Atlantis Redux, Reviewed

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.freepaq.com/index.php?redirect=/bons/affichetest.php?testid=152' target='_blank'>http://www.freepaq.com/index.php?re....php?testid=152</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Atlantis Redux is surely the play more successful in its kind, of the hours of patiences to be thought of the solutions of the enigmas, of superb graphics, an environment of the thunder. A assured expatriation!"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20041107-AtlantisRedux.jpg" /><br /><br />The article is in French, but there's an English translation on the site. This game looks absolutely amazing (if huge) - have any of you tried it?

[Tierran]

I'm currently playing it...game is a lot of fun. Worth the money and space

[foebea]

great game, I really enjoyed it, but two small drawbacks in my opinion.

40 hours of gameplay i assumed to mean if you know how to beat it it takes 40 hours to go through, instead it is about 40 hours to figure it all out and beat it (without cheating or walkthroughs)

the story ends with.. well.. im not gunna say it here for those who have not played it, but suffice to say it left me wanting more.

Even with these I had a lot of fun playing it and would do so again even with prior knowledge that the game would not last a month or two, but rather 2 days (granted i did play it constantly :) )

Have fun playing, and hopefully the people who ported this will port more.


Zork Grand Inquisitor anyone? sure its 1.4 gigs or so, but I currently have 3 gigs free so its doable. I know the ppc has the mhz to conquer it. cant be too hard to do, given source code.

[damager]

Hmmm - not sure why you would expect game "length" to be figured that way. If you know the path through a game, it is trivial to complete. I think most games are "timed" based on the length of time that an average gamer would take to get through the game WITHOUT any kind of walkthough or aid.

[foebea]

yup.. im just wierd like that.

I like an adventure game to last me for a few months of hard work with dozens of puzzles of varying complexity. I may have to just write one :)

but back to Atlantis, if you havent checked it out, you should. Its good fun, granted it is almost full price of a pc game, when the pc version can now be purchased for about a dollar, but its great to play this on the bus or cafe.

[webdaemon]

40 hours of gameplay i assumed to mean if you know how to beat it it takes 40 hours to go through, instead it is about 40 hours to figure it all out and beat it (without cheating or walkthroughs)

... would not last a month or two, but rather 2 days (granted i did play it constantly :) )

Foebea you played the game for 40 hours in two days? You should get more sleep. :wink:

[lamxing]

Do you guys know where I can find a walkthrough? I'm stucked right after the first puzzle (where you go through a wall, see a tomb and picked a bird from the floor). Haven't been able to figure it out for a long while.

[dean_shan]

Those graphics are amazing. Are those cut-scene movies or actual gameplay?

[Freepaq]

The cut-scene movies are between each phase of the game (resolve egnima, moving from a place to an other ...etc)
This cut-scene movie are amazing and the sound track is beautiful.

I have finished the game now.

[LightMan]

Well, I'm kinda disappointed to see you guys posting links to reviews in French, but not in English. I submitted my somewhat extensive Atlantis Redux review (made for PDACorps) as news here at PPCThoughts a long time ago. Then I got the acknowledgement e-mail from the PPCThoughts team, but I never saw it posted here. Not the first time this happens to me, hence this small rant. Sorry about the vent.

Anyway, in case anyone's interested, you can read my review here (http://www.pdacorps.com/default.asp?key=pages/AtlantisRedux.htm). Plenty of screenshots to go along with it.

[Freepaq]

Well, I'm kinda disappointed to see you guys posting links to reviews in French, but not in English. I submitted my somewhat extensive Atlantis Redux review (made for PDACorps) as news here at PPCThoughts a long time ago. Then I got the acknowledgement e-mail from the PPCThoughts team, but I never saw it posted here. Not the first time this happens to me, hence this small rant. Sorry about the vent.

Anyway, in case anyone's interested, you can read my review here (http://www.pdacorps.com/default.asp?key=pages/AtlantisRedux.htm). Plenty of screenshots to go along with it.


You have the review in English too here :
http://www.freepaq.com/bons/affichetest.php?testid=152&langage=us

I have written this review in French, because I'm French but in English too as you can see in above link.

[Philip Colmer]

The Pocket PC Thoughts review has been written & will be appearing soon :wink:

--Philip

[LightMan]

The Pocket PC Thoughts review has been written & will be appearing soon :wink:

...right, now it makes sense.

[foebea]

For walkthroughs, check for Beyond Atlantis III (its name when it was a pc game), though it really is not too hard and I recommend just keeping at it as it will make it last longer and be more rewarding when you solve it :)

I would also recommend storing the walkthrough on the ppc just in case :mrgreen:

[Jonathon Watkins]

LightMan, from time to time assigned posts can get mislaid. I know that sometimes life can get too busy, I get inundated with stuff and can forget to do a post. With the deluge of new news, it can easily be buried and lost.

We do try our best, honest. :)

[Janak Parekh]

...right, now it makes sense.
Not quite. There's a confluence of posts, including Philip's, that does sound like there's a conspiracy, doesn't it? (Philip, did you realize how it came across when you posted? ;))

There isn't any. The more reviews, the better. As a news editor, I assign posts to members of the team and they usually get to it. We're humans, though, and an assignment occasionally slips. That's all that happened here. We've posted on PDACorps articles before, it's not like we have something against that site.

In any case - if a post was assigned and you don't see it up in the next week or so, just email me instead, as you'll get a much quicker and appropriate response. I don't have time to monitor all these threads. I'll reassign this post and we'll get it up on the frontpage tomorrow.

thanks,

Janak Parekh
News Editor

[Philip Colmer]

(Philip, did you realize how it came across when you posted? ;))
Confession time - I mis-read Lightman's posting at the time I posted my reply :oops:. I'm not really sure, looking back, what I thought the posting did say, but I didn't mean my posting to come over the way it does come over.

So, I'm sorry, Lightman. It wasn't my intention to upset anyone over this and for that, I apologise.

--Philip