Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris

Στα [+] • Ο πρωταγωνιστικός ρόλος πού αναλαμβάνουν η Thara κι ο Φαραώ στα τρία από τά πέντε κεφάλαια του παιχνιδιού περιορίζουν την παρουσία του βαρετού Assil. • Η παρακολούθηση των ηρώων από την κάμερα έχει βελτιωθεί κι έχουν μεγαλώσει οι χώροι μετακίνησής τους μειώνοντας σε μεγάλο βαθμό τά προβλήματα πού εμφανίζονταν στο Ankh I. Στα [-] • Ολοι οι ήρωες του The Tales Of Mystery παρελαύνουν και στο Heart Of Osiris κι ένα μεγάλο μέρος της ιστορίας διαδραματίζεται στους ίδιους ακριβώς χώρους, κάνοντάς το να μοιάζει πιο πολύ με sequel παρά μέ αυτόνομο Τίτλο. • Η αχρωμάτιστη και μονότονη φωνή του Assil. • Κάποια άνοστα καλαμπουράκια στους διαλόγους των ηρώων. Συνοψίζοντας • Χωρίς να διεκδικεί δάφνες πρωτοτυπίας, το Ankh II σίγουρα καλυτερεύει την εικόνα πού είχε αφήσει το Ι. Λιγότερο μονότονο και με πιο καλοδουλεμένους γρίφους, παίζεται πολύ πιο ευχάριστα. Το καλό χιούμορ, απαραίτητο στοιχείο σε κάθε καρτουνίστικο adventure πού σέβεται τόν εαυτό του, εξακολουθεί νά είναι τό αδύνατο σημείο τής Deck 13, αλλά Γερμανοί καί χιούμορ είναι εξ ορισμού ασυμβίβαστα. Βαθμολογία: 3/5 http://adventures-index10.blogspot.com/2008/03/ii-heart-of-osiris-cartoon-deck-13-2007.html

Eines der besten Adventure Spiele die es gibt. Ein muss für alle Fans dieses Genres.

A Fun Adventure Objective Review 6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great game-play. 4 of 5 great story average game-play. 3 of 5 average story great game-play. 2 of 5 give it a go only if it's you're favourite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do, 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist. -1 of 5 avoid. Ankh: Heart of Osiris score is 4 of 5. Subjective Review The graphics are good enough for a game such as this. It provoked a chuckle out of me now and then, but I think it's a stretch to call it comedic... maybe goofy. I generally don't like games where you play more than one character, but I did enjoy doing such in this game. Not sure why. Perhaps because the way the characters interact with each other is done very well. Most of the puzzles can be solved logically. In fact, I'm hard-pressed as of this moment to recall one that wasn't. Lots of traversing, which again, perhaps because of the story and the way the characters interact with each other, didn't bother me. I hardly ever made the characters run, but when I did, it was quite fast. So if you're the kind of person that finds it boring to have to go back and forth between certain locations, you can do so quite quickly. The voice acting is very well done.

This game is one of my favourite adventure games when it was released. For context, it was in late 2000s, it was the terrible drought of point and click adventure games, then, like a ray of sunshine, those games were released. Are they the best adventure games ever? No but they have a good sense of humour, fun puzzles and imaginative story. They're also a lot better than pretty much any other games released during those years.

"Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris " is an ancient game from 2007. It's a whopping 17 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors), hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge, or just a cash grab to try profit from abandonware. This is an Egyptian themed "me too!" entry trying to do a slightly more recent spin on games like Sam & Max Hit The Road and Day of the Tentacle, but the charm isn't there and the puzzles are convoluted yet unrewarding. It's also really dated and lacks support for 4K resolution and other modern PC attributes, making this a bit of a failure. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 12 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam? "Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris " is relatively expensive for an abandonware nostalgia gouge, at $5 USD, and it's not worth it. The game is just too old, hasn't been modernised. And as the old saying goes, you can't go home again. Even when it was new, this was never a triple-A game. This is the kind of game that went almost directly from the warehouse into the cheap bargain bins at the front of the shop. Now, on Steam, without any modernisation? This is impossible to recommend. This is also competing with over 14,000 free games available on Steam, many of them far better than this paid product.

First point & click game that I played 100% through, definitely can recommend.

I was glad to see a sequel to this game. Beautiful art. Fun and intuitive story line and problem solving. Easy point & click navigation. Bright colors makes objects easy to see. I still have a lot farther to go in the game yet. Thank you developers & Steam.