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(More customer reviews)Like most sequels, this one fails to match the first-in a big way. But it has another big problem. First:The eery atmosphere and storylike feel that made the first a rarity are missing here. The believability (given some poetic licence) of the egyptian culture and the loving, beautiful details of the first game turn into a ho-hum -package deal world tour of cliches in this sequel. I saw this sequel described as a "low budget" version-and it shows. It also has a very distracting interface, especially a large cutsey curser, and there is a tendancy for the game to black out when changing views or examining objects. Minor irritants include an obnoxius charactor and constant disc changing. The first game dragged you into it, as much with your own imagination as with the brilliant execution. This one is tedious and unbelievable.
The second problem, impacting the game quality is that it is really an excuse to promote an extreme version of christianity that is incredably insulting to anyone who does not share this view-a bad move when dealing with aincent "pagen" cultures. It was written by an evangelist and would have been much better if it had been written by an archiologist. This shows in the cliche and ignorant views of other culters.
Unlike the first game, where most of the action exposses a great and differnet culture, where the ending can be interpereted as simply finding a legendary but misunderstood artifact, this game allows no such view. Dedications to the god/gods of ones choice in the credits is one thing. insulting other beliefs, especially by commision rather than ommision, is different. (It does not simply fail to mention say, Shinto. It insults other beliefs outright.) The game should be labled "Extreme christain theme" so that people can decide whether to buy it or not. After checking that this attitude continued, I threw my copy away unfinished. -Laur
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