The Dark Heart of Uukrul

The Good
The level of gameplay in this game is amazing... you have to keep an eye on your food, get your weapons repaired, resurrect dead allies and, when that fails, recruit and equip new allies. The puzzles are difficult without being maddening, the enemies are varied and interesting and the locations are far flung. The automap is great and allows you to mark locations as "jump point" to enable quick map navigation. The spells and prayers are unique as they are cool. The turn based combat system is easy to use and brings a small amount of tactics into the game.

The Bad
I'm not a fan of investing a lot of time in a character to have them die and not be resurrectable - you can replace them with a comparable character but, well, it's just not the same. The prayer system is a little odd in that the gods will not only ignore you sometimes but actually strike you down for insolence, not something you need when low on health in a battle!

The Bottom Line
Amazing. As rare as this game has become, it is well worth any effort to track down. Resist the urge to download an "abandonware" version, this is one game worth every penny of any asking price. Ignore the dated graphics, lack of sound, and no mouse support whatsoever... this game rocks, pure and simple. This is what people mean when they say "computer RPG". Do yourself a favor and check this game out.

The Good
This game was amazing and got me hooked on the genre. you had to solve puzzles to advance the story, but you could solve the game even if you failed to solve two of the 8 puzzles. Really great game logic.

The Bad
For the period, there was nothing about this game that I thought was negative.

The Bottom Line
Might be the best dungeon quest game ever. I would play it again 15 years later if the speed of the processor could be compensated for.

The Good
Surprisingly I recently played this game again (2001) and the graphics was not to shabby. Like the older games when you play again with the memory of today's graphics, it was a kinda let down. But UUkrul turned out to have very good graphics not far from today's kind.

Anyway, this is an interesting RPG. The creativity of the makers in making the puzzles and simple yet unique interface has to be commended. The new style of magic and gods are an interesting change, as well as the sanctuaries.

The Bad
The story line needed some spice. But the puzzles and funny-like fighting probably made-up for it. This game for basics was Superb. But it lacked variety in something RPG's usually have. Can't quite point the finger, but it's probably is around the story line.

The Bottom Line
A must for an RPG lover.