Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife Game Review

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One of the games that made a mark in the marble popper genre is back once again with its latest installment. The Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife game from Mumbo Jumbo hails from the addictive mechanics of the original Luxor and adds further enhancements to make this sequel an unforgettable casual gaming experience for both fans and newbies alike.

The game starts after Queen Nefertiti and her husband’s tombs were desecrated by bandits and assassins, and in the process, destroyed precious artifacts adorning their resting places. These artifacts are used to help their spirits ascend to the afterlife, and thus, its destruction will mean that their spirits will remain earthbound forever. As a direct descendant of the queen, you are tasked to wield the Falcon Wing Shooter once again to recover and rebuild the stolen artifacts in order to put to rest the restless souls of Nefertiti and her husband once and for all eternity.

Just like the original game, your task in Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife is to blast away spheres from your shooter to match three or more same-colored ones as they are being pushed by scarab beetles. The main objective is to prevent the beetles from reaching the pyramids at the end of the path by destroying all their handled spheres and try to collect the falling gems and coins for later use in the game. Afterwards, it’s time for you to reap the possible reward of obtaining an artifact piece, putting you a step closer in bringing peace to Nefertiti’s wandering soul.

Of course, a marble popper game won’t be considered complete without its explosive power-ups. In the case of this game, power-ups come a-plenty as they pop out of nowhere while you’re happily making spheres explode. Catch them with your shooter and use them immediately against the scarabs. And as a unique feature in this sequel, you can now also upgrade these power-ups for better use in the store screen. Just be sure to collect enough ankh coins to bring with you to the store, because there certainly is no haggling involved in here.

Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife also features several game modes other than the straightforward marble popping gameplay. Examples include the battle mode, where you’re pit against a computer shooter as you try to win a tug-of-war-like competition involving two scarab beetles; and the river mode where a continuous stream of spheres will try to hinder you in getting rid of a single scarab beetle. All in all offering unique twists to the classic gameplay and adds a lot of addictive arcade action too, making you hooked well enough to consider buying the title.

The greatest achievement of the game though comes in its overall presentation. Unlike other marble poppers where the marble path is clearly visualized to help you determine your course of action, in this game, the path follows the background graphics of each level, which may also mean that the path may be very confusing at times. It’s not a big problem though because you’ll get used to it after a couple of levels or so, and on the other hand, it even makes the game more interesting and fun to watch, so there’s really nothing much to complain about.

One problem I had with Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife though is how you will have to play through all the previous levels when you decide to backtrack in your journey. You see, you decide in which way you want to go when there are forks in the road of your quest, and if your curiosity gets the better of you, I bet you’ll go check out where the other roads will take you. Not to worry though, because I’m sure you’ll still find it fun and fulfilling in the end. And basing from the additional features injected into this game and how you’ll look forward into each level’s experience, it seems that marble popping will never get old in many more years to come as this installment sets a higher bar for its competitors to reach for.

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