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After the king of Norvania is assassinated, the legendary Scorpion King Mathayus is framed for the crime and must fight off an entire kingdom of soldiers. Now Mathayus Victor Webster and his only remaining allies, a mysterious woman and her unconventional father, are the last hope to stop the evil heir to the throne on his quest for an ancient and almighty mystical power. As someone that appreciates the kind of cooking that The Rock brings to the table, I was hopeful that the new game from Universal Interactive, starring The Rock, would let me deal out a little whoopass.
The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian presents itself as an original story inspired by the blockbuster film, the Scorpion King, but I was hard pressed to find anything about this game that was original or inspiring and believe me, I looked. I invested four days of my life playing this game and while there were infrequent moments where I actually felt like I had accomplished something, the majority of the time I found myself repeating, over and over again, the same scene. Enter a room, enemies march at you and you just hack until they stop.
It was like one of those unending feverish dreams that you have when you're sick. Each new level brought wave after wave of the same enemies, except for the occasional extra tall guard or extremely fat guy. Sure, eventually you work your way up to snakes or skeletons, but there is really not much variation. The only real challenge was trying to determine the trick for beating the boss creatures. There were times I so much did not want to ever have to play a certain level again that I would actually backtrack 3 or 4 levels just to get back to a save point.
Suffice it to say, that there is little replay value for all but the most masochistic amongst us. The graphics were okay, but really lacked the detail that we have come to expect from the PS2. The character models were uninspired but acceptable, but what was really unpalatable was the camera positioning. Often if I ran out of a room and turned sharply, the camera would get stuck in the room. I could hear Rock taking a beating outside but I was left staring at a wall.
The bottom line is that this is just another attempt to milk a couple of extra bucks out an established license based on a movie. My advice to action fans is to save your money. It can scarcely be said that Universal Interactive has not produce many fine titles, fit for the most discerning gamer. However, before my sarcasm gets the better of me, I should elaborate on the few merits and many, many flaws of their new title, The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian.
I will begin with its merits. There aren't any. Well' unless you're a connoisseur of informative manual design, but I suspect that the booklet was good only by virtue of the lack of complexity in the game itself.
Some of the level designs are attractive, but are defeated by a poor camera system.
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