This game started out well but by chapter 3 it became painful. Chapter 4 was just torturous.

The story is only ok, and the puzzles are convoluted and irritating at best. There is no fast travel, and even if you can get the character to run, he ambles about slowly making odd turns and generally being a slow pain in the butt.

I was using a walkthrough by chapter 3, and still the time it took to get from one place to another was torturous. Sometimes it was literally 20 screens between actions and then you would just do one thing and have to march all the way back the way you came for the next part. I can't imagine how horrible this game would have been without a walkthrough to keep me from wandering aimlessly. As it was, I almost quit part way through chapter 4 when they had you backtrack across the entire map for the 8th time in a row. It's like the designers WANT you to be irritated and start to hate the scenery that was interesting at first. I'm glad I used a walkthrough though because the tasks were completely unpredictable and about half the time you had no help whatsoever. I could have been wandering for hours just to find out that this item I just found needs to be used 20 screens away in a way that I never could have predicted.

In short, this game is bad. There wasn't a single part that really made me think, and the flat, predictable story wasn't worth the pain of the back and forth with the poor game mechanics.

3/10

Ankh is a fun romp of a point and click adventure game, a bit challenging, a lot tongue in cheek, and a tad 4th wall breaking. The song and dance about girls and hair is hysterical.

Game: Assil manages to get a death curse and now he must break it. Follow his adventure from breaking out of his house (He is grounded), dealing with a man eating crocodile, goofy palace guards, looney market merchants (and a very talkative slave), rescuing a damsel with attitude (Thara), some palace intrigue (and the pharoah's daughter), a missing caravan leader, and finally the underworld and Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld.

First in a series of three. Good storyline, nice art work, and with lots of humor built in. The dialogue options are a must read. Do not forget this game can be challenging, and at several points the player must switch back and forth between Assil and Thara.

NOTE: Best guide is written by Deck 13 Interactive (Walkthrough by MaGtRo copyright March 2006) and can be found on the internet. (www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcAa/ankh.htm)

They've fixed the language issue that one of the reviewers posted previously, so don't worry about that!

This game is defintely fun, if you like classic adventure games, this is one to try!

pros

+ nice looking colorful graphics which aged quite well
+ there are some funny moments
+ story is fine
+ diverse cast of witty and engaging characters
+ character models and cutscenes looks decent
+ nice egyptian background musics
+ some puzzles enjoyable. there are also inventory puzzles you can combine some items
+ two playable characters and they are quite likeable
+ game drops cards

cons

- voice acting hit and miss. especially main character's voice acting most of time quite dull
- some puzzle solutions quite nonsensical. therefore generally you don't know what supposed to do
- there are no steam achievements
- lack of a button which shows hotspots causes pixel hunting
- lack of a interactive map causes too much backtracking
- a hint system would be helpful.
- game could have been longer

Overall this is decent and typical adventure game which reminds old classics. i m recommended to adventure game players.

This was a fun point and click with light humor. Puzzles were not overly difficulty which kept the plot moving. The length was perfect for introducing this three part series. I rushed to purchase the next two tales. Any racey jokes were mild enough I felt comfortable my kids overhearing. Lots of fun I would run through it again.

Great little point and click adventure from a time when those basically only came out of Germany - so before their comeback on Kickstarter.

The Pros:
- Decent graphics for the time
- Great Egyptian themed score (minus the dreadful title song)
- Good voice actors
- Mostly logical puzzles

The Cons:
- Game is a bit short at only around 5 hours
- Quite a bit of backtracking in later chapters and too many filler screens
- Some puzzles are a bit far fetched
- Too many forced pop culture and Lucas Arts references (the devs like their games, I get it!)
- Game crashes every time you ALT+TAB out of it

Great graphics, dumb plot, bad animation. I love point & clicks and this is the worst one I have ever played. so much unnecessarily difficult hidden items, illogical plot, and tons of unnecessary walking around. Overall pass on this one.

It's a little buggy and some of the later puzzles could use a bit more logic, but it's a 15 year old indie game. The story and characters are fun and engaging. It's pretty good and holds up better than some classics.

This is a decent Point & Click game if you can tolerate completely absurd puzzles but it wasn't for me.

Excellent game. It crashed 2-3 times, but other than that, I experienced no problem at all. The story is interesting, the dialogues are funny, and the puzzles have the right difficulty. Thanks a lot for the game!
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