Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis

Story is non-existent and puzzles are horrible. It's been written many times here but I assure you all these people knew what they were saying. And I am saying it as a person who played this game as a kid and has some sentimental value attached to it. Puzzles make no sense and are there just to annoy you. It's not that they are hard, they are incredibly stupid. Like pixel-hunt that small area that will allow you to put coins somewhere on the ground. Geez Louise I am so annoyed right now I don't think I'm ever going to finish this game, even with a walkthrough.

It's my first PC video game, that's why I am a little bit dissapointed that Polish language version has been cut off. Game itself is a masterpiece even nowadays.

This game, the second in Atlantis series, is way better than it's predecessor, "Atlantis: the Lost Tales". It is a real quest, where you don't need to hurry (except one location) and can take your time to think and relax. The story starts as three separate, loosely coupled plots, based on different mythologies, and the final chapter binds the story to the predecessor game. Most puzzles are interesting, solvable and logical, though there were some places where I had to seek hints. My personal favourite is math with Maya numbers. Music is nice and relaxing. Graphics is... well, was really beautiful in 2000, but even nowadays looks pretty if you are not too picky and take breaks to avoid eye strain. And I'd certainly give it a few bonus points for Maya priestess!

Atlantis 2 plays better than Atlantis 1 (GOG version): no display glitches, dual screen supported. The amount of work put into this game back at that time is incredible: + Great graphics + Well developed story + Interesting puzzles However: - The difficulty level is set way too high. Way higher than Atlantis 1 and this will fairly repel many players. - The story is way too farfetched, ambiguous. Hard to understand unless reading the Wikipedia page. Atlantis 1 story was far more compelling, clear and understandable in that regard. - Voices don't really match characters (even in original french version)

The original game was 4 discs. I got it for that nostalgia hit and unfortunately it seems like you only get the first disc. You used to have to put in a new disc for each new world, but this has the first area only. Place the new stone on the planetarium thing and click on it and nothing happens. I talked to the guru, got all the information I could. I even went back to the first area to make sure I had tied up all loose ends. Yup. Seems it's just the first disc.