Curse: The Eye of Isis

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• Dr. Darien Dane and his assistant, Victoria Sutton, are looking into the disappearance of a sacred Egyptian statue that carries a curse. You must find the statue & return it to its pyramid, or it will continue raising the dead and animating objects.
• Immerse yourself on 7 distinct worlds, each more terrifying than the last, in a mix of first-person/third-person camera view
• Even small insignificant objects will come alive and try to kill you -- keep a shotgun, pistol, crossbow or other weapon handy
• Dane & Sutton each have their own missions to complete -- help them find the statue while surviving the horrors they must face!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000A1OFS
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 6.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 4, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,881 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Game Informer Review

Anyone see the movie The Relic? No, of course you haven't, you have better things to do. That movie is about creepy things happening in a museum, and so is this. But the similarities don't stop there – both ape more successful franchises, and neither is as scary as it thinks it is. And while neither is bad per se, they're not particularly great, either.

As the name implies, Curse is about, well, a curse – specifically on an Egyptian artifact. The curse brings the dead back to life, and you have to fight them. The story is not all that compelling or original, but then again, nothing about this title is. The graphics, while not terrible, are decent at best. Animation is stiff and limited, and the sound does nothing to create a mood. In other words, if you're looking for scary, this ain't it.

All around, Curse just bored me. The menus are clunky, the map is useless, and combat is too easy. On the other hand, controlling your character is easier in Curse than in the Resident Evil games that it so wishes to be. Like a B-grade horror movie, it's a passable title, and someone out there will enjoy it, but it's by no means ready for the big leagues.

Concept:
Curse really, really, really wants to be a 19th century version of Resident Evil, and it's a lot like that series, except that it lacks the scariness and fun

Graphics:
Without a doubt, the worst looking survival horror game on a next-gen system. The lighting is particularly bad

Sound:
The bland sound does absolutely nothing to create any sort of mood

Playability:
The controls actually work better than most survival horror games, but there are still strange glitches

Entertainment:
Like a bargain set of obscure horror movies, Curse seems like it should be a lot more fun than it actually is

Replay:
Low

Rated: 6.75 out of 10
Editor: Jeremy Zoss
Issue: February 2004

2nd Opinion:
If you're going to make me wander through a dark museum fighting generic Egyptian zombies with nothing to count on but a pointless map, bad camera angles, and shoddy gameplay, the least you can do is let me smash some priceless artifacts. Curse fails even in this, its last chance to make itself remotely entertaining.

Rated: 6 out of 10
Editor: Joe Juba


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Product Description

Curse: The Eye of Isis is a great new survival-horror game that adds the suspense of an ancient mystery!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun, May 24, 2004

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Enrique Zavala Jr. (arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curse: The Eye of Isis (Video Game)

I did indeed like this title, it is nowhere near as good as Resident Evil is but it is still enjoyable. For less than half a new resident evil game you get about half the fun, but it is still fun. The mood is right and the story is decent. I did get the "what is going on" feel when I was playing the game that made me want to finish it. If this was a full price videogame I would not suggest buying it, but for the limited cost I can recommend it for survival-horror fans who need a fix before RE4 and SH4 come out.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WARNING - CAN'T PLAY IT ON XBOX360, July 15, 2010

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dib "dib" (Minneapolis, MN, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Curse: The Eye of Isis (Video Game)

I wish I could really rate this game.

This game is listed as a "Backwards Compatible Xbox Game", but it is not compatible. It was later removed from that list due to bugs. Unfortunately a lot of lists have not made any corrections to this effect.

If anyone does have a chance to try this on their xbox360, all I can say is: Do not download the update. I think my xbox360 downloaded 2 game updates for this game, but the game would not run. I have no idea why I would be required to download an update for a game that doesn't even work on this platform, and I wonder what would have happened if I had not downloaded the update.

That's all. Don't buy it if you're expecting it to work on your xbox360.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a rare gem, February 14, 2009

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elflady "rpadder" (Tn, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I was searching for games for my xbox collection. And I seen this and read the reviews ordered it and I happy I did it is a rare gem.