Alicia Quatermain: Secrets Of The Lost Treasures
- September 1, 2017
- Jetdogs Studios
Get on SteamIn "Alicia Quatermain: Secrets of the Lost Treasures," play as Alicia, granddaughter of Allan Quatermain, on a quest to find her father and uncover family secrets. Travel to distant lands, solve puzzles, and thwart enemies' plans to conquer the world. With stunning graphics and diverse challenges, this action-packed game offers a thrilling adventure for all players.
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Reviews
- The game features bright and detailed visuals, enhancing the overall experience.
- It offers a good blend of time management and puzzle-solving, making it enjoyable for both casual and hardcore players.
- The game includes multiple difficulty levels, allowing players to choose their preferred challenge.
- Gameplay can feel repetitive and overly simplistic, leading to a lack of engagement over time.
- The storyline is straightforward and lacks depth, with some dialogues and cutscenes not adding much to the experience.
- There are issues with bugs and localization, including cut-off text and typos, which detract from the overall polish of the game.
- story15 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 47 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The story follows Alicia Quatermain on her treasure-hunting adventures, featuring a simple and family-friendly narrative complemented by charming visuals and voice acting. While some players appreciate the cute storyline and its accessibility, others criticize its repetitiveness, lack of depth, and issues with localization that detract from the overall experience. Overall, the story is seen as decent but not particularly engaging for all audiences.
“Follow Alicia Quatermain on her quest to uncover lost treasures.”
“The visuals are nice, and there's voice-acted story to frame each island [intro/outro].”
“Nice story, and a really good entertainment in the time management genre.”
“However, its repetitive gameplay and lackluster storyline might not hold the interest of all players.”
“The story is fairly simple as well.”
“The English localization obviously wasn't beta tested given how many times the storyline text gets cut off mid-sentence.”
- gameplay13 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by its repetitive nature and limited pathways, which can hinder long-term engagement, despite the inclusion of achievements and bonus levels. While it features familiar time management mechanics reminiscent of the "12 Labours of Hercules" series, it offers strategic depth through resource management and varying difficulty modes, appealing to both casual and more strategic players. Overall, the gameplay is simple yet flexible, though some may find its repetitiveness a drawback.
“Where the gameplay comes in, there are limited pathways that restrict what you can do until you open those pathways up; you need to quickly work out what to do next and where to set your priorities.”
“Efficiently managing your workers is at the heart of the gameplay, although it's by no means necessary if you want to play more casually. There are three different difficulty modes to fit a variety of players' tastes, but doing so adds strategic depth to what is essentially a very simple game.”
“Juggling these buildings with how quickly you can gather your own resources from replenishable nodes adds flexibility to the gameplay, and I'm always in favor of more strategic options in these games.”
“While the visuals are bright and detailed, the gameplay can feel repetitive.”
“Achievements and bonus levels provide some extra gameplay, but they may not be enough to keep players engaged for long.”
“However, its repetitive gameplay and lackluster storyline might not hold the interest of all players.”
- graphics8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally praised for their bright, detailed, and appealing visuals, featuring a quirky art style and well-executed cartoon graphics. Players appreciate the quality of the presentation, including voice acting and the ability to adjust visual settings. Overall, the visuals enhance the gameplay experience, despite some concerns about repetitiveness.
“Alicia Quatermain: Secrets of the Lost Treasures has appealing graphics and a decent blend of puzzles and strategic challenges.”
“The visuals are nice; there's voice-acted story to frame each island [intro/outro].”
“The presentation is great with simple yet pleasing cartoon graphics, quality acting by Alicia's voice actor, and another great soundtrack.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game's replayability is generally considered low, with players suggesting it may be more worthwhile to purchase during discounts rather than for full price.
“The replay value for the game is low.”
“I like it, but do try to get it while it's discounted; replayability is a bit low, in my humble opinion.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be both frustrating and tedious, often requiring significant effort to progress. However, some users note that, unlike in other games, the grinding here is less boring and more engaging.
“Frustrating and tedious.”
“To make any headway, one needs to keep grinding away at the levels to try getting the best results.”
“Legitimately speaking, I usually find grinding tedious and boring, and that wasn't the case here.”
- music3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The music in the game is praised for its quality and ability to enhance the overall presentation, complementing the beautiful art design and engaging voice acting. However, some users note that the soundtrack can become repetitive over time.
“The presentation is great with simple yet pleasing cartoon graphics, quality acting by Alica's voice actor, and another great soundtrack.”
“They sort of do a dance to the music.”
“The music is a bit repetitive.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant bugs, particularly on Linux, leading to user frustration over perceived developer indifference to these stability issues.
“The game is buggy, at least on Linux, and the developer doesn't even care.”
