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• Games: Video Games: Adventure: News and Reviews  (22)

Applelinks - Review (Mac) - - Reviewed by Tommy Pauly. "Still, all in all, Alida is a great game; it is sure to delight puzzle fans as well as music lovers..

Four Fat Chicks - Review (PC) - - Review by Orb with several screenshots. "This is a designer that grasps the concepts involved in making a complex, entertaining first-person point-and-click adventure. Honestly, there were times where I was very frustrated by Alida because the puzzles were so clever and subtle..

GameBoomers - Review (PC) - - By Jenny100 with link to walkthrough. [A-] "If you enjoy adventure games that are more exploration-driven than character- or story-driven, chances are that you'll enjoy Alida..

Mr Bill's Adventureland - Review (Mac) - - Reviewed by Cynthia Gary. "The puzzles are unique, challenging, and well integrated into the story.

eToychest - Review (PC) - - Ryan McPherson [95%] "You'll find that there's an impressive amount of exploring and learning to be done without ever solving a single puzzle, which is nice, because the game never really starts to feel like a series of puzzle screens you need to solve." (September 16, 2004)

Game Plasma - Review - - Reviewed by Brian [7/10] " Alida is a solid game, and although the story isn’t that great, the difficult puzzles, pretty graphics, and Myst-like gameplay make up for that. " (August 3, 2004)

Just Adventure - Review (Mac) - - Review by Lucas Haley with screenshots. [B] "And the puzzles - there are quite a lot of puzzles in Alida, with a good mixture of recurring areas and objects." (August 11, 2003)

Mac Review Zone (Mac) - - By Russ Aaronson [4.5/5] "Conversely, this is the first game I've played in which sound is incorporated into the puzzles in a deep and meaningful way." (August 4, 2003)

Quandary - Review (Mac) - - Review by Peter Smith. [4.5/5] "Like Riven you are not only playing a game but also experiencing a world. A world conceived as a whole, as an entirety." (August, 2003)

Inside Mac Games - Review - - Michael Phillips [8.25/10] "Its visuals are beautiful, puzzles are challenging, yet fun and its audio is wonderfully realized." (April 9, 2003)