Blue Ice - Partial Playthrough - Part 1 of 3

The game takes place in a fictional kingdom called Icia, in which millions of laws have been contrived by its succession of rulers. The senseless law-making began with King Edward I, who found that he could blame the loss of his newborn child on the innocent Orseppro and banish her from the kingdom. Ever since, the monarchs of Icia invented laws to cover up their own mistakes and shortcomings. When King Edward DCCXI (711th) dies prematurely, his twelve-year old son is left with the impossible task of learning all the rules of the kingdom before he comes of age and inherits it. During this king-less period, it is stated that 'time stops'. The player's goal is to teach Edward that the laws are fueling suffering and unhappiness in the kingdom, including his own. To do this, the player must complete tasks related to five pleasures of life - art, music, food, love and nature - that were otherwise restricted and shackled by laws.

There are twenty-eight major locations that the player visits. Each location features a looping portion from a piece of jazz, classical or new age music. The following artists are featured in the game: The Future Sound of London, Paul Schütze, Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Maurice Ravel, Brian and Roger Eno, Blythe and Joustra, Tangerine Dream, David Sylvian and Duke Ellington.

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[Obscuritory]

Did this game have an "ending" to speak of? I know it had some legendarily obtuse puzzles, but I also remember reading somewhere that the game gives no indication about when you've completed it.

[The1Nostalgic]

@Obscuritory After some researching, it looks like the authors made the game with a competition in mind. In essence, to prevent people from hacking it and going into the final screen, they left the game without an ending.

There supposedly is an ultimate solution to the game which comes in the form of two words. Those words were needed to win the cash prize. Like you said, due to the obtuse puzzles, and also the hints sprinkled throughout, imo, this is one of the hardest adventure games ever.

[JackiePaquito]

Great soundtrack!

[fillabonga]

I just picked this game up at the bargan ben at my video store along with return to Zork good stuf

[bloodrunsclear]

This is why everything looks so samey in gaming nowadays, all the original titles of the early era intimidated everybody! XD