Customer Reviews

Afterlife

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1 star:		(2)

 

 

Afterlife is one of few attempts at strategy from Lucasarts. When Afterlife came out it didn't quite recieve the success it deserved. The original idea and wonderfully zany asthetics hold up well even today, and the music is heavenly. I used to play the demo over and over again just to listen to the wonderfully gloomy music.

Overall the game has an eerie and very unique atmosphere to it. And although the game is filled with humour, it's also quite bittersweet in many ways, since it's ultimately about heavy things like death and sin. I also like that the game is quite free of religious interference. There is no particular religion at play here, but instead Lucasarts has created its own universe, with its own religions and its own mythology.

Although the gameplay might contain way too much micromanagment to be entirely satisfactory, this is a game everyone should give a try. It's definitely one of the most artistic games I've ever played, even if the actual gameplay is a bit flawed.

There are so many scenarios you can come up with, I don't see how you can get bored. When you first start out, stick with the mortal plodding mode, until you understand what you're doing. After about a week it will become second nature to you, or sooner than that if you pick new things up quickly.

This game has SO much to read and so much to do. The micromanagement can get a little tedious at times, but all in all, this is worth countless hours of enjoyment. The detailed descriptions of all the rewards and punishments kept me laughing for ages. This game was way ahead of its time and way too much fun. Still very much worth playing!

I'm told this is a great game, but unfortunately, I was sent a Macintosh CD instead of the DOS version indicated by this page. Based on other reviews, it seems like this is a regular problem. At least Amazon support says they'll be issuing a refund!

The game is probably still awesome but I'll never know because, I bought this and I received the Macintosh version, not the DOS version.

Buyer beware.