The Sacred Amulet

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Customer Reviews:

A nice try... [Posted on 2001-01-06]
The Sacred Amulet is a game that takes place durring the time of one of the greatest empires in world history. However, the gameplay is very poor and there is no true 3d graphics. the graphics engine is comparable to Quick Time VR with 3d panoramic views. This just did not foster good gameplay. Also it was very tedious at times. The included Aztec encyclopedia was a very nice touch. It was not mandatory for game play, but the information is there in case you are interested. It does provide some insight into the culture as you play. The graphics themselves are alright although not 3D. I wouldn't recomend this game to those interested in the action genre or even anyone who engoys RPG games because it simply fails to entertain through its gameplay. However, the graphical content does succeed to allow one to see a small peak into the lives of the Mexica (Aztecs).

sacred amulet [Posted on 2001-02-07]
I thought this game had potential, but I was disappointed. Translation was clumsy, animation stiff . As with SO many of dreamcatcher games,controlling the cursor is frustrating.It's so fluid that it's hard to do a simple quarter turn; you wind up doing a 360!! Not many puzzles really, but a lot of running around. You want a great adventure game??? Try LIGHTHOUSE or TIMELAPSE.

Not bad...not really good either.... [Posted on 2001-04-14]
This one was half good and half bad. I liked the storyline and the characters ...I liked the basic premise of the adventure, however, I cannot stand games that make you go back and forth from one place to another to bring things here to there to assemble something...etc. It was too much hassle and not much fun because of all the tedious travel. The "puzzles" (which weren't many) were easy and not much mystery was behind them. So all in all it wasn't terrible, but it could have been ALOT better.

Historical adventure [Posted on 2001-09-17]
This game is one of Cryo's edutainment games. It has a built-in encyclopedia, and a tour feature that lets you tour the ancient Aztec world without playing the game. The graphic quality is good, and the developers did a good job in recreating the environment. You can see homes of farmers, city people, the market place, the royal palace, and many of the temples. This is well worth the price of the game by itself.

The game has a nice story and the puzzles are interesting. The game world is quite large and there are places you see during game play that aren't on the tour. There are free walk-throughs online that you can follow to see the whole story and all the environments, if you don't care for puzzle solving, or if you're a parent or grandparent helping grade school kids play.

I'd recommend that parents of young children review the material first, before letting young children play, because, though it's handled very tactfully, the game deals with the ancient Aztec culture, aspects of which might be a little too gruesome for sensitive young children.

If you like to wander around and explore graphical recreations of ancient places and learn about how the people lived, you'll like this game. The system requirements are low, so it'll work on older machines. I think it's quite a bargain!

No walkthrough needed!!! [Posted on 2002-02-23]
This was the first game I've played that I didn't need a walkthrough. After playing Versailles 1685, Pilgrim and Paris 1313, I needed a break. The progression of the Sacred Amulet was logical and direct - if you are paying attention. After making adjustments to the extreme speed of the cursor, off I went. The amount of interaction between characters was just right. I found the graphics and music to be attractive and appropriate. The puzzles were interesting but not so difficult as to cause a migraine!! The puzzles were also logical and fitting with the situation at hand. There are lots of helps within the game in case you get stuck. There is a flower you must locate at one point that I just couldn't seem to find, even though I was in the only place the thing could be. I looked in the encyclopedia within the game to find out what the thing looked like and viola! I was standing right next to the flower I needed. In my gaming experience, I have found that most any game created by Cryo is top notch. Way to go Dreamcatcher for snagging the U.S. distribution rights! Keep 'em comin'!

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