Illusion: A Tale of the Mind

I want to play Illusion: A Tale of the Mind. It has a beautiful story. The music is engaging. The issue is I cannot complete even Chapter 1. There are a number of sequences in which main character must run away from a monster of some sorts. I have learned through repitition hundreds and hundreds of times that these "run away" sequences are very unique. Apparently, they must be done in absolute perfect sychronicity. I have practised literally until my fingers have blisters on them. I have never completed one particular scenario involving a "run away" sequence.. This makes me unable to progress any further in the game, I have sought out help on the forum. There appears to be no one at all there who can assist with this issue. I have sought out You Tube,Search Engines,Walkthroughs. I can find absolutely nothing that provides any assistance regarding these sequences. Player (Me) reaches a point where you just are saying............What is the sense in this? The task cannot be accom...

I have mixed feelings about this game so take this positive review with a grain of salt. First of all, this point&click puzzle game is just the first episode with 3 chapters, which means the story does not have a final conclusion. Based on the poor sales of the game, I have to assume that we are not going to get the second episode. It took me about 5 hours to beat it, which is a little longer than I expected - considering its creative level design. To my surprise, there are certain aspects of this title that I really enjoyed, such as beautiful scenery, psychological themes, interesting use of cameras, and a sad story. It's not a complete disaster like Sonic 06, but you will need a lot of patience to tolerate some of its less ideal elements. [h1] Technical Problems: [/h1] Let's get the elephant out of the way - the game requires you to hold the left mouse button to move, as opposed to just clicking. So technically it is not a point&click game, but rather a game that should have been ...

[b]Illusion: A Tale of the Mind[/b] is not good, not bad, but it [b]sure ain't ugly[/b]. In fact, the [b]scenarios[/b] in the game are [b]captivating[/b] and the [b]impeccable musical accompaniment[/b] is key to [b]glue[/b] these and the story together. A [b]story[/b] which is [b]decent[/b] but [i]could[/i] have been [i]much more[/i] compelling had the [b]writing[/b] and [b]voiceover[/b] been [i]slightly[/i] less [b]rough[/b]. Unfortunately, the [b]gameplay[/b]'s kind of a [b]trainwreck[/b]: [i]wonky camera angles, awful mouse controls, poorly-designed chase scenes, changes happening out of line of sight[/i] - and that is leaving out how [b]pushy[/b] your [b]bunny companion[/b] can get while you try to figure a puzzle out. I mean, [b][i]chill out, Topsy[/i][/b]. Still not [i]bad[/i] overall, but it [b]leaves [i]much[/i] room for improvement[/b].

Beautiful artwork and music mixed with fairly easy puzzles and a storyline that may tug at your heartstrings. However, the ending is less than desirable making the game not worth the $19.99.

Illusion: A Tale of the Mind is by far one of THE most underappreciated and underrated games I have ever seen on steam. It's underestimated regardless of its "mostly positive" rating and some of the reviews below are extremely unfair to the game. I was surprised it has such a low price tag, then I understood it lowered price as the time went by. The game itself is COMPLETE. Nevermind reviews saying it has an open ending. It doesn't. The story IS there along with everything you need to understand what happened and how it ended. Yes, I can see a story for a next addition but it doesn't change the fact that this game is full. The gameplay itself is smooth and easy (or better.. easy to control) but it will require a few tries on some levels. The puzzles are fun with a medium degree of difficulty and vary between them as to not do the same thing over and over. Above all is the story itself, the characters and how it is presented inbetween of the puzzles. I liked all characters (including ...

cant get past thr chapter 1 arcade sequences which totally destroy the fun of th game

The game is great and very beautiful. But after chapter 1 comes a long running sequence that I wasn´t able to do with my mouse touchpad. It looks simple in a YouTube walkthrough, but very time I tried, the character died. Too bad, I would have loved to see the full story evolve. I read that others had problems, too and had to stop the game. What a shame... I got the game with a big discount, so I can still recommend it, but only for chapter one.

The artstyle and atmosphere is really well done, but the gameplay is quite boring, so I can't bother to continue. Puzzles are mostly aligning the camera.

Beautiful visuals and story.

The kidz can do that kind of puzzle? Really? I would like to see such kid. THX. Good game just the cutscenes after dying are really boring and annoying. We don´t have to watch them all the time. A skip button would be great. Good luck