Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) will be available in a few hours! Check out the official website here.Immerse yourself into the Giza Sphinx and Great Pyramid — one of the last seven wonders of the ancient world — and solve a Riddle of megalithic proportions. Riddle of the Sphinx™, The Awakening™ edition, is truly an epic ancient Egyptian adventure featuring exploration in and around highly accurate 3d replicas of the Giza Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Cheops (aka, Khufu). While you start out at the Sphinx and can examine the inside of the Great Pyramid as it exists today, this is only the beginning of a long journey that reveals and solves many real-life archaeological mysteries.
You will be the one to make these exciting finds, and ultimately solve the Riddle of the Sphinx™! But you must be careful. Your choices matter. The ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to keep others from finding the secrets and solving the Riddle.
Decode ancient puzzles designed to thwart 2,500-year-old tomb robbers. And explore secret chambers, discover hidden tombs, unearth ancient relics, and unravel an ancient Riddle, entombed for centuries by the ancient Egyptians!
Riddle of the Sphinx™ features:
Hours of challenging game play Complex puzzles and subtly hidden clues to challenge your skills Beautifully rendered 3D environments and scenes with meticulous attention to detail Cinematic animations and cut-scenes throughout the game Historical accuracy and real-world archaeological puzzle integration An original, richly orchestrated Egyptian soundtrack Over 50 million square feet of exploration
Enhanced Edition Engine features: HD resolution: every element has been HD enhanced Exceedingly fast navigation Cinematic transitions & node warping Real-time environmental FX: 2,500-year-old tomb dust, gnats, sand, bokah, bubbles, etc. Ingenious miniUI with interactive magnifying loupe. New set of "Flying Scarab" cursors, along with legacy "hand" cursors A robust interactive in-game hint & solutions guide: Book of the Dead Ends™ (sold-separately) Happy Gaming!
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Thanks, BrownEyedTigre !! Hoping for a DRM Free (GOG ?) release soon as that is what I pledged for in the kickstarter
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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The game is now available......ouch...$40
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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$40.00 !! Does that include a jar of sand from around the actual Sphinx ?
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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There is usually an advantage to pledging on Kickstarter, I paid 25. Didn't know it would be so much!
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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I think I originally paid around 35 but when a DRM Free version with all the same extras was announced I upped my payment to 75 - hoping to be of more help. So there ya go !! 🙀 (Never pledged that much for anything else.
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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So I paid the $40 and downloaded the game. I will admit the $40 price tag gave me pause. It's a lovely game. The graphics are crystal clear and immersive. The scarab cursor, while attractive, is difficult at times to center correctly. I've only completed the first chapter. I found it to be very complicated although in hindsight it made sense. Some of the puzzles were difficult for me to figure out the mechanics (not the solution, but--for instance--how to turn the pages in a Bible, or how to light a candle.) I will persevere, if only for a cool story line and those amazing graphics. What was the size of the download?
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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What a joy to play...good times!
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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I think that sale ends today doesn't it? I've been eying it for the last 10 days or so but did not buy it yet. When I saw it this morning, there were only a few hours left on the sale. It's over now.
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Does anybody know if they have solved the problem with Windows 7? I did not know that there was a problem. What is the nature of the problem?
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Marian, the problem is that the game does not work on Windows 7 One my friend had to refund, because the game was said to support Windows 7, but it did not. They have later changed the requirements to 'Windows 7 in development', but there was no news about that since the beginning of February.
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Well that doesn't sound pleasant, oldbroad, particularly all that reading to get a clue. I hope it gets better for you so you don't have to abandon it. Ana
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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I was very much looking forward to this game - having liked the original - but your comments, oldbroad and KatieB, are definitely not inspiring !! I haven't even started it myself yet but I can't say having to read 150 pages to obtain an incomplete clue sounds like something I would enjoy
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Thanks. That's good to know for somebody smarter than I am! I went back in and tried to find a more specific clue but still could not. Today I found several areas that made me say "oh, I remember this". I couldn't figure anything out to do in any of them though. I found one clue that I guess I am misinterpreting because it's not working but I know it is the clue I need for this one area.
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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This and Myst were two of the original games that were just too hard for me. I was always more into the games with humor and puzzles like the Monkey Island series.
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Thanks, oldbroad. Yeah, I don't come here very often these days. Still playing and enjoying adventure games, though We are currently playing Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy. We think its a solid, good game. For XP, the graphics are really excellent and technically it is almost flawless. One has to cook too many recipes, though ;-) Edit: I am wondering why thy changed the name then. That is what confused me
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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mike, it's detailed in the first post of the thread. Riddle of the Sphinx™ features:
Hours of challenging game play Complex puzzles and subtly hidden clues to challenge your skills Beautifully rendered 3D environments and scenes with meticulous attention to detail Cinematic animations and cut-scenes throughout the game Historical accuracy and real-world archaeological puzzle integration An original, richly orchestrated Egyptian soundtrack Over 50 million square feet of exploration
Enhanced Edition Engine features: HD resolution: every element has been HD enhanced Exceedingly fast navigation Cinematic transitions & node warping Real-time environmental FX: 2,500-year-old tomb dust, gnats, sand, bokah, bubbles, etc. Ingenious miniUI with interactive magnifying loupe. New set of "Flying Scarab" cursors, along with legacy "hand" cursors A robust interactive in-game hint & solutions guide: Book of the Dead Ends™ (sold-separately) The original was released in 2000. Becky's review is Here.It was an excellent game.
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Omg, I just checked our excel where we list ALL adventures we have played so far and it turns out we played riddle of the sphinx in 2014 (I can tell the year because we have a separate tab per year). We gave it a B rating, so yes it was good. I checked youtube and only then memories came back. We played too many games (we started in 2001, so we have been playing adventures since over 20 years now :-)
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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I am also a founding member, oldbroad!!
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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I don't know what "CRS" stands for but plenty of us Gameboomers go WAY further back than 2001 with our mis-spent hours of game playing 😝😝😝
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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@oldborad : CRS lol Regarding the start of playing adventure games in 2001, this is only the start in terms of when Jochen and I started playing together/playing the same adventure in parallel. My gaming career started way earlier in I would say around 1985 or so. On a good old C64. Of course, at that age, I did play all sort of games, basically pretty much every genre. Also a few point and click adventure like the classics Maniac Manion, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and so on. The older I got, the more I focused on adventures and role playing games (I LOVED the Ultima series, I still think Ultima IV and V were ground-breaking back then). Due to time constraints, as an adult, I only play adventures since 2001 and don't play role-playing games anymore. Sigh, so many games to play, so little time for it.... Also, in regards to the comment of Mad, I am aware that there are many older gamers here. Does that mean you are experts in terms of really old DOS-Adventure games and can recommend some? Of course I am aware of classics like King's Quest, Space Quest etc but I guess there must be some good solid older DOS-adventure games I cannot know because they were not so great to become well-known classics but are still good. Eg. only yesterday I stumbled upon a website called dosgames.com, in particular about this game with the longest name ever: 'The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian' (see https://dosgames.com/game/the-adventures-of-maddog-williams-in-the-dungeons-of-duridian/ ) How on earth should I know whether this game is worth playing? It would be nice to know someone who has an overview over the adventure games of the DOS area and can recommend games of that area. So have you guys played during that time?
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Just a flying visit to provide THIS link. I would need time (which I don't have right now) to try to remember which of the games games I played and which I felt were good
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Re: Riddle of the Sphinx™ — The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) Released
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Yes. I just realised. Sorry !!
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