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So here's what it boils down to - pay attention, cause it's pretty tricky - you spend 30 or 40 bucks on this game, play it for a week and finally get to the end. In fact, the story is completely linear and once you solve the mystery, you're done, that's it, it's over. In their planning they never intended for players to start the game from the beginning again. That confused me at first - why not let me skip a scene I had already seen if it wasn't pivotal to the progression of the game? But I figured it out: 7th Level has built obsolescence into this game. And there I discovered the cruel truth about Ace Ventura: you aren't allowed to skip anything. same sequence of events, same jokes, same pet detective motto. Not until he went through the exact same scene with Shickadance again. I was in Ace's apartment and I knew I had to get the clue from the computer to move forward. I had to start up again and proceed again to that same point in the game. But my machine shut down at that point for reasons unrelated to the game. None of this is high comedy, for sure, but it's amusing once. he who knocks on my door demanding money instead of offering money must be messed with.' Ace then flings open the door and hurls a long string of stinky-dysfunctional bowels humor at Shickadance.ДЄfter the scene with Shickadance concludes, other prompts lead you to Ace's computer where, finally, you receive the clue that sets the game in motion - Eskimos are reporting the disappearance of all their sled dogs. Back to the scene at hand: before Ace will open the door on Shickadance, he turns to the 'camera' and mugs: 'Pet detective motto. That's your cue to click on the doorknob, open the door and engage the landlord (incidentally, this game repeatedly asks players to perform such mundane tasks as clicking on a door knob, or taking a key out of inventory, clicking that on a door, just so Ace can go through an elaborate process of digging keys out of his pocket and jingling them before opening the door - it's supposed to make you feel involved). Shickadance, pounds on the door demanding rent money. This game does the same thing, and as a result the replay potential of the game is nil.ДЄ case in point: Early in the game Ace is goofing in his apartment when his landlord, Mr.

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Jim Carrey was criticized for mugging for the camera in his movie portrayals of Ace Ventura, of twisting his face and body into odd contortions to mask the absence of real substance in the film. For such players, Ace Ventura will prove supremely frustrating. But players should always be in control, should always be able to override unnecessary scenes easily with a click of the mouse - there are some players for whom the game's the thing. Understand me: I'm not opposed to creative scenes and dialogue in a game, the kind that elaborate on character or further the story. Time and again, the game hijacks the player and forces him to sit through a scene whether he wants to or not. Worse than the fact that Ace Ventura is more an interactive movie than it is an adventure game is the fact that Ace's creators seem not to have cared about that one whit.

Unlike many adventure games wherein your choices throughout can take the game in any one of several possible directions, in Ace Ventura there is generally only one right answer and until you find it the game grinds to a boring halt. You may be in control of where Ace moves within a particular scene, but the fact remains that it's still a scene, scripted the outcome is non-negotiable. A number of elements in the game combine to make it more like the movie. The game is presented in the second-person perspective - you see Ace and his sidekick, Spike the Monkey, on your screen at all times and you steer them through the puzzles they encounter.

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