20.000 Leagues Under The Sea – Captain Nemo is a story based hidden object game. That is based on the titular novel 20.000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne.
Gameplay wise this game essentially is a visual novel with mini games, puzzles and hidden object scenes to go through. For anyone who has played on the Les Miserable’s game (read my review(s) for them Here) the gameplay is very similar between the games. However this game does hold your hand a lot more and is less appealing.
Technically speaking, this is a simple game which was created as a budget computer game. This is evident in many ways such as a lack of options in the game on many aspects. Gameplay wise the game is lacking as there are no settings in the game to make it harder or easier. It also is lacking technically as there is no options to customize the game for varied screen specifications. Speaking of which this game is only available in 4:3 ratio as this game is meant for older computer monitors. There is also no option to change it for a larger monitor size, only full/windowed mode. This is poor as modern monitors are larger and on most monitors this game will look poor.
The game’s narrative is pretty boring, and I think the story in the game is poorly developed. Considering that this is a story based game, the game should focus on the story as it should be the main focus point. The story for this game is dull and uninteresting. Additionally, there are a number of translation errors throughout the game. One instance is that you are in a ship looking through a ceiling and the game will state that light went through each side of the salon rather than the living room.
The game’s narrative is uninteresting and poorly developed. Considering that this is a story based game, the game should focus on the story as it should be the main focus point. The story for this game is dull and uninteresting. Additionally, there are a number of translation errors throughout the game. One instance is that you are in a ship looking through a ceiling and the game will state that light went through each side of the salon rather than the living room.
This game does hold your hand quite a bit, even more than I expected. Â Although the hidden object scenes and minigames don’t really force everything onto you. The game will directly tell you where to you and the game will only go on one path. So you cannot explore the game, as the game will dictate what to do/where to go. I think that it is dull as the game should allow you to explore the environment.
This game will provide you with a mini game/hidden object scene to play on before showing you a cutscene. Afterwards the game will then provide arrows for you to click that guides you to the next location. I feel that this game kind of wants you to speed through it. The game is also as fast to guide players to move onto the next area for you to do the next level. As a result of the gameplay I didn’t want to play it for long as it became a chore rather than a game.
Inevitably I cannot recommend this game due to how poor the game. The only time it is even worth looking at is for educational purposes. Particularly if you are reading the book for school and you want to play a game version of the novel. Outside of that purpose this game isn’t worth touching with a bargepole.
