#Atlantis the lost tales install

The game will also install to DOS if you need it.

#Atlantis the lost tales windows

The essentialsДЄtlantis takes up four CDs and installs to Windows 95 utilising DirectX. Also having no easily identifiable focus point to 'do' things makes the fast action sequences even more difficult. This is an innovation that doesn't work well as it's extremely alienating removing much of the illusion of 'control'. Once again there is no focus point on screen and you must simply wave the mouse around until you find the tiny 'hotspot'. If it doesn't make you nauseous, you'll get used to it after a while. So to position yourself means using your mouse to waver the screen viewpoint around until the cursor appears. As a mouse controlled game, Atlantis presents a golden arrow on screen to indicate when you can move forward or turn, but this arrow only appears when your mouse is in the right position both vertically and horizontally. Disappearing cursorДЄnother feature I didn't particularly appreciate was the absence of a useful cursor for navigation. Needless to say, I quite enjoyed these aspects of the game, though I must admit the threat of further fast reaction sequences also spoiled my leisurely exploration of the beautiful locations as I never knew if my next step would be my last. So why put these fast reaction sequences in a game that many adventure fans would otherwise enjoy? The rest of the game is acceptable adventuring fare, involving exploration and conversation, finding items to help you overcome obstacles, following cryptic clues and unravelling the story, and it even has a few, fairly easy logic puzzles thrown in here and there. The sad part about all this is that Atlantis isn't really an action/arcade game at all, there is no combat to speak of, no hack and slash, and what 'action' there is revolves around avoiding enemies. This only adds to the frustration when you click through a long conversation for the umpteenth time only to die again at the end of it because you didn't choose the correct option or you didn't 'turn and click' quickly enough. To be fair, in most cases you are returned reasonably close to where you 'failed', but there are a few notable exceptions where you must replay longish sequences just to get back to where you were. The game saves automatically after the completion of certain set portions of the story, and should you die or otherwise fail before completion you are restored to the beginning of that 'episode'. This would have been bad enough had you been able to save your game each time you made progress, but you can't. So you end up playing the same sequence over and over as you try out different actions desperately seeking for a solution, other than death, to put you out of your misery. Hesitate for just a split second and you're dead. There are several of these throughout the game, and each one requires you to work out what you are meant to do as you are doing it. I hadn't progressed too far into the game when I came across what was, for me, the most annoying 'feature' - timed reaction sequences with almost no time to react. Fortunately, Seth is loyal to Queen Rhea and Ammu. If successful the patriarchy will be able to establish a king as ruler instead of a queen, systematically oppress women, and go off to fight wars against less powerful people. Their aim is to usurp the powers of the moon-goddess, Ammu and to install the minor diety, Sa'at, the sun-god, as the one, true, god. Before long you are at the centre of an Atlantean power struggle where patriarchal forces are attempting to overthrow the peaceful, goddess-worshipping society that has long existed. You soon learn that all is not well as Queen Rhea has been attacked and kidnapped, and your first task is to investigate her disappearance. The introduction shows you, Seth, a young man arriving at the palace on Atlantis to take up your position as a Queen's Companion.

And, I am also sure that I would have enjoyed it were it not for a couple of 'features' that I found particularly frustrating, but more on this later.ДЄtlantis is a first-person perspective adventure game with some gorgeous third-person cut sequences. 'Wow!' I thought, as I watched the introduction and commenced playing, I was sure I was going to enjoy it.

Review by Gordon Aplin (August, 1997) This game is a visual and aural delight with sumptuous full-screen graphics, smooth-flowing movement, and an immersive 3-D environment, all backed up by a haunting soundtrack. Developer/Publisher: Cryo Interactive Entertainment