You Get What You Pay For. It's Alright, I Guess...
Lure of the Temptress is a short high-fantasy game which is best played at times when you don't have anything else to play and you REALLY don't want to be doing anything constructive, like exercising.
WARNING: MINUTE SPOILERS AHEAD.
VISUALS; 4/5: The backgrounds are good, and the cutscenes are generally also good, and the characters in the story are great at looking like what they represent; a weaselly, conniving thief, a fair young maiden, a fat friar, and so forth. However, the game isn't particularly advanced in the animations department, and while the graphics are generally okay to look at, they aren't particularly memorable or special.
SOUNDS; 2/5: There is good music in the cutscenes, otherwise this would get a score of 1. Outside of the cutscenes, there is no music at all, and all the sounds are restricted to MIDI pitches, which are just bad enough in places to make me think that the game would sound better if it were totally silent.
WRITING/STORY; 4/5: All-around good. Yes, it's cliched high fantasy, but that doesn't make it bad; Ratpouch in particular is an entertaining fellow. The story also has a pretty good flow to it. The only flaw in the game's story is the ending, which is disappointing in a number of ways.
GAMEPLAY; 3/5: The interface is a little clunky, particularly when you're asking a henchman-character to do something for you. It's not bad, though. More serious is the fact that, while your character's primary goals are always clear, the little sidequests you need to complete in order to achieve those goals are frequently not. Also, if you make a mistake that would prevent you from winning the game, but which doesn't actually kill your character, you are never given any hint that you screwed up. On the plus side, this game Doesn't suffer too badly from "Featureless Blob Syndrome," an ailment common to older adventure games which is characterized by an inability to distinguish important objects environment from the background.
VALUE FOR PRICE/OVERALL; 3/5: This game is free. If it cost more than five USD, I would adivse you not to go for it, but for online freeware, it's pretty good.
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