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LUXOR - Quest for the Afterlife
Game description:
Match colorful spheres and choose your own path on a journey out of Egypt in Luxor 4! Wield the falcon-wing shooter of Horus, track down the thieves who have stolen Queen Nefertiti's artifacts, defeat them in the all-new Battle Mode and set Nefertiti's spirit free. Begin this incredible adventure today! Sheeparcade exclusive review:
Luxor – Quest for the Afterlife is a game that has been waited to inherit its predecessor and make it much better, like he did before with his. But what the fans of Luxor will discover as they will play the game is we are pretty much talking about the same Luxor, his predecessor. In an unexpected twist, this installment mostly focuses on peripheral features, adding a cool narrated storyline, roving targets to pursue and collectible artifacts, but there is something else that will draw your attention… After a couple of tomb raiders have desecrated the tomb of Queen Nefertiti and Akhenaten, and destroyed or stolen the artifacts that kept their spirits rest peacefully in the afterlife, they are now doomed to wander on earth until justice is served and everything is back where it belongs. Now it is up to you to restore those artifacts back, as you are the direct descendant of the Queen Nefertiti and it is up to you to use the Falcon Wing Shooter to restore those spirits back where they belong. For the ones who didn’t play the game here is a quick tutorial: The goal of the game is to destroy all the colored marbles before they roll to the end of the level. You destroy them, or clear them by shooting your own additional marbles between them to create match 3 or more which causes their disappearance. But sometimes, that isn’t as easy as it sounds. The marbles are lined up in a snake like position and the game often changes some of the marbles which can get pretty difficult sometimes. In this Luxor, your cursor/shooter is locked at the bottom of your screen. With mouse in hand, you can move your cursor on a horizontal plane. Creating a hole in the row causes other marbles collapse back and fill in the gap that has been created. There is of course a handy option that allows you to change your marbles color, better yet, change the marble ready for shooting with the one that is next in line to fire, and you do that by clicking on the right-mouse click. For all of those who have played Zuma this will come quite familiar. This allows you to apply additional strategy and combinations which should result in additional combos and higher score for you. The game tosses out collectible power-ups for every third match you make in a row. Power-ups include speed shots, devastating fireballs, destructive laser blasts, and more. Finishing up a stage, you are awarded with coins or jewels which you can use in between levels to shop for power-ups, and additional upgrades that should help you throughout the game play. While this installment of Luxor isn't a terribly original game, it does offer other modes that take a slight spin on the familiar gameplay. There is a game mode that has you racing against the AI in who is collecting the most points. There's also a fairly interesting mode that forces you to eliminate a string of marbles situated on the other end of a river, but the catch is there are other strings of marbles floating across the river which block your path. This mode would often feel unforgiving and random at times. You will notice that after collecting all the important artifacts like the Eye of Horus, Cow of Hathor and Sphinx, which, when recovered, let you keep spot hidden goodies, prevent enemies from running away and unlock puzzle mode options. It is only expected that is the gameplay is pretty much the same the graphics shouldn’t be, and of course it is better. The 2D game is given an effect that makes you think most of the time you are playing in 3D. The audio of this game is definitely something you should listen to as it matches perfectly to the game theme, and the place where it all happens. This isn’t a game that will stun you permanently, but if you like Luxor and you like the demo why not buy it? Click here to open game download page!
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