Gold Rush! Anniversary Reviews

At the start of the game there was no indication of what to do.. where to go .. etc -- I couldnt even last 5 minutes - quit and asked for a refund

The voice acting is awful (and for Christ's sake, voice actor they hired for this, you're supposed to be a guy from Brooklyn, stop saying "sorry" like a Canadian), there are multiple misspellings and bugs, the interface is pretty awful, the graphics look like a shareware game from the late 1990s, and worst of all it doesn't really expand on the original game at all. You'd be better off downloading and emulating the original, because at least that came from old-school Sierra programmers who knew what the hell they were doing. I really, *really* regret paying money for this game. Actually, I kind of feel bad that I played this game without getting paid to do so. TERRIBLE.

I loved the original game from 1988 and when I saw they remade it as a point and click, I had to play! Playing 35 years later, I still remembered the story and most of the puzzles came right back to me. Great memories of my childhood! Recommended!

Well its not that bad, i wont tell you BUY it but its not a bad game either its something special. Some might enjoy it some not. I liked my first trip and had fun but i wont do another so its more of neutral then positve but more positive then negative. Thats why the thumb is up and not down cause steam dont offer neutral ones.

[b]Gold Rush! Anniversary[/b] is a remastered version of the classic adventure game released by Sierra in 1988 that promises to deliver a nostalgic experience with updated graphics and modern controls. You control Jerrod Wilson who must travel to California during the Gold Rush to find his long lost brother. The remastered version stays true to the original story line including the three alternative ways of travel to California. I am quite tentative to recommend this to someone who has never played the original. In this modern age of Adventure games, this title feels like a whisper in the wind and will most likely only appeal for nostalgic value.

I was quite disappointed by this rushed remake. The voice acting is really dull and liveless. The graphics lack detail. The animations are choppy and ridden with glitches. Overall this game does not do the 80's original justice at all. In fact I recommend playing the original over this one because it still is the better, much more polished game despite its age.

This version of Gold Rush is a mess and probably not worth trying for most people, even those with nostalgia for the original. It feels more like a mid 2000s adventure game than something from the mid 2010s. It was buggy when I played it and the cheap 3D models and backgrounds lack that simple yet endearing vibe the original has.

I play a lot of adventure games... This one sucks. Crap animation Crap graphics Crap voice acting...really really cringe worthy kind of crap and I felt tortured by trying to play it... Why is this a game? It may have been OK 20 years ago but nowadays with the quality of adventure games out there now... this is a waste of data. Sorry devs but its bloody awful...

I bought this against my better judgement. Right off the bat it greets you with an into with a narrator that sounds like a foreign film dub. The voice acting is full of awkward pauses, as if it were all done in one-take. I had to skip the intro to make the cringing stop. On to the first scene. Ok. Nice shiny graphics. Then a horse cart comes along. Its graphics look too CGI, too clean-and-shiny, like the early days of 3D modelling. Think the 7th Guest and Myst1. This is a 2014 game? Maybe if they'd done animated 2D instead of all the wasted effort on the overly clean 3D backdrops? I dunno. I talk to people in the streets. Badly edited cuts. Again like it was "one-take, we'll edit the pauses out of it in post". This is King's Quest 5 levels of bad voice acting. Are the people supposed to sound like non-native speakers? One of them did sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger, which was pretty awesome. It feels like a bad fan remake, except it costs money. Worth < $5. Possibly $1?

This game has several dialogue issues of all kinds. The voice acting sounds stilted and forced. The text parser is bad, much worse than the original. With the price of this remake you'd think they would have fewer issues and improved more than just the graphics. Not at all worth the price, even at the 50% off I paid for it. If you reallly want it, wait for an 80% off sale. That would be close to the actual value of this game.