Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
78
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.7
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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 title
  • "La malédiction du Roi Scarabée" -- French DS release
  • "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

Yiya Nov 17, 2005 B+ 83
Just Adventure Apr 13, 2006 B+ 83
Adventure Corner Nov 16, 2005 82 out of 100 82
videogamer.com Jan 12, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Pro-G Dec 01, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Adventure Lantern May, 2006 79 out of 100 79
FOK!games Mar 05, 2006 79 out of 100 79
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Feb, 2006 78 out of 100 78
GameStar (Germany) Oct, 2005 78 out of 100 78
Gamer.nl Mar 12, 2006 6.5 out of 10 65

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Trivia

At the event "GameStar/GamePro Leserpreis 2006" (23. February 2006) Ankh received the trophy "Best German PC Game in 2005" after the reader's voting of German gaming magazine GameStar.


This entry was contributed by Charly2.0 (12186) and Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (119520)
 

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