Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy

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Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy

When does the adventure part happen?

Words: Paul_Byrnes on June 19, 2007

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Right away, we realized that Secrets of Atlantis had big problems. In the opening cutscene, hero Howard Brooks deadpans, “It all started one morning in April 1937. I was aboard the celebrated Hindenburg …[LOTS of pointless voiceover cut – you’re welcome] …when a most disagreeable meeting occurred, which would make its mark on my whole future.” Really? On your whole future? Then, in a scene which desperately mimics Indiana Jones, two men knock him unconscious and escape in the blimp’s emergency plane.

The story is bad, but the gameplay is worse. Atlantis’s world is a series of static, boring environments in which you spend all your time hunting for “hotspots” where clicking does something - please God anything at all - to affect the action and bring the story closer to its clumsily-foreshadowed conclusion.

The designers' one small act of mercy is the dialogue system. When speaking to other characters, you click on topic icons (rather than text) and immediately hear whatever that character knows about the subject. In the middle of an experience where nothing else is easy, this is a great relief.

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Disappointing

YOU'LL LOVE

Good dialogue system
Red-Line-on-Map travel segues
Clicking! Clicking on items!

YOU'LL HATE

Stupid, pointless puzzles
Stupid, pointless dialogue
Cookie-cutter story

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Release date:	US May 29 2007 (PC)
	UK May 29 2007 (PC)
Available Platforms:	PC
Genre:	Adventure
Published by:	The Adventure Company
Developed by:	Nobilis

ESRB Rating:	Teen: Mild Violence, Simulated Gambling, Use of Alcohol
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