Stable on Windows 10 and has really easy to pick up gameplay that stays fun.
I've bought about 70 games on GOG to date, and I consider this to be one of the best games that I have bought from GOG that I had not played before. It has interesting and challenging gameplay, a very funny story, and a reasonable length single player mode. The two biggest problems I have with it are the base missions, which can be very difficult, especially in the first third of the campaign, and the general state of the game. It was not quite completed before it was released, and the occasional bug and lack of polish show, but are not so bad as to get in the way of the game experience, especially if you know they're coming. I suggest this game for anyone who likes adventure, and the ability to stomp on things. It's a rewarding game to play, and one which you will always look fondly on and think, that was one of the weirdest things you've ever played.
I wouldn't usually write a review, but this game is probably the third worst serious game that I own. I could give you about 50 reasons not to play this game, but they all fall under one reason. The main problem with this game is that it just doesn't make any sense; if you play this game you will be confused too many times to count. You start out as a man on a pilgrimage to a weird looking ship. Inside, an old man begins to tell you that you are the bearer of light and that you have to go on a journey and fight the darkness. And while this sounds great and has a lot of potential for epic confrontation, your quest is not really explained until the end of the game, nor do you even meet a real villain until that end. And your confrontation with ... it ... is a real let down. Your real enemies in this game are the incomprehensible puzzles and vague hints as to your purpose in the game -- and the constant stream of odd events that can put your mind off balance. Let's put it this way. Imagine you're talking to your boss about what you have to do that day. Your boss tells you "I'm afraid our earnings are bad this year. If we don't do something soon, we're going to have to declare bankruptcy." "We have to do something." "Yup. You should go to the spirit realm. All our problems would be solved if the Spirits liked us more." Translate that to Ancient cultures, and that's basically the introduction for all three worlds you visit. What you have to do after you get to the spirit realm is anybody's guess. But soon you'll hit your first few puzzles ... which ... don't make sense. Personally, dismembered heads with roots, vague pictures trying to represent mountains with and without rivers, and strange rainbow mazes don't exactly make for enjoyable puzzles. And they get worse. The first puzzle in each world are child's play to some of the absolutely incredibly hard puzzles you will encounter. Unless your IQ is 150+, I absolutely recommend you cheat or don't play to win. I tried this game 5 times before I cheated, I barely got anywhere, and there were entire sections of the game that I had no idea existed. Just do it for your health -- you will live longer, I promise! Despite what I've said, though, some of the visuals are pretty good. The most enjoyable part of this game for me is walking around the Irish Monastery, listening to the music and just taking in the landscape. Just don't expect everything to look amazing. This game looks really good some of the time, and it looks bad some of the time. But if you do manage to see the epileptic horse's tail without cheating, just know that you got farther than I did! So, if you don't mind cheating through a game, Beyond Atlantis is like an acid trip through 3 separate fairy tales. Almost nothing will make real sense, and at the end of it, you'll wonder what happened, and who that blonde person you never met before is!
