Some of my major concerns were the really badly designed puzzles (exactly those kind of puzzles that killed off adventure games in the first place), i mean, why would a vase lie in the middle of the a floor, and in it hidden the king's scepter, which everyone is frantically looking for. I'm not sure if it's feasible, but I would have liked to lose items if I missed the entrance to their respective side quests.īut, nit-picking aside, a captivating story and interesting characters made for an enjoyable game. But having all these additional items in this kind of arrangement made it difficult to solve the main quest. I realized later that these items were the remnants of side quests that I had missed. Secondly, my inventory ended up to be rather bloated (3 pages of items). This was not helped by new items apparently inserting themselves at random positions in the inventory. With the circular display you've got to look at items one by one as your eye travels around the circle. With a typical grid style, your eye can travel both horizontally and vertically and you can group objects together which facilitates your search. Firstly, I found the circular inventory display frustrating since it made locating a particular object rather difficult. I had problems with the inventory though. I would recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy. Little is known about this shrouded, exotic realm. For hidden within the borders of Theylinn lies a second kingdom, named Thierna na Oge, where the faeries reign. Meanwhile, danger approaches, in the form of an invading army, a hostile giant, and a mercenary troop who are ancient enemies of the Theylann king.Īnd there is mystery yet. Within the castle walls, nobles vie for the old King's favor, and not everybody is happy with the sole heir to the throne, princess Rhiannon. The ancient kingdom of Theylinn is beset by enemies both from within and without. GamePro magazine has done a feature on ATOTK, January 2008. Games For Windows magazine has done a feature on ATOTK, January 2008. PC Zone UK has named it the Freeware Game of the Month, November 2007.

It is a full-length game with an atmosphere of fairy tales, magic, and intrigue.įeaturing five different endings several sidequests and alternate solutions teamwork with non-player characters 75 minutes of high quality music and director's commentary. It was remade as a commercial Deluxe Edition – see here: Ī Tale of Two Kingdoms is an epic faerie tale, in the classic style of the famous Sierra and LucasArts graphical adventure games. About this gameThis version of A Tale of Two Kingdoms is no longer available.

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