Vermillion Watch: Order Zero Collector's Edition - New HOPA on Big Fish

Today's game for Club Members, tomorrow's game for all.

You can download Vermillion Watch: Order Zero Collector's Edition here.



As always, please remember to come back and tell us what you think.

Happy gaming!

Thanks for letting us know Marian much appreciated, and if this game is just as good as the 1st two in the series, then this will be a buy for me on a BOGO sale.

Take care

PS: Forgot to mention that I am downloading the Demo and will try it later in the day..

I hope you enjoy the demo, Starcom; it looks interesting. Nice to see you here.

Thanks, Marian!

Ana

thanks for the welcome back Marian, true it has been awhile.. long story...

More Important though, Congrats on your well deserved promotion to Global Moderator and yes, the Colour does look good on you.

Thank you!

Order Zero has incredible graphics with the exception of the museum section which I am now on. The section in the zoo is both beautiful and carefully crafted in design. Earlier at a Victorian era party that included the authentic touch of a mummy unwrapping, I met Dorothy whose leather-belted dress and ruby red lace-up knee boots give a stunning dance-hall dominatrix impression.

The story is fuzzy. Dorothy, the Lion who is a handsome dread-locked human, and the Tin Man who is I don't know what exactly seem to be passengers or officers on Captain Ahab's ship. Ahab's character is true to its inspiration; however, his passionate pursuit is of Captain Nemo, a mysterious woman stealing antiquities. Maybe I will discover in the denouement that she is returning these treasures to the countries/cultures that produced them. I have no idea how Dorothy, the Lion, and Tin Man hooked up with Ahab. That may have been explained and the explanation whizzed past me.

I'm more than willing to put up with the bewildering characters--they aren't so much a downside as they are elements of a plot thickened by whimsy--and the genuine disappointment that the puzzles are way too easy along with many being too carpal-tunnelly for my taste. This is the best game in months, engaging and sightly although, alas, not as challenging as I remember the first in the series.

Great comments on the game, 8dognight. I will have to take a look at this one.

Need help with the planet puzzle in the museum. The SG isn't much help and there's no Skip. I've looked at some YouTube videos and didn't find them very helpful.

Would this thread be of any use?

Not really, Marian. The explanation doesn't make sense to me. I'm hoping someone else can read that explanation and clarify.
The character holds a planet in her hand. How does that relate to the puzzle?

I will let you know if I can find any clarification. I don't have the game, so that puts me at a bit of a disadvantage.

I appreciate your responding, Marian. I'm going to give it a few more tries. I hate to have to quit the game since it's such a good one. But if I can't get past this puzzle, I have no choice.

I sure hope you don't end up having to quit the game.

Having said that, I wish you a

If we're thinking of the same puzzle, I solved that one after I used a magnifying glass on the screen because the left half of the room is quite dark.

Thank you for the advice!

I don't have this game, but I might get it with Big Fish's Two for One Thanksgiving sale today. If I do, I'll watch out for this puzzle. No guarantee that I won't have the same problem you do though.

Thanks, Jenny.

Well, I don't think I'll be getting this one. I'm not enjoying the puzzles at all. They seem to be the type that only make sense after being solved -- if then. Several of them I "solved" by accident and have no idea what I clicked to solve them. The demo ran out automatically, while I still had time left on it, and before I got to the museum.

Sorry I won't be able to help, but I really don't like the game -- bad puzzle design and too many timing minigames where you have to click when something turns green.

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Order Zero has incredible graphics with the exception of the museum section which I am now on.

I enjoyed the artwork, the whole steampunk thing, and some of the "cinematic" scenes that were like watching a film.

The story is fuzzy. Dorothy, the Lion who is a handsome dread-locked human, and the Tin Man who is I don't know what exactly seem to be passengers or officers on Captain Ahab's ship.

Not much of it ever made sense to me, either, 8dog. I wondered if there had been a previous game in which all this was explained? Never was quite sure who was who nor which people were the good guys versus the bad guys. But I liked that this game was different, more than anything else. (Not a witch to be seen!)

This is the best game in months, engaging and sightly although, alas, not as challenging as I remember the first in the series.

I, too, thought Moorgate was superior, but both games are long and engaging. On the other hand, Fleshbound was so easy as to be boring and I bailed out before completing the Demo on that one. I wonder if that is where all the characters and their motivations were elucidated? ha ha
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It's also possible that Fleshbound got more difficult after the demo. Of course that is by no means a certainty.

I decided to get Fleshbound along with one of the Phantasmat games yesterday.

I seem to have run into some sort of a bug though -- invisible dogs in this guy's office. Apparently they're supposed to be there -- I can hear them and my character says they're there -- but I'm not seeing them. They appeared in the room I retreated to, but they were invisible in the office.

That's strange, Jenny. I am not finding any other reports of this either.

I finally got it solved with help from my daughter's significant other. Once I knew to match what the main character was holding in her hand, it was easily solved. So glad I didn't have to ditch the game.

That's great, Sparkle!

I think it's the first time I've had invisible characters (that weren't supposed to be invisible) in a casual game. Apparently the dogs were supposed to be standing on the rug barking at you. The hotspot was on the rug. Your character says something to the effect that he didn't know how the dogs got down the ladder.

I also had problems with a puzzle that didn't reset properly -- the puzzle with 2 knife switches and 2 hourglasses. Instead of resetting the knife switch on the left, resetting froze it in the down position. Exiting the game, rebooting, and going back into the game, the knife switch was frozen in the up position, but it behaved as if it were stuck in the down position.

EDIT --
Just finished a replay of Moorgate Accord, the first one in the Vermillion Watch series. The puzzles were definitely better overall, and no bugs.

I've found the storyline a bit confusing. Puzzles are unique. There's a lot of backtracking, so I'm relying a lot on the map. Overall, this game is well done and more challenging than many I've recently played. Reccommend for anyone up for a challenge. I've not yet run into any glitches, but only about halfway through.