Review anarchistica 2/5 · Jan 7, 2019
Not very user-friendly
Pro
- Unusual mythological story elements.
- Environments look great.
- Several creative gameplay elements.
- Decent voice acting.
- Nice music.
Con
- Insanely unintuitive, you have to spam the hints button.
- Several obnoxious puzzles.
- Hidden-object puzzles are vague and you often can't tell what you have to find.
- 3D animation is weak.
- Limited map travel.
- No "action available" indicated on map.
- Obnoxious implementation of …
Pro
- Unusual mythological story elements.
- Environments look great.
- Several creative gameplay elements.
- Decent voice acting.
- Nice music.
Con
- Insanely unintuitive, you have to spam the hints button.
- Several obnoxious puzzles.
- Hidden-object puzzles are vague and you often can't tell what you have to find.
- 3D animation is weak.
- Limited map travel.
- No "action available" indicated on map.
- Obnoxious implementation of "tools" (torch, gecko, etc.).
- Environments require scrolling, which just doesn't work well.
Conclusion
While it is nice the developers tried to do something different in the HOG genre, it lacks the user-friendly interface Artifex Mundi is known for.