The Diamond Mystery of Rosemond Hill quick review
Edan Harel
Two of the games are horse riding simulations, and the third is this adventure
game. The 3D adventure game has you as a new reporter on a newspaper of a
small town (Called, oddly enough, Rosemond Hill). You start the game
interviewing a few characters around town, trying to land a scoop when you
begin to investigate an old diamond theft from the local museum. The game
features a third person 3D engine with a camera that follows your
character around. The graphics are acceptable, but not really worthy
of praise. The engine itself is alittle awkward to use at first, although
one can quickly get used to it. One odd thing is that in order to leave
one map section to another, one has to go to the edge of the map, at which
point the game asks if you want to go to the next section - unfortunatly,
it also says that if the section is closed to you (to be opened later in
the game), but the game does not give any information to that regard, so
unless one is aware of this, one might think it's a bug, or something.
However, as this appears to be the first adventure game by this company,
I can forgive this. The gameplay itself is simmilar to the Nancy Drew
series, although somewhat easier than those, and without the occasional
logic puzzles in that series. The puzzles mostly consist of conversational
puzzles, and some inventory puzzles. The plot was enjoyableand occasionally
funny, with the occasional plot twist. The characters were interesting
and some of them had some subplots.
It took me about 8 hours to finish the game, so it's on the short side
(It usually takes 12-15 hours for me to finish a Nancy drew game), but
I don't ever remember being stuck or frustrated for any long period of
time, which is always a plus.
All in all, if you enjoy the Nancy Drew series, and are looking for something
to play until the next game in the series comes out (next month?) I would
recommend this game. I only quickly played one of the other games in
the set (all three of which are made by different developers, I think). It
didn't impress me, but I did spend an hour cleaning up the stables,
setting up the horse to ride and running the practice route. But then, I've
never been one to play horse riding games). The set cost $20, and I
bought it from CompUSA. EB has it listed on it's website, but I couldn't
find it in the store.
You can also find some info on te game from the publisher at
http://ww
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-- Edan Harel
Edan Harel
: You can also find some info on te game from the publisher at
: http://ww
Whoops. It's http://www.valusoft.com/products/ltsriderosehill.html
(Oh, and just so you know, one of the games in the set is called
simply "Let's Ride" and is sold seperately, so be careful not to
confuse the two.
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>This adventure game is part of the _Let's Ride: The Rosemond Hill Collection_.
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Murray Peterson
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Thanks. It's nice to see more people writing game reviews and posting them
to this group.
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hans
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> All in all, if you enjoy the Nancy Drew series, and are looking for something
> to play until the next game in the series comes out (next month?) I would
> recommend this game. I only quickly played one of the other games in
> the set (all three of which are made by different developers, I think). It
> didn't impress me, but I did spend an hour cleaning up the stables,
> setting up the horse to ride and running the practice route. But then, I've
> never been one to play horse riding games). The set cost $20, and I
> bought it from CompUSA. EB has it listed on it's website, but I couldn't
> find it in the store.
Thanks Edan for the nice review! It is very valuable, for I guess I am
not the only one who had never heard about this nice game. I have a
question about it ... Is there any info about the designer of The
Diamond Mystery in Rosemond Valley? And to all: ...Was it ever sold
seperately?)
Thanks John
Edan Harel
: Thanks Edan for the nice review! It is very valuable, for I guess I am
: not the only one who had never heard about this nice game. I have a
: question about it ... Is there any info about the designer of The
: Diamond Mystery in Rosemond Valley? And to all: ...Was it ever sold
: seperately?)
A quick search of the web revealed the following preview (which I oddly
couldn't find *before* buying the game...):
http://www.videogamenews.net/wconnect/wc.dll?wwdemo~REVIEWLEFT~0000000704
(The preview says the game is real time and time is your enemy. Neither
of which is really true)
The preview was made in June 2001, so the game is at most a year old.
The box shown in that preview suggests that at some point the game was
sold standalone. However, both the Publisher and Developer appear to
be european - so it may have only been released by itself in Europe.
A look at the European publisher shows a fourth game in the series "The
Dreamjob in Rosemond Valley", which appears to be a business sim.
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-- Edan Harel
hans
Thanks very much for the url and info. I must have overlooked this one
for I couldn't find the publisher. This is great info!
Hans
erimess
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>Edan Harel <ed...@columbia.edu> wrote in
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>> [snip]
>
>Thanks. It's nice to see more people writing game reviews and posting them
>to this group.
Why, are you feeling burdened? :-)
erimess
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Murray Peterson
> On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 06:32:53 GMT, Murray Peterson
> <m...@home.com.invalid> wrote:
>>Thanks. It's nice to see more people writing game reviews and posting
>>them to this group.
>
> Why, are you feeling burdened? :-)
Not at all. I just think that the more reviews of a game, the better one
can evaluate it for "suitability". Besides, it makes for more interesting
conversation topics in this group.
Cassie
be an appropriate age group for these games? Thanks.
Edan Harel
: Can someone who has played the Rosemond Hill collection tell me what would
: be an appropriate age group for these games? Thanks.
Well, it's probably designed for about the same age group as the Nancy
Drew games (maybe a little younger?), so say about 10-16? It's marketed
for girls, also (all the main characters in the games are girls). However,
if someone is a regular adventure gamer, and would like an easy but
enjoyable adventure game, I would recommend the Diamond Mystery game.
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-- Edan Harel