Though hardly an adventure game, it did depend much more on logic and deductive reasoning in the solving of its puzzles rather than quick reflexes, and it at least attempted to use characters and a storyline as framework for what was really a glorified variation of Clue. The very successful Inspector Parker made quite a mark on casual gaming in 2003. Jensen's first dip into the casual gaming well. Well, though many don't know it, this isn't Ms. What on earth would something from Jane Jensen, master storyteller, creator of adventure gaming's most beloved hero, be doing amongst this rabble?

These are generally reflex-driven games with a clock counting down, and the only progression in the game is more colored balls or cookies to vaporize (and less time to do it in). It is sold through gaming portals online the same portals that sell Jewel Quest, Super Collapse, Zuma Deluxe, and a whole host of other mindless casual “puzzle” fare. It will not be sold in stores and will not show up in your mailbox in a shrinkwrapped CD. Life is all about expectations, and I truly believe that if you approach this game with a clear idea of what you're getting into, you'll actually find quite a nice little game in here.īeTrapped, a development of Jane Jensen's Oberon Media, is a casual game, and is for casual gamers. Still, you may find something to like in BeTrapped. Sound appealing yet? Ah, but save your resentment I'd go as far as to say that if you're a regular reader to this site and a devotee of the adventure genre, you're hardly the target audience anyway. It is not overwhelming in beauty, magnificently cinematic, or wonderfully confounding in puzzle difficulty. It is not the savior of the adventure genre. Let's make something abundantly clear right from the outset: Jane Jensen's BeTrapped is not Gray Matter aka Project Jane-J.

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