Ankh

Description

Ankh is a remake of the 1998 RISC OS point-and-click adventure Ankh: The Tales of Mystery. Assil, a young Egyptian architect's son, steals the key of the great pyramid in Cairo to throw a party, but once inside he accidentally knocks over some ancient urns. Struck by a death curse of a disturbed mummy, he has very little time left. At the same time, however, he receives the magical ankh, and he may be about to meet the woman of his dreams. The pharaoh is the only one who can help you, but you are just a pleb, so you need to travel through the Egyptian locale and find a way to attract his attention.

The game uses a 3D engine with a fixed camera and everything is controlled by the mouse. Upon hovering over items, the appropriate action appears: walking, running, looking, picking up, talking or using. Items are gathered in the inventory at the top of the screen. You can examine them, use them in the environment, or combine to create a new item. At certain moments, you control multiple characters and need to exchange items to solve the puzzles. The tab button brings up a list of all open quests.

Although there is no time dependency, the curse's effects become visible when the magic takes over control of Assil's body, and mystical tattoos appear progressively. The graphics and humour are reminiscent of the LucasArts adventures, and Telltale Games, with many ex-LucasArts employees aboard, took on an advisory role for the project.

Alternate Titles

• "Анк" -- Russian spelling
• "La malédiction du Roi Scarabée" -- French DS title
• "Ankh: La Maledizione del Re Scarabeo" -- Italian title
• "Ankh: Klątwa Mumii" -- Polish title
• "Ankh: Der Fluch des Skarabäenkönigs" -- German DS title
• "Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King" -- English DS title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: OGRE
• Ankh series
• Setting: Egyptian

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The Press Says

Adventure Europe	Windows	Mar 05, 2006	90 out of 100	90
Game Captain	Windows	Nov 06, 2005	86 out of 100	86
Play.tm	Windows	Dec, 2005	85 out of 100	85
Adventure-Treff	Windows	Dec 23, 2005	84 out of 100	84
Aventura y Cía	Windows	Feb 25, 2006		80
Adventure Advocate	Windows	Apr 11, 2006		80
FOK!games	Windows	Mar 05, 2006	79 out of 100	79
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Feb, 2006	78 out of 100	78
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Jan 03, 2006	15 out of 20	75
Gaming Target	Windows	Sep 15, 2006	6.9 out of 10	69

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Trivia

Awards

• GameStar (Germany)
  • 23. February, 2006 - Best German PC Game in 2005 (Readers' voting)
• PC Powerplay (Germany)
  • Issue 02/2006 - #2 RPG/Adventure in 2005
  • Issue 04/2006 - #3 RPG/Adventure in 2005 (Readers' Vote)