Life is good for Diermot. Everything is at peace and while the king visited his village he even ends up making some cash helping out. News soon arrives of a woman called Selena who has rallied a horde of Skorl, inhuman monsters, to do her bidding and has taken over the town of Turnvale. While everyone rushes off to help Diermot is caught up in the excitement and ends up riding with them. Things turn out for the worse though and after being knocked unconscious he wakes up trapped in the Turnvale dungeon. Now Diermot must save his own arse and try to beat the forces of evil as well. Since this is Revolution’s first foray in the Point & Click genre I was actually surprised by how much they actually got right. Graphics are detailed and show some imagination. Unfortunately you are mostly confined to the town and a few surrounding areas so there isn’t that much variety. You’ll also soon tire of the place since you spend most of the game just wandering around looking for the people so you can ask them something. Having the characters in the game move around certainly enhances the realism but chasing down people soon becomes tedious and is a poor substitute for having real puzzles. The game has a few animated scenes to further the story and these although not very long are nicely done and look really good. The audio doesn’t fare very well and apart from some uninspiring tunes and barely existent sound effects you’ll hardly notice it. Gameplay is pretty straightforward point & click fare but this time there’s no lists of verbs to choose from at the bottom of your screen. Instead left clicking on something will examine it while a right click will bring up a list of available actions. A new feature is the addition of a sidekick that tags along and can help you out in certain situations. This feature is quite underused though and for the most part you can ignore your companion. Puzzles are pretty straightforward and like I said the game mostly involves a lot of walking around and talking to people. The game also has a few buggy areas and I experienced at least one fatal crash. I had to restart at one point after a vital item just disappeared. Woe to those who doesn’t notice this and keep on struggling on. In the end Lure Of The Temptress was a interesting game to play through once but didn’t really grab my attention. The storyline is pretty straightforward and there’s no real plot twists to keep you guessing. If you take away all the wandering around parts the game isn’t that long either and with some patience you’ll finish it in no time. It’s not bad for a first attempt and well worth checking out. The fact that it is available for free on GOG makes it a no brainer.
