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Customer Reviews of Egyptian Prophecy

nothing too bad about it, but nothing too good
Every so often I get the urge to try an adventure game, and this time the result was ... satisfactory. <
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>The game was easier than most, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Too often, game puzzles are more hard than fun. The bigger flaw was that the game was highly linear. The player is led step-by-step through a story with no real opportunity to affect it. Solve a puzzle, go to the next puzzle. Lather, Rinse Repeat. There were no "game-level" puzzles that required you to solve other puzzles for clues -- everything was at most "chapter-level", and typically it was just individual puzzles that you solved and then forgot about when you reached the next one. <
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>Even when it was obvious that one of the characters Maya trusted was betraying her, there was nothing to do about it. You had to continue along the script. That does help prevent annoying dead ends, but it also takes away the feel of immersion into a different world. <
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>All of this would be forgiveable if the story were exciting, but it really is nothing but a series of puzzles. If that's what you want, it's fine (as long as you don't expect them to be too complex). <
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>Replayability interest is pretty much nonexistent.

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Effective historical game
While not exaclty riveting players with it's compelling gameplay, Egyptian Prophecy does a decent job at using the traditional 1st person adventure format and applying it to the ancient egypt setting..Gamplay moves along without dragging too hard, and the authenticity helps immerse the player in the culture of the era..I wish more of these kinds of games would be better invested in by both developer and player, for the combination of fact and fun, history and imagination, usually makes for more inspired game environments then most..

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A beautiful game and a great escape
I am surprised at some reviewers' comments about the game being boring. I found it not only interesting, but the graphics are superb. The rendition of the various Egyptian characters with appropriate body gestures according to their personalities is beautifully done. The characters move with fluidity, with no strange inappropriate gestures such as those found in "Still Life" -and no equally strange mouth movements like ventiloquists' dummy mouths, opening wide and clamping shut. <
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>The cut scenes are as good as it gets. They alone are worth the price of the game."Prophecy" in a way, is a study in beauty. <
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>Although the puzzles are not very difficult I found them satisfying and I was highly relieved that no advanced mouse acrobatics were necessary to solve them. There was a diabolic sequence in "Uru" in which you had 5 seconds to run down a set of stairs and hurl yourself into a basket that immediately swings away. I probably tried that maneuver 50 times and never managed to get into the basket and I was close to shedding tears of rage. If you don't get into that blasted basket you can't finish the game. I was resentful and my thoughts of "Uru" are not kindly. Thank heavens nothing of this nature marred the pleasantness of "Prophecy." <
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>If you like blood and thunder you probably will find "Prophecy" too tame.I personally like to smell the flowers and proceed in a leisurely manner, looking at everything, exploring everywhere, enjoying the scenery, enjoying the characters. An adventure game worth its salt will enable you to do just that- enjoy yourself and your experience and perhaps learn a few things as well. There has been very little brouhaha made about "Prophecy" as opposed to the "Myst" games and "Syberia." But if you're an adventure game buff, don't miss this one. You'll love it, trust me!