Luxor 1 & 2 plays better than this. Definitely not worth $10; get it on sale or from a bundle.

Luxor is one of those sagas that I used to play as a kid when I had time and nothing better to do. For better or for worse I've played 2, 3, Quest for the Afterlife, even the Mahjong version or the hidden object one and remember them fondly. Was it the gameplay? Not really. The story? There is barely one. So the presentation? Now we're talking.

Luxor is one of those cases where the studio oversells an aesthetic but it somehow works because of how well crafted it is. Not only are the slick effects on point but the music in particular makes use of many instruments such as the harp, the flute and of course, the drums. Each beat and intensity is immediately transferred into the gameplay and you get sucked in into what otherwise would be a variant of Zuma.

Indeed, this is a match 3 on rails as in you control a pad from the bottom of the screen that goes left and right and tries to match balls of the same color in order to prevent them getting into your pyramid. That's the gist of it so it is a challenge of speed, of what colors come up, how accurate you are, how you use the powerups you can gain after a 3 combo and most importantly what path do the balls take. And that in particular is where the game falls completely apart.

Let's do some thinking. If you are a pad that goes left to right and shoots up balls of a certain color that need to match with at least other 2 to destroy them, what's the worst possible orientation they'd need to go for you to have to wait? That's right, vertically. And what did the people behind this game do? They made repeating levels where a bunch of them have a vertical path. So in reality unless you get lucky with the color patterns or the powerups (let's say the lighting bolt that shoots straight up) then you'd more often than not be screwed in these. In the rest of them if you're fast enough you could deal even with some bad rng.

Regardless, by the end of the day, even if the game was trying to sell me on its in-game achievements, its immersion and basically the Egyptian look, I just couldn't be more done with it. So to newcomers I'd suggest skipping this one and going straight to 2.

Another bad game by MJ. Not worth $10, let alone $1.

Challenge of Horus, stage 5-4 is totally unplayable. The map is insane. Player hardly has any control over the balls near the end of the track. Not a wise design.

You're better off purchasing the original Amun Rising first. This remaster isn't as good as Luxor HD/Luxor 2 HD and if you're looking to purchase an HD Luxor game, I highly suggest you get either of those instead. The level graphics are lackluster compared to the other two. A part of the game also doesn't work as intended, and require manual fixes of modifying the game's files to play it the way we were meant to. However, despite said issue, the game is still working and playable. Still, I say your money is worth more to be spent on the other, not-broken Luxor HD games.

Only get this if it's on sale, if you're collecting (at least save this for last if you're buying them one by one), or if you're willing to play a more challenging but broken version of the original Amun Rising. A certain level lacked balancing and the developers could not care enough to fix said level to make it fair for less-skilled players.

it says I have played for 59 min however I can't get my mouse to work with this game and other Luxor games. I can not play this game.

Luxor Amun Rising HD is a reasonably up-to-date version of Luxor, the match-3 game where you shoot coloured balls at other balls on a rail. The graphics are up to date and this is the first Luxor game that displays properly in 16:9 at high def resolutions.

This might be enough to recommend the game, but it crashes when you alt+tab, which is something casual gamers do a lot, and that's who this game is aimed at. I can't recommend that kind of frustration to anyone.

too boring, you gonna repeat the same map format multiple times during the adventure mode, and the rng dependence is awful

It's just another luxor, with the same flaws...

Hum... Yet another Luxor game. This one is kinda simple compared to others from the same collection. It's also modest about the graphics.

No bugs or crashes. Runs fine on Win 7.

The game is entertaining, just like the others, but there's a level near the end that feels totally rigged against the player. There's even a patron you can see if you play it many times. It's not challenging, it's just like any other level but designed for you to lose till you get the random one you can win. For an otherwise casual game, this little nasty trap is pretty much deserving of a thumb down. And you'll get it, naughty developer.