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5 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 11.8 hrs on record
Posted: 2 Dec, 2013 @ 11:54am

A strange game, would NOT recommend it for either the combat or it's story - both are incredibly mediocre. Worst is the checkpointing which is TERRIBLE to the point of frustration.

However, it's a REALLY nice looking game that makes good use of the Unreal Engine and the way they've implemented puzzles and traps into the exploration side of things works really well - though the occasional instant-death trap does not play nicely with the aformentioned bad checkpointing, as you can often find yourself repeating far too much gameplay because of an unfair pitfall or falling rock.

There's enough here that I'd say it's worth a look, possibly when it drops in price a bit, if you're into Indiana Jones or Lara Croft type games. Just don't expect the same attention to story or character development - it's a REALLY perfunctory stab at the genre which throws every cliche in the book at you hoping something sticks.

I give it Three Belloq's out of Five.

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Grogan 3 Dec, 2013 @ 10:48pm 
Your review is the most helpful to me, because you mentioned the save system. There is nothing that puts me off a game more than having to waste my time repeating gameplay because of a bad save system. I don't have a lot of time for games, so I don't need arbitrary difficulty to make me think I got more for my money. Content yes, not belaboured gameplay. Wasting my time, wastes my money.

While it certainly has my interest, I will pass on this game because there is only a checkpoint save system, and a bad one at that. Hear that, you vain game developers? We want our game saves back, not to be subject to your lazy whims. I am tired of wasting money on games that I will never finish because they aggravate me more than they entertain.

I am only going to buy games that have decent save systems, preferably both manual and automated checkpoint saves. In addition to avoiding frustration, I need to be able to quit the game at any time and not lose much progress.