Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife

by Mumbo Jumbo

Product Features

• Battle mode - This tug-of-war mode pits players against the thieves. If you are able to make matches faster than the opposing thief, then a scarab pusher is added to your side of the train of marbles, which can push the thief's treasure into your possession
• 100 levels in Adventure mode, featuring vibrant, widescreen-supported backgrounds and more than 20 new puzzle levels
• Collect 12 achievement badges for milestones reached
• New artifacts to collect and assemble to enhance game play - In Adventure Mode, there are 7 artifacts to recover along the Silk Road, and you must collect the pieces and assemble them to positively impact the game play. The artifacts include -
• Eye of Horus - search the map for other pieces of artifacts to assemble

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001BSEJB6
• Item Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 4, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,015 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Format: Box
Age: All Ages
Platform: Windows

Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of ancient Egypt.

Product Information

Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife is an action-puzzle game that takes you onto the Silk Road in search of riches beyond imagination.  When the sacred artifacts of Queen Nefertiti are robbed, her earth-bound spirit calls upon you to find them so her eternal spirit will rise. Wielding the falcon-winged shooter of Horus, you choose your own paths on an expansive journey out of Egypt, on a quest to reveal and assemble Nefertiti's artifact pieces.  Your great adventure awaits in Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife.

Product Highlights

• Choose Your Path - Decide yourself the path you will take as you venture from Egypt to 18 cities in 6 exotic locations along the Silk Road.

• Complete the Quest - Locate pieces of Nefertiti's artifacts and assemble them to upgrade your abilities in the Adventure campaign.

• All-New Battle Mode - This never-before-seen game mode pits you against a challenging shooter - the robbers that you must track down and defeat.

Product Features

• Nefertiti speaks to you, her champion, in a quest for her afterlife
• 100 all-new levels in Adventure Mode
• Unlock upgrades in the in-game store, including new ball and shooter sets
• Vivid Widescreen-supported backgrounds

Windows System Requirements

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista
• Pentium IV 1600 MHz processor
• 256 MB of RAM
• DirectX 8.1 or higher
• DirectX 8.1-compatible video card with 64 MB of VRAM
• DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card
• 280 MB of

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IN THE VALLEY OF COLORS & KINGS, November 8, 2008

By 

NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife (CD-ROM)

After ZUMA's success, a number of clones appeared - but the LUXOR series is the one that actually improved on some aspects of the concept. As the series progressed, LUXOR games became more and more self-reliant. With LUXOR 4 the franchise flexes its own muscles.

A series of colored balls (with the number of different colors increasing every few levels) gets pushed and you have to match them in sets of three or more in order to remove them - and prevent them from reaching the end zone. Instead of having the "shooter" in the center, it is located at the bottom and it slides left and right. This makes for some quite difficult shots (especially when obstructed by the advancing row of balls) and raises the difficulty of the game.
On the other hand, the power-ups are more powerful, at the end of every round a number of coins and gems drop and "catching" them add lives to your paddle. It seems pretty straight-forward yet it can become highly...addictive!

Compared to the previous installment of the series, LUXOR 4 is graphically even more impressive, enriched as to the dropping bonuses (and...penalties) - yet it will seem somewhat easier to seasoned players of the series; nevertheless, it will fulfill the fans craving for more pharaohnic fun!

This is an example of what has come to be known as Casual Gaming: small, resource-light games that are fun for the whole family.
It would be a good idea to download the 60-min trial version from a casual games site, such as REFLEXIVE (you can Google it), and decide for yourself whether this is indeed your cup of tea.
It wouldn't hurt to wait for the price to drop either: most casual games sell for no more than $10.

RECOMMENDED!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Luxor, casual games, mumbo jumbo, January 6, 2009

By 

N. White (MI, United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife (CD-ROM)

This is a fun game once you work out all the bugs with it. Retail box versions have a patch that you can download but you must delete any previous profiles if you have tried the trial version off the internet. Then when all is said and done the game will stall unless you turn down the accleration on your sound card. Yes that is right, your sound card....not the graphics card. If you still need help you can go to [...] and look for the discussions on this game. Good Luck

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great game, March 11, 2009

By 

Daniel J. Piotrowski - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife (CD-ROM)

This is a great Luxor game. The only problem I had was that it kept freezing. But there is a patch for that. Once the patch was installed there have been no further problems.