Egyptian Prophecy

Rating:
Summary: VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE
Review: I really didn't know what to expect, so my expectations weren't too high to begin with. However, the whole game was really a pleasant surprise. It was far above the "norm" in plot, the graphics were pretty good in most places and extremely good and imaginative in others (The Book of the Dead Part was really outstanding.) I'm no expert in Egyptology by a long way, but I do know a bit, so the fact that they took the time to do SOME homework was really appreciated, and for me, made the game that much more enjoyable.

This is a first-person game, with appropriate "cut-scenes", and although most of the characters were not much above standard-woodenish, I did find the heroine, Maya, quite the most engaging since Kate Walker of Syberia. This sort of stuff matters to me and adds a lot to the enjoyability of the game. Why I don't mind spending my money as much as I might do otherwise with this.

The features such as "save", "load", etc., were VERY satisfactory. I ABSOLUTELY HATE GAMES WHERE SAVING ISN'T GENUINELY POSSIBLE! (HINT TO OTHER MAKERS!)

Game played flawlessly, but for some cut/glitches that I've come to expect from new games. DEFINITELY not a major issue here, as the only problems were when I tried to save, and game "blacked out". Overcomeable!

All in all, I would give game 5 stars in both categories, except I'm hyper picky. The concept, given that I own 3 games w/ an "egyptian theme" (I get desperate), was truly 5 stars in imagination. Well worth the price by all means!

B. Taylor

Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable Game :)
Review: I really enjoyed this game from start to finish. The graphics are stunning and the puzzles were well made and appropriate to the game. Some were on the easy side for an experienced gamer, but this would be a fabulous introduction for a newbie. My kids like to sit on my bed with me and watch the games as I play, and this is a perfect choice for that - they asked questions about Egypt, asked about the point of what we were doing, and offered ideas for how to get it done. I recommend it and would rate it higher if I hadn't played games that were longer (and to me longer is better).

Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable Game :)
Review: The graphics and the cinematic are quiet superb in this game. As for the story line and the puzzles, which are just as important, this being an adventure game and all, well, I'm sorry to say, but they are really bad. Your mission in the game is to save the life of the Pharaoh by solving the mystery that surrounds the construction of his temple. Which kind of sounds interesting but there's really not much of a mystery and the clues are spoon-fed to you. Therefore the puzzles are absolutely not challenging at all. Now, there are six places, Pi-Ramses (the temple), Aswan (the town), Memphis (the chapel), World of Ptah, World of Isis & the Underworld. However, these areas are extremely short. So short that it took me only 7-hours of game play to finish this game. I'M NOT KIDDING. I admit I'm quiet an expert, but still...

I can only recommend this game to people who are TRULY AND I MEAN TRULY fascinated with anything that has to do with Egypt. By the way, there's a ton of historical info about Pi-Ramses' temple on the disc, but this is suppose to be an adventure game not an encyclopedia software...

Rating:
Summary: What was Dreamcatcher Interactive thinking?
Review: The graphics and the cinematic are quiet superb in this game. As for the story line and the puzzles, which are just as important, this being an adventure game and all, well, I'm sorry to say, but they are really bad. Your mission in the game is to save the life of the Pharaoh by solving the mystery that surrounds the construction of his temple. Which kind of sounds interesting but there's really not much of a mystery and the clues are spoon-fed to you. Therefore the puzzles are absolutely not challenging at all. Now, there are six places, Pi-Ramses (the temple), Aswan (the town), Memphis (the chapel), World of Ptah, World of Isis & the Underworld. However, these areas are extremely short. So short that it took me only 7-hours of game play to finish this game. I'M NOT KIDDING. I admit I'm quiet an expert, but still...

I can only recommend this game to people who are TRULY AND I MEAN TRULY fascinated with anything that has to do with Egypt. By the way, there's a ton of historical info about Pi-Ramses' temple on the disc, but this is suppose to be an adventure game not an encyclopedia software...

Rating:
Summary: Good fun, a very likable game overall
Review: This game took me by surprise. I expected a mediocre game, one of many that has Egypt as a background. But I was wrong all the way - this game is extremely likable.
First of all, the puzzels are solid, good fun. Some inventorybased, some 'lock' puzzels, some deducing, some 'if you get this for me I'll give you what you need' type, overall, the puzzles where of a high standard, much higher than the two prequels to this game. None of the puzzels are difficult, (some are on the easy side) but they required a bit of thinking and deducing. There's some new wine in old bags, and there's some real new stuff, but never, never did it feel tedious or out of the blue. I liked the way the puzzles where integrated in the story, it all seemed very logical.
The cutscenes are marvellous, with lots of attention to detail and atmosphere. They serve their purpose very well, and really do connect the story.
You will visit four or five locations, none of them big - actuallly quite small. For some, this would be a dissapointment, for me it was just right. I have got a little bit tired of the endless clickings-fests in some games (Riven springs to mind) and wandering around for ages till you're back at the same spot. No such things in this game.
The story is quite good. Not very complicated (and not all that surprising either) but, hey, its a nice story.
Graphics are okay, not spectacular, but enough to make you enjoy the landscapes and temples and such. There's lot of attention to detail (such as cartouches, bas-reliefs and such) and even the water is done beautifully.
There are some very minor bugs. At some point your cursor should change into an 'action' cursor af manipulating amn object, but refuses to do so. The remedy is easy: you leave the scene, come back and it works fine, nothing to worry about. This will happen twice or thrice.
For a very experience adventuregamer (as I am) it a nice, little escape from the mindboggling games such as Schizm. For the novel gamer, it's a perfect introduction to the genre. Experienced gamers will finish the game in 10 hours or even less. But why hurry?
As said, this game was of a much higher quality than I exepected (becasue it has not been launched as a blockbuster and does not cost a blockbusting price), and it was just a load of fun.


Rating:
Summary: Decent little game
Review: When you buy a low-cost Dreamcatcher game, you take your chances - there are some real stinkers out there.
However, this isn't one of them.
It's a relatively small, but very enjoyable, puzzle-based adventure game. The cut scenes are nicely animated, there's a minimum of pixel-hunting, and the puzzles are varied (if a tad simple), and for the most part logical and in-scene.
It isn't Syberia, but it's still good value for money.