Windows

Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom

Some games simply don't offer anything remotely exciting and innovative. Some games are just best to avoid. Arthur's Quest is one of those. A game that has almost no personality, no gameplay depth, no cool weapons, or even a half-assed multiplayer mode, is not a game I can recommend to anyone. Arthur's Quest only costs $20, but for even less than that you can Daggerfall, which while being older and not as good looking, offers a lot more depth and replayability.

La légende d'Arthur et de son épée Excalibur aurait mérité un meilleur traitement que ce jeu qui ne profite pas de la richesse de cet univers. On nous sert un soft bourrin, sans le moindre intérêt, sans interactions avec les décors, sans mode multijoueur et avec une réalisation totalement dépassée. Non, décidément rien ne vient sauver ce jeu de la médiocrité.

Вот такие средневековые приключения. Местами не без изящества (все-таки LithTech 2 — вполне приличный «бюджетный» движок), местами с претензией на пресловутую атмосферность... хотя дальше претензий дело не идет; видно, что хотелось сделать, как в Undying, но… С талантом у разработчиков явно серьезные проблемы. Волки... людоеды... грибы какие-то разноцветные... Не хватает только резвящихся на соседней полянке Вахмурки с Гржемилеком. Или Тинки-Винки с Дипси. Плохая, негодная игра.

On aime toujours se rappeler les bonnes vieilles légendes moyenâgeuses qui émeuvent notre côté chevaleresque. Voici justement qu’Arthur et la légendaire Excalibur se retrouvent dans un jeu vidéo, Arthur’s Quest : Lutte pour le Royaume. Malheureusement, même le charme de la légende a disparu…

After playing the budget-priced 3D action game Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom, you can't help but get the impression that the game's developer just wasn't thinking. For instance, someone should've thought to make sure that players would try to play through most of the game's levels, or give players some kind of incentive to actually keep playing. Maybe someone should've thought to add voice-over to the game's brief and completely superfluous cutscenes or to include more character models and weapons to make the game less monotonous. And most importantly, someone should've realized that Arthur's Quest was a bad idea and decided to make a better game instead.