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Mystic Inn

Mystic Inn

adventure game with 50 levels

Version:  1.0.8b

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Not worth the price

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Contributed by: Christopher Midville Wednesday, August 22 2007 @ 09:44 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

Recommend Product: NO

I purchased this game from MacGameStore for my wife, who really likes mindless point-and-click action games, but neither she nor I have really played it much. Our experience with this game is the same as that I described for Fairies, but I'll repeat it here so you won't have to look for it elsewhere.

The reason I haven't played the game much, and have finally deleted it from my machine, is the existence of several issues that made the game less than fun. At first there was a problem with the MGS version that caused the game to lose its registration codes every couple weeks (they were probably being deleted by periodic maintenance routines). It took half a year and several emails to get a new version of the game in which this problem had been fixed. (MacGameStore initially responded promptly with promises that the new version would be ready in a couple days, but those promises fell through and eventually they started ignoring my emails.)

The new version did not lose the serial numbers, but suffered from sporadic crashes. (Like another reviewer who had problems with the game, I am also running it on Mac OS X 10.4, which may have something to do with the problem.) I found it was rare to get through a game session of any length, so the game was basically unplayable. After my experiences trying to get the serial number bug fixed, I decided I didn't want the headache of trying to get any more support from MacGameStore and simply deleted the game.

If you're looking for a light casual game then you may want to try this one, but I'd suggest that you test it extensively before purchasing. If you can play it for a couple hours without a crash, then it's probably safe to buy. You also might want to avoid the MacGameStore version.

My recommendation, though, would be to check out PopCap's products, particularly Bejeweled 2 and Zuma. They're very polished and rock-solid, and available as universal binaries to boot.   
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Not worth the price - jesusversuswar

I have had a similar experience with another game. Try this. Download the wonderful application "Clean App" (one of my best ever buys - it is mega useful). This will allow you to completely rip out ALL the files you have downloaded of Mystic Inn. Then download the game again from Version Tracker and put in your serial number. It could well work. Best of luck.

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Thursday, November 15 2007 @ 01:53 PM PST


Not worth the price - Christopher Midville

And if it doesn't work, will that software help unresponsive customer service?

I didn't think so ... and I don't care to send good money after bad.

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Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 02:00 AM PDT