Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis

DO NOT BUY. If you've played Atlantis II or Beyond Atlantis, this isn't it. There are no puzzles, no dialogue cutscenes, and the major parts of the game are just gone. I'm so disappointed. This was one of my favorite games when I was a kid.

I attempted to play the original version so many times as a kid - left the OG CD back at my parents house - remembered this game existed and very happily found it on Steam. So bummed that basically ALL the puzzles are removed. It really is just a point and click game you can rush through but with serious lack of direction since so much of the content is missing, Serious shout out to all the folks that created walk-thrus so I could at least saw I finished the game. The ending was absolutely wild for me since I didn't play the first game.....hahah.

Get the GOG version. This is a trash mobile port with half of the game missing

[b]Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis[/b] is a Point & Click Fantasy Adventure game using the Omni3D graphics engine which had a few really good Adventure games back in the late 90's. I have really fond childhood memories of this title. However, this Steam version is not the original and it's a disgrace that they have defaced such a great title by stripping it from its original content. If you want the original game, get it from GOG.

I remember how this game should look, and this is a bad port. It's missing cutscenes, some of the puzzles are pre-solved, and other puzzles are extra tedious since the mouse used to have a different pointer when you were hovering over something to interact with. All and all I will not be completing this "game" since this game is incomplete. Disappointing since I can't imagine such an old game would have been that hard to just port and sell.

I expect an adventure game of this vintage to be weird and confusing, which is why I was willing to bang my head against it for a couple hours before going online and seeing what others had to say. While there's some truth to my initial assumption, it appears the Steam version of [i]Atlantis II[/i] is uniquely bungled and not worth another second of my time or yours. Which is a pity. Sorta. This game is the kind of quirky relic that speaks to me. It's also heavy on cumbersome mazes and depictions of real-world cultures that... Well, look, I haven't done thorough research, and I don't have the personal background to tell you how accurate or respectful any of this is, but based on what information I [i]can[/i] find about the developers, I'm not alone in that. Maybe we just let this one stay in the past.

Let me start by clarifying that the sole reason I recommend this game is its very low price. Besides that, it is a bad game with numerous flaws and weak points and only a handful or redeeming qualities. I will also mention that, as you can see in many other reviews, this game is only a botched port of the original. I did check online playthroughs and, indeed, a significant chunk of content (puzzles, cutscenes, etc) is missing. I will focus only on the present version of the game. My main complaint is the convoluted story and its very little connection to the first Atlantis game, which I consider excellent. It feels like a number of ideas for separate games loosely bound together and topped with a forced, pseudo-deep ending. To make things worse, a lot of characters are downright goofy, in a very negative way. Besides all that, I found the Aztec stage very tedious and tiresome. Regarding positive points, the soundtrack can be decent (if repetitive), the scenery is nice and running around gathering items can be somewhat entertaining. A joke I genuinely appreciated was *spoiler* Hell being a bureaucratic service with bored employees. As a matter of fact, that joke is the only good thing I will remember from this game... All in all, for the price of a sandwich and a cup of coffee you can get a few evenings of somewhat pleasant entertainment. If you enjoy adventure games and have zero expectations, I think it 's worth its price.