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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.2
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

As the introduction explains, you're an American journalist,.One day, your old college pal who lives in Istanbul sent an e-mail asking you to come as soon as you can as he has to offer you a story of a lifetime. But, by the time you get there, so did police, and you find out your old buddy, Emre, has ran away. You have to use your investigative skills to uncover the secret he was prepping to tell you. But soon afterwards, you'll find him killed, and now it's not just a quest on mind to take care of, you'll have to fight for your life as well.

The game is a typical 1st-person adventure that gives you the 360 degrees freedom of movement, as well as looking up and down. Screens are static like in any other adventure games, and talking is something similar to the Tex Murphy games, with live cast and photo realistic surroundings. The game incorporates details of Turkey's history, so you'll have to use some pretty exotic piece of technology to investigate through the history and use it to save yourself in the present, and uncover the secrets that lie behind your friend's murder.

Alternate Titles

  • "Planet Explorer: Byzantine: The Betrayal" -- Series Title
  • "La pesadilla turca" -- Spanish Title
  • "Byzantine: Tod in Istanbul" -- German Title
  • "Byzantine: O Império da Traição" -- Brazilian Title


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User Reviews

Not nearly as good as it might've been MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35388) 2.6 Stars2.6 Stars2.6 Stars2.6 Stars2.6 Stars

The Press Says

Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks Aug, 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Just Adventure Dec, 1999 A 100
Adventure Classic Gaming Feb 23, 2006 5 out of 5 100
Quandary Jul, 1998 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) Dec 10, 1997 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Game Revolution Jun 05, 2004 B- 67
PC Player (Germany) Sep, 1998 67 out of 100 67
GameSpot Nov 17, 1997 6.1 out of 10 61
GameStar (Germany) Nov, 1998 60 out of 100 60

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35388) on Apr 13, 2001.
 

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