You play in first person as Thomas, an apprentice astrologer. You find your girl, Iris, and her father, Akkad, have disappeared. The object of the game is to find out what happened and why and track them down.
Control is mouse only.
Graphics are good standard, with flowing water. The game is in 3D.
Ambient sounds are well done. Voice acting merely so-so. Lines seemed rushed on several occasions. The story kept me interested even if the characters didn't.
Puzzles are mainly inventory based though there are some logic puzzles. All are well integrated into the Egypt of the time. I managed to complete the game without resorting to a walkthrough, so they are on the easy side of difficult. Solving the puzzles gave a cut scene, nicely done.
Game length was disappointing. There are three venues, Akkad's garden, Royal library and Alexandria lighthouse. There are a couple of brief visits to Cleopatra's palace, but no significant gaming action takes place there. There is a system of choosing astrological sign which tailors the puzzles as easier or harder. In practice there is not much difference. The puzzles remain almost the same as does the length of the game. I estimate roughly 18 hours game play if you are as slow on the uptake as I am.
The game ran without problems on an older computer system. I liked what I saw, but wanted more for the price.
Minimum System Requirements:
• WindowsXP / Vista
• CPU: 1 GHz Pentium4 or higher
• RAM: 512 MB
• Disk Space: 1.8 GB free
• Sound: DirectX® Compatible
• Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c Compatible
• Input: Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers
• DirectX®: 9.0c
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