed in hot water. I don't agree with this, phil would have only landed in hot water if the game was exactly like harry potter, if he included harry and his friends and all the other teachers in the game. So what I intend if I say: the manual makes sarah look like an adult pack man game. I was under the impression that game play is similar to pack man talks, instead of eating up dots, the character picks up money and magical items. The character is not a round circle with a mouth, but a teenage girl. The playing area is not a maze with blocks but a castle. So to me the manual sounds misleading, if I was aware from square1 that it's a harry potter game, I would have rather buy another game and first read the harry potter books and then buy the game. But the manual gave the impression that the sarah game has nothing to do with harry potter, its simply a game where the character scare away ghosts and pick up items. That's how I feel about sarah. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ari Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:37 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Sarah Question
Hi all, I don't really enjoy fantasy, so have never read Harry Potter. My question is, I want to play Sarah, because even though I don't enjoy fantasy, I want to try something new like this, but how necessary is it to have read Harry Potter books? Thanks Ari --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
