About This Game There are some things that kids just shouldn't have to put up with. Being transported to some weird dimension full of goblins, dwarves, swamplings, stupid wizards and sleeping giants is definitely one of them. After escaping a "welcoming party", Simon discovers that he has been brought on a quest to rescue the wizard Calypso from the evil sorcerer Sordid. In the last 25 years, the 'Simon the Sorcerer' game series has made millions of players fall in love with Simon. Now you can relive the renowned original adventure in a whole new way! 'Simon The Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition' features: - Totally new, much praised, game play controls that were built from the ground up * Hotspot based - no more pixel hunting! * All-new slick icons and animations. * Quick actions using right-click. - Completely new game menus and save/load system + Saves cloud syncing - Four Music options: New stereo recording and the Original music in MT-32, General MIDI or AdLib - High-end graphics upscaling (xBRZ filter) for high-resolution displays - Optional retro settings: play with original graphics, original music and even the original controls - Multiple languages (ALL included without additional payment): English voice acting, with the option for adding subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and Hebrew German voice acting or subtitles-only - Extras included: Soundtrack (FLAC) + Original Manual + Art Book + Legacy Editions as FREE downloadable content (DLCs) for Windows, macOS and Linux (Multiple languages). - GREAT PURCHASE! The best and most affordable way to experience this timeless classic PROBLEM SAVING ? You can also try and save manually by doing the action 'Use' on 'Postcard' in your inventory. 6d5b4406ea Title: Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary EditionGenre: AdventureDeveloper:MojoTouch, Adventure SoftPublisher:MojoTouchRelease Date: 3 Apr, 2018 Simon The Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition Download 10 Mb A classic. The original graphics option is there which is good. Great puzzling, despite a few puzzles that would have been easily solved, but the developer hadn't thought of them. One part annoyed me very much (spoilers): Suggesting items for the peddler\/haggler to buy is time consuming and at the end, POINTLESS: You can't suggest the item in dialog, you have to GIVE him the item and then the haggling begins.I recommend.. first of all , the game itself is absolutely fun and a must buy , the remaster however... i would not recommend to buy this game if you expect a proper remaster.the game is as far as i can see a rewritten scumvw. exe and the graphics look horrible( its the original game with a added effect like " super sai" engine or sth like that in emulators.)the " unmastered " option looks far better .if you wanna play the game use scumvm and point it to the game directory and play it this way,you really will be better off.i would give this game a neutral review but for now i have to go for the negative one, because in comparison to other newly released remasters this aint fun.all in all look at the screenshots or some gameplay somewhere and decide then if you canignore this or not. however you can also buy the game and use scummvm to play if you have no other way to get your hands on it. ( thats the way i will play it )Edit : Removed the issues with the Mouse cursor and in unmasterd you now have only the classic cursor. its more playable now, still i dont recommend to buy the remaster for the remaster, only buy if oyu wanna play the oldscool version. This game is using ScummVM 1.8which has a known issue on newer versions of windwos 10 which causes random mouse jumping. see> http:\/\/forums.scummvm.org\/viewtopic.php?p=85213&sid=f568ec6c8744512cc51f3c58c77fbb7d This was fixed in later recent versions of ScummVM (2.0) Also the "New" textures are just a filter and look absolutely horiable, if you want to buy this and play it use the classic graphics. The new icons do not match the aesthetics of the game. The MT-32 Sound settings sounds off.. Simon the Sorcerer is one of the best adventure games ever. I remember him as something that made my childhood a better place. mojotouch did a great job and brought us the game back after many years with many innovations and graphics enhancements and many other good things.And what makes me particularly happy is that the game has also been translated into my mother tongue - Hebrew.I highly recommend it.. Ok. This game aged very very badly. Even with the Legacy DLC i cant get any joy out of this game. I haved played many old school classics on Steam but this is really not worth it. "The Dig" from Lucas Arts comes in VGA graphics as well but is sooo much more enjoyable. Not even for nostalgic reasons is this game to be recommended.. first of all , the game itself is absolutely fun and a must buy , the remaster however... i would not recommend to buy this game if you expect a proper remaster.the game is as far as i can see a rewritten scumvw. exe and the graphics look horrible( its the original game with a added effect like " super sai" engine or sth like that in emulators.)the " unmastered " option looks far better .if you wanna play the game use scumvm and point it to the game directory and play it this way,you really will be better off.i would give this game a neutral review but for now i have to go for the negative one, because in comparison to other newly released remasters this aint fun.all in all look at the screenshots or some gameplay somewhere and decide then if you canignore this or not. however you can also buy the game and use scummvm to play if you have no other way to get your hands on it. ( thats the way i will play it )Edit : Removed the issues with the Mouse cursor and in unmasterd you now have only the classic cursor. its more playable now, still i dont recommend to buy the remaster for the remaster, only buy if oyu wanna play the oldscool version. This game meant so much to me growing up with an Amiga 600 (9 precious blue floppy disks for the game!) that I cannot sit by without leaving a review. And while I am left a little disappointed regarding a couple of playability issues, I cannot in good conscious leave this a bad review.First of all, I agree with the other reviews in that this is not a remaster in the way you would expect, but bear in mind they don't call this a remaster (- High-end graphics upscaling (xBRZ filter) for high-resolution displays - As stated on the store page.) The graphics have been smoothed with a filter and looks pretty enough, but lacks the original character and detail. No problem; original graphics are there as an option.\t(It is being compared to the Monkey Island remasters which had freshly drawn graphics throughout, but that always looked strange to me, a bit rushed and inconsistent and put me off.)The controls have some issues just now, but the developer is working on it and has already updated. I read that there are also plans regarding the look of the new cursor and hotspot options which make the game friendlier to play and easier to solve - controvertial to some loyal fans but arguably important to introduce it to the new generation - so it looks like they are listening to the community to make sure new and old fans are satisfied. It wasn't until years later before I actually finished the game myself, because the internet wasn't available enough to find out where that tiny little item I could never find was, but I don't think it would have had such an imprint on me if I had the option to just highlight the things I couldn't see.Just avoid the temptation to turn it back on. Puzzle solving is unaffected though, and remains as obtuse and rewarding as it was.I'd love to play this touchscreen with a Windows tablet, but it doesn't really seem to work unfortunately.The music is a big thing for me. Debate all you may but the Amiga had a much better sound than the PC MIDI at the time, and I can't play DOS versions of Civ, Cannon Fodder, Monkey Island, anything at all without cringing at the music. Many game soundtracks back then were created on the Amiga (I don't know if it was the case for Simon) and it always felt sweeter and more balanced than it's MIDI counterpart.It's the same here. I love the new recordings, great job! But it still not right to me. Some of the instruments and phrases always stood out more, so hearing it with a different balance and timbre feels like hearing a translation in a thick accent using the wrong inflections. This is a problem between the original platforms though, and the new recording to me sounds much superior to the Windows version. I just have to try and import the Amiga soundtrack to peak my nostalgic trip. Anyone who grew up with the PC version will probably have the opposite reaction and I'm happy for them.The game itself is a comedy masterpiece full of fantasy references, memorable original characters with witty and sarcastic dialogue, absurd jokes and fiendishly creative puzzles, and Smeg Head himself voicing the main dude! I have no idea how many times over the last 20 years I have watched a movie or read a book for the first time and went "Aaaah! So that's where that comes from!" I didn't know anything about The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings or Discworld or anything at the time, but getting into those franchises felt immediately familiar. It's like watching Simpsons episodes from 20 years ago and realizing you only just got the joke. But that doesn't mean the episode wasn't funny at the time. Do you know what I mean?Overall most definitely worth a fiver. If you're old enough to remember it, you can afford it. If you're not, I'd say take the gamble. Couple of kinks but they're on top of it.
- ithoonificer