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Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition)

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Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition)
Description
Immerse yourself into the Giza Sphinx and Great Pyramid — one of the last seven wonders of the ancient world — and solve a Riddle of megalithic proportions. Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening is truly an epic ancient Egyptian adventure featuring exploration in and around highly accurate 3D replica...
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3.3/5

( 9 Reviews )

3.3

9 Reviews

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Product details
2021, Old World Studios™, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10 and above, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support, 8 GB RAM, Intel HD 4000, V...
DLCs
Riddle of the Sphinx™ Book of the Dead Ends™ In-Game Hint Guide, Riddle of the Sphinx™ Moonlight Exp...
Description

Immerse yourself into the Giza Sphinx and Great Pyramid — one of the last seven wonders of the ancient world — and solve a Riddle of megalithic proportions.


Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening is truly an epic ancient Egyptian adventure featuring exploration in and around highly accurate 3D replicas of the Giza Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Cheops (aka, Khufu). While you start out at the Sphinx and can examine the inside of the Great Pyramid as it exists today, this is only the beginning of a long journey that reveals and solves many real-life archaeological mysteries.

You will be the one to make these exciting finds, and ultimately solve the Riddle of the Sphinx™! But you must be careful. Your choices matter. The ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to keep others from finding the secrets and solving the Riddle.

Decode ancient puzzles designed to thwart 4,500-year-old tomb robbers. And explore secret chambers, discover hidden tombs, unearth ancient relics, and unravel an ancient Riddle, entombed for centuries by the ancient Egyptians!

Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) features:

  • Hours of challenging gameplay
  • Complex puzzles and subtly hidden clues to challenge your skills
  • Beautifully rendered 3D environments and scenes with meticulous attention to detail
  • Cinematic animations and cut-scenes throughout the game
  • Historical accuracy and real-world archaeological puzzle integration
  • An original, richly orchestrated Egyptian soundtrack
  • Over 50 million square feet of exploration

The Enhanced Edition Engine features:

  • HD resolution: every element has been HD enhanced
  • Exceedingly fast navigation
  • Cinematic transitions & node warping
  • Real-time environmental FX: 4,500-year-old tomb dust, gnats, sand, bokeh, bubbles, etc.
  • Ingenious miniUI with interactive magnifying loupe
  • New set of "Flying Scarab" cursors, along with legacy "hand" cursors
  • Re-engineered Inventory and Saved Games UI
  • Captions/Subtitles
  • Achievements!

© Copyright 2000-2021 Old World Studios. Riddle of the Sphinx™, Riddle of the Sphinx - The Awakening™, Book of the Dead Ends™, and Old World Studios™ are trademarks of LifeTree Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Contents
Standard Edition
Riddle of the Sphinx™ Extreme Expedition Pack
Riddle of the Sphinx™ Survival Kit
Moonlight Exploration DLC
Gil’s Secret Library DLC
Book of the Dead Ends™ In-Game Hint Guide DLC
soundtrack (MP3)
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Posted on: August 7, 2021

Terry_Dillon

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Wish I could undo my purchase - not good

It begins with a long narrative, which is completely lacking of actual instructions about gameplay. Standard WASD controls are gone, replaced with a directional click. From the very first moment I was given control of my character, I clicked inside the helicopter thinking I could inspect it, but to my surprise my character got inside and was flown to another location. No way to stop it - just had to let it play out... then do it again to get back to the starting point. Gameplay is horrible. Enter the tent and as you turn to the side, you see the table with the pot of stew. Click to the side again and you see the table with the pot of stew. That's right, the same location but in two screens. You can take pictures of pages of books, but for some reason you can't take the book. It's a tedious process taking pictures, because nothing separates important pages from unimportant pages, so basically you need to take pictures of all of the pages. The hint system is buried within another screen, so it's not at all dynamic - it's an interruption in gameplay to use the hints. In short, gameplay is really bad, the storyline seems to be broken into too many tiny pieces, and the graphics are weird. I purchased the entire deluxe version with all the extras. Really wish I hadn't. The game is unplayable by today's standards.


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Posted on: August 20, 2021

CommanderLara

Verified owner

Games: 691 Reviews: 56

Is this really from 2021?

It plays like Myst the first time in 1993 when something like this was new ... In 2021 it feels just awful clumsy and static. The game starts with a serious voice telling a whole bunch of uninteresting stuff while you may look at a picture of the Sphinx at night. After 3 minutes or so you may watch a static description of the interface until a voice rumbles "THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX" while you watch the games logo. After that you find yourself in the desert without WASD, rotating through a boring scene with some tents ... It reminds me of something like the Stone Age of Gaming and I uninstalled it after five more minutes.


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