Aura: Fate of the Ages
by Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Video Game Reviews of Aura: Fate of the Ages
Customer Review: Aura: The Fate of the Ages
Summary: 3 Stars
This game is not bad. I don't know - maybe I'm just a bit jaded after finishing the entire Myst series and a few other miscellaneous "adventure games", but this is a pretty good "beginner's game" for someone new to adventure gaming.
The puzzles really aren't that hard, and God knows they give you enough hints and clues for most of the puzzles. However, like the other Adventure Company games I've played, it is heavy on inventory, and there are at least two items that are hard to find - especially if you don't realize you're supposed to be looking for them!
The graphics are absolutely gorgeous - possibly the best I've ever seen (and, as a Myst veteran, that's saying a lot!). However, I wish game companies would stop using computer-generated people. They always - and I mean always - look awful. They really should stick to live actors.
The music is very heavily synthesized, and comes across as heavily pretentious. (The music for the third world of Na-Tiexu reminds me of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir".) Then again, maybe I'm just spoiled after hearing Tim Larkin's wonderful scores for Uru and Myst V.
I've read reviews about how buggy the game is, but I found the 1.04 patch and installed it, and had no problems, except that it would crash if I tried to delete old saved games.
There's a sequel called "The Sacred Rings" that's still in production as of this writing. I'm looking forward to it.
Customer Review: Awesome!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Game ! Really enjoyed once I got the hang of it. The puzzles seem to get easier as it goes and towards the end it almost becomes a "try each item" kind of game.Worth the price.Customer Review: should you have to purchase a book to make it work?
Summary: 2 Stars
Despite the rather weak character presentation, I really enjoyed the game's puzzles and the scenery of it until nothing I could do would advance it. I checked a hint site and two downright walkthroughs and found I had done everything I was supposed to, but could get no response from the character who had to continue speaking to me for the game to go any farther. When I asked the company, I was told I would need to purchase a $9.95 book that would maybe reveal something I, and all the hint sites, had overlooked.Customer Review: A pretty homage to it's forefathers
Summary: 3 Stars
Paying tribute in it's wonderfully lush pre rendered backgrounds of alien environments to it's parent, Myst, Aura feels more like a buget version of that game rather then an emulation of one...While the production values certainly do not lack in the art department, the gameplay feels even more contrived then your typical "desloate alien landscape" adventure game, due to it's forced presentation of puzzles and pacing..You could do much worse with a myst clone though, that is for sure.Customer Review: Intriguing
Summary: 4 Stars
I love the type of game where you can explore new worlds. The best part of this game is the overall No holds barred being able to look all around you! It's awesome. And the music...the puzzles. It keeps you interested and I love it!