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
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The Press Says
| PC Games (Germany) |
Oct 24, 2005 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| Adventure-Treff |
Dec 23, 2005 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
| GameZone |
Oct 02, 2006 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
| Krawall Gaming Network |
Nov 03, 2005 |
72 out of 100 |
72 |
| Defunct Games |
Oct 16, 2006 |
70 out of 100 |
70 |
| Adventure Gamers |
Mar 16, 2006 |
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70 |
| Imperium Gier |
Apr 10, 2007 |
6.8 out of 10 |
68 |
| Absolute Games (AG.ru) |
Apr 12, 2006 |
67 out of 100 |
67 |
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
May 15, 2008 |
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60 |
| Miasto Gier |
Jul 19, 2007 |
5.8 out of 10 |
58 |
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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)
