Two new websites for upcoming adventures:

Tale of a Hero -- the website isn't in English yet, but the screenshots are interesting. The game is being developed by Future Games, makers of Black Mirror.

Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods -- look for the British/American flag in the upper right of the screen (you may need to scroll to the right to see it). A new trailer and lots of screenshots.

Excellent! I hope this means that Ankh will be released in English soon.

Ana

do the Ankh games have jumping or fighting or timed elements? i went to the website ..but nothing about that. though might check out the 'online' game or forum to see if could tell but it is all in German!

gamenut, yes there are timed elements. Your best bet is to read the reviews here to get a feel for the games.

Ankh by Looney4Labs

Ankh: Heart of Osiris by Looney4Labs.

Both are excellent reviews that will help you decide if the games are right for you.

Ana

Timed Elements...

I'll pass

Thanks Becky , & Ana

Darleen, I thought you already played the Ankh games?

Ana

YES ..I have

But if the new ones are timed...Forget it

gamenut was asking about the previous ones. They have timed elements. I do not know about the new yet.

Ana

Oh.........Previous Ankh games have no timed or jumping or any of that nasty stuff

The new ones I haven't a clue yet ...

Sorry ..Ana...If I read the post wrong

Darleen, actually, the original Ankh did have timed elements. A few I believe.
Ana

Well.......If they did I guess its was unimportant...I didn't notice cause...I never needed a save from MaG...

Must of been a smally..

I am not good at remembering things that are uneventful...Only things that are really hard...So I will read up on the new Ankh games further.

Hi Becky

More Scrummy Screenshots !!!!



Cheers.

Mad :shiver:

Thank you very much for the links!

Yep, the first Ankh had a sequence at the end that was timed--well, it was more of If you died, you started from the beginning but it wasn't long as you could click through the dialogue. Once you died a few times, you could figure out what to do and then it was easy.

I'm excited about Ankh 3.

I like the screenshot in Ankh 3 with the head of the hammerhead shark and unicorn mounted on the wall and the bear rug on the floor. I'll bet there's a puzzle in there somewhere.

It'll be fun to see what the Norse gods make of Assil.

They are not hard to play gamenut. Even the timed sequences you should be able to handle. The games are a hoot and a half. I can't wait for Ankh 3 in English.

An English website for Tale of a Hero can be found here.

As for Ankh 3, it's indeed a lot of fun again. I don't remember any timed sequences in it.


Bernard

Thanks guys!

Both games look promising, though it may be a while before we see either of them in English.

Thanks, Becky...

I am so happy to read that "Tale Of A Hero" will be making its way to our computers soon...

Hi Darleen -- this thread was originally posted on December 17, 2007! Tale of a Hero has been released with English voices, but with subtitles in other languages and all items and signs, etc. in the gameworld in other languages.

Unfortunately, I haven't heard of a plan to release it soon all in English, and I don't know yet if it's playable just with the voices in English.

I played the demo of Tale of a Hero yesterday. There was no voices but everything was scripted in english. It is going to be an excellent game in my opinion.

Hi Cathy -- how hard was it to play without the inventory items labelled in English? Did lack of English in the interface or in the gameworld cause a problem?

They WERE all labled in English. There just were no voices. I found the demo easy and logical.

They were in English? Woa! I've been making assumptions (and assumptions about my assumptions) that may have been entirely wrong!

Do you know what language the subtitles were in (as in, which version of the game was it -- I think it's now been released in 3 different subtitle languages).