Atlantis II

ATLANTIS II is an amazing sequel to an amazing game and it continues the battle between good and evil, light and dark, order and chaos. Ten, son of Seth, the original hero of Atlantis, carries a terrible burden. He alone must travel a long road in order to save the world from darkness and evil and discover new knowledge from his journey. 

It begins in Tibet, a windswept land of ice and snow, where Ten first learns of his mission but very quickly leaps continents to Central America – a land inhabited by ancient feathered Indians. Their chief is about to sacrifice himself to the gods unless Ten can reach the gods first and persuade them to send Chulel, or life force, to strengthen the crops. This in turn takes him by mystical means to Shambahala, the land of the dead, where many strange puzzles, riddles and traps await. 

In fact danger awaits him in each of the five locations that include China, Yucatan and Ireland too but the non-linear method of gameplay means that players can dictate their own course through the game. In an adventure of this magnitude (4 CD’s) exploration is the key. You must thoroughly search each scenario and solve as many puzzles as possible before moving on to the next. Your conversations with around 60 interactive characters will obviously help but even then their answers may be enigmatic and confusing.  

Navigation is via an intuitive pointer and everything is controlled with the mouse. This leaves time to concentrate on the more serious aspects of the title and allows you to take in the fantastic scenery and graphics. They really are stunning and true to life. The transitions between gameplay and animation sequences are hardly noticeable and the characters are rich and detailed with full speech capacity. ATLANTIS II is packed with the stuff of legend where evil gods, dragons, magic and mystery are woven into a storyline that leaves you begging for more.