AIKENS ARTIFACT (PC CD) IN CAPE TOWN

Aiken's Artifact (PC CD) Brand New In Box (Sealed but sometimes supplied without film wrapping) THIS PRODUCT IS IMPORTED ON ORDER - PLEASE SEE "SHIPPING & PAYMENT" FOR DELIVERY TIMES Game Information Platform:   Windows ELSPA Minimum Age: 11 Media: Video Game  See more system requirements Product details Release Date: 3 Nov Features: Over 20 story driven levels Collect 80 talents to pummel your opponents Take on up to 8 players Collect and trade talents with others on-line Product Description ReviewNormally Monolith are better known for licensing their Lithtech 3-D engines to other developers for their games, but they've brought it back in-house and are riding the current bandwagon of 3-D engine games with a third-person view for Aiken's Artifact. The storyline revolves around a cop with psionic abilities known as Cain, who has to take down a horde of other psionics in order to restore public confidence in these genetically enhanced super-beings, with the chief baddie being his brother, Abel. Despite its futuristic setting, the way you collect other facets of your powers, graded into talents and detail stored in on-screen talent cards, reveals a more conventional role-playing game angle. This helps break up some of the action, and it doesn't reflect badly on the excellent graphics--and as the makers of the original engine are programming the game, you would expect nothing less. It is here that the problems begin. Once you've mastered the quirks of the control system, going out and taking down your foes gets repetitive, as does wading through the responses of non-player characters (NPCs) to help you solve single puzzles. Getting more powerful spells heightens the interest, but this game doesn't have the pulling power of either Diablo games, whose longevity of play make them chief challengers to this game. The plot would be less cliched if The X-Men hadn't been a blockbuster movie with exactly the same themes. American Rapper Ice-T supplies the main voice of Cain's character and also helps the game's overall package, but not enough to make the game a sure-fire purchase. --Kenneth Henry Product DescriptionPlatform: Windows 98 Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Genre: action-games See all Product Description