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PROS
Great graphics, tons of detail, decent storyline, killing cursed bodies can be fun.
LOWS
Stupid saving feature, can get very boring.
OVERALL
If you can put up with the boring parts and plan on playing for hours and hours and not stopping, Curse may be the adventure game for you!
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There are tons of different games you can buy for your PC. These include racing games, FPS's, RTS's, RPG's, TBS's, and everything in between. Have you ever tried a simple point and click style game? Curse: The Eye of Isis from DreamCatcher Games fits this category. Though it is not the most exciting game you will ever play, it still has a decent story and looks great. Why not give it a try?
Technically, Curse is not a point and click adventure. Instead, you will control either Dr. Darien Dane or Victoria Sutton using arrow keys and your mouse. To initiate an action, you can use either your left mouse button or the enter key. Of course, these keys can be configured to exactly what you would like, but they are very easy in the default settings.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about Curse is its storyline. You will start out playing as Dr. Darien Dane, an American engineer who is son of the famous Dr. Stanley Dane, an Egyptologist. Also key to the plot is Victoria Sutton, a British woman Darien grew up with who is fascinated with the Egyptian studies. As the game opens up, you will hear the letter Victoria has written to you about a new exhibit opening at a museum in Britain. She is excited for you to come and meet her at the Museum of Great Britain so you can see the new piece. Little does anybody know what curse this Egyptian artifact holds. Once you arrive at the museum, you will find a few guards who have blocked the entrance and are not allowing you to enter. What is going on here? Of course, the guards tell you something's wrong, and there seems to be a real problem going on. But, what does intelligent Darien do? Why, he walks right through the taped off door and walks into the museum! Way to go, Darien!
Now that stupid Darien is inside of the museum, he realizes he doesn't have a key to get to “The Atrium,” which is the museum (you are just in the lobby at this time). While looking for the key, you will meet Abdul, an Egyptian dude who gives you a letter from your father. Strange, father is warning me about some crazy Egyptian curse.
He says I must continue his work. Well what if I don't want to!? No, that's not what really happens, but Darien learns from the letter that his family has the “curse” unleashed upon them, and he must stop it. Even though the letter is extremely vague about what the curse actually is, it makes Darien think about what in God's name the crazy old man is talking about.
Besides filling in the rest of the plot for you, Abdul also lets you know he is the one to go to in order to save your games. This will become one of the major turnoffs as you continue to progress farther and farther in the game. Think of it this way: you leave Abdul's little room, and play for two hours until you get to a part you can't beat.
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You slam your fist on the desk, and want to take a break to clear your mind. Well, sure, you can pause the game. But what if you want to quit out? You are just in luck; you have to travel all the way back to Abdul's room! That's right people, there is no way to just go to an escape menu and hit save. Please, Dream Catcher, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? It makes the game so much more playable if you can save at any time you want. I would find myself playing for hours, only becoming exasperated to have to go back and find Abdul. Nonetheless, when I found Abdul, I still have to navigate to my position prior to the save every time I load the game. How STUPID is that? That's right, very. Very, very, VERY stupid. Sorry, guys, that just really ticked me off.
