Others say...

"Enjoyable"
I would recommend this game to those who have enjoyed the Myst series.
Puzzle difficulty - medium to very hard
Puzzle interest - some are interesting, others are only busy work
Game length - could have lasted longer
Plot - good plot, but the twist at the end seems more of a break off
Sets - repetitive at times, but good overall
Ending scene - like most point-and-click games, there is a lack of a bonus cut scene at the end (Where is the payoff?!)
Music - at times lacking
Voice acting - very good

"If you liked Myst, you'll love this one"
Don't worry - this review is spoiler free.

Let me start by saying, that if you enjoyed Myst, you definitely won't be disappointed here. Also - disregard the negative reviews by idiots who can't get the game to run on their computer, or dummies who claim that the puzzles are too hard. This is a PUZZLE game, not a shooter!

Puzzles are where this game shines. I found them just the right difficulty - not impossible, and yet hard enough to give you a sense of accomplishment when you advance. I'm an engineer, so I love to tinker with machinery (virtual in this case) trying to get it to work. Be prepared to make a lot of tables in your notebook, when tackling some of the more complex puzzles. The ability to model the problem in terms of equations, and knowledge of different bases will get you through most of them. I completed the game in a week, with a total 10 hours of play - didn't need to refer to walk-through, though I accidentally solved two problems while still looking for relationship between the parts.

I'm not too crazy about the Graphics. Maybe they were something a few years back, but in 2007 they're just passable. Also - for some reason 3D puzzle games make me nauseous (I actually stopped playing URU because of that). I wish the developers just stuck to pre-rendered environments as in Myst (Myst IV - Revelations was the most beautiful Puzzle game I've ever played).

The story is not bad, with a nice twist at the end (you won't see it coming). And, yes - the annoying "actress" at the end had to be a developer's girlfriend (if you check the credits half of them are Polish - and during the game you'll notice most names are derived from that language as well). The girl at the end has the same accent.

To sum up - this is no Myst Revelations - but close enough. So far I haven't found anything better.

"Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon"
this game was a gift for my brother. He enjoyed it

"Mechanical Problems up the Wazoo"
My husband and I are experienced puzzle game players and huge fans of the original Mysterious Journey. It was with great anticipation that we started this game, but we have officially given it up halfway through.

Our biggest problem is that our machine, only one year older than the game's release date, with a decent graphics card, does not have the right setup for this game's graphics rendering. Stuff flashes in and out of visibility, the cursor comes and goes, people's arms detach from their bodies, and any prolonged animated scene completely mucks up the whole works to the point that the machine has to be rebooted (IF we can access the save screen at all).

We may have been willing to fight longer if the game had drawn us in more, but the puzzles just aren't as interesting as they were in the original, except for a couple of good mathematically-based ones. Also, the puzzles were extremely linear; there was rarely a matter of collecting information in general towards solving one of several open mysteries (as one encounters in, say, Riven), but always just one puzzle you needed to solve at a time, and always of the "solve this so you can get past this door/bridge" variety, which got a bit repetitive.

We moved on to a different game in our "to play" pile... and were sad to leave this one unfinished, but just couldn't take it any more.

"Puzzles that make sense- and lots of them!"
I like puzzles that make sense and these did. You push a button, you see the result without having to hunt around for what's going on. For example, in Mysterious Journey 2, there's several puzzles where you have to form a circuit or connect one side of a grid to another by clicking on dials. )...very straight-forward puzzles. Draw the grids out and it is not difficult to work out on paper. In another, you find your way across a fog enshrouded pathway (very cool!) by plotting the path from below.

While there is very little having to combine information from several sources to figure out a puzzle, it does occur once or twice druing the main part of the game and again at the end. And there's a few math-based puzzles, too, in varying degrees of difficulty. (Hey, that's what Universal Hint System is for!) Still, gamers with more experience than I might not have much problem wtih them.

An earlier reviewer mentioned that 'half' the time a puzzle led to nothing- just an area to look out of. I'm not sure where the reviewer is referring to, but I did not find that to be true. You open a door and there's something to find, learn about in a cut-scene, see, or do behind it.

The storyline is interesting and well developed, and the ending is satisfying.

As far as graphics, I'm not a tech person, but I found them to be very pretty. I wish I could have roamed a bit more in a few places- the graphics looked just too inviting to simply view from afar! The landscape is filled with bright colors and intriguing designs. This is not click and point, so you are able to move about freely.

The music is not great, but at least it does not detract from the game. The voices are fine- a cut above most games. The mechanical voices are done with a bit of special effects- a nice touch. The computer-rendered people move fairly naturally. You have little control over settings, but in my experience, the game ran fine. (Athlon 64X2, GeForce 7600GS)

I wish there were more games like this. Puzzles clues that are scattered hither and yon only to make little sense is not my idea of fun. I would recommend Mysterious Journey 2 to anyone who wants an easier game that does not over-tax their brain.