Mystery of the Druids (PS)

I have been a fan of adventure games since the first Monkey Island game came out, and since the excellent "The longest Journey" the point and click scene has gone very quiet. I was therefore very excited when I saw Mystery of the druids - at last something to get really involved in with an intriguing sounding story line. Once I started the game I was very disappointed. The first thing that struck me about was the primitive graphics and awkwardly slow way that your character moves in. The interface is clunky and awkward as well which doesn't help. These are fairly minor points so I persevered. The plot seemed sensible to start with, as a ...

Mystery of the Druids is generally a good adventure game. You play most of the game as detective Brent Halligan who works at Scotland Yard in London. You are assigned to the Skeleton murders case and find out about scary Druid rituals from the past. You travel around various location in England and to Carmors, France to achieve your objective of stopping the evil Druids ruling the earth from performing the 'final ritual'. You even get to travel back in time 1,000 years to do this. There are a few parts which can have your head banging against a wall in search of the answer for the puzzle you are stuck with but if you manage to find your way through these the ...