The Dink Network

Mystery Island

DDC goes boating A mysterious well on the mysterious island. Trouble, indeed.
February 18th, 2010
v1.01
Score : 8.5 good
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Rtsoft's sequel to the classic RPG, Dink Smallwood. This review and reviews after it will have a new section.
Story
The story is that Dink Smallwood must travel to Tahmar to deliver a message. On the way there, he encounters many problems with puking, scary caves, and sharks. When he's almost there, a large storm casts him overboard and he arrives at Mystery Island. There he finds that the Island is quite deserted and overrun by evil robots. Your job is to find out what is happening at this island.
8/10
Sound
The new sounds for hitting the robots and the music for the island is great, and the music fits the mysteriousness of the Island. The only problem is that the music can get repetitive after awhile, and can lower the mood for the island.
7/10
Mapping and Scripting
The Mapping: Very nicely done, but like the original game, slightly empty. The upside to a lightly decorated map is seeing where you are, so I find that to be very convenient. Another upside to a lightly decorated map is the shortage of hardness errors. There were no hardness errors at all and the new graphic visuals for the map and the ship were nicely rendered 3D images.
The Scripting: Very nice and easy to progress. There were no errors, and everything ran as smooth as it did in the original game.
9/10
Re-playability
Finishing this game is very satisfying, but replaying this game isn't necessary unless you missed something in the story or missed a few items. It is highly satisfying, however, to play this game again for the opening mini-games on the ship, with all the humour.
6/10
Overall and Final Comments
Overall this was a great game with lots of potential and great humour. For being a sequel to such an old game, this was highly worth downloading and playing through.