P O W E R F U L O R B

It's been a few years since I actually played this, but from memory, it felt like something that got made purely because someone noticed how popular Portal and Half-Life were and wanted to copy them.

Unfortunately, the entire story is told through long paragraphs of text inscribed on hidden collectables, meaning it's effectively non-existent to anyone who isn't looking for the collectables specifically. Anyway, it turns out to be some ancient aliens shit that now seems a bit racist. Apparently the Aztecs needed UFO knowledge...to build aquaducts?

I will say that the Aztec aesthetic is pretty cool-looking, and the game's graphics pull it off really well. Additionally, the ball's physics work well, although the puzzles (and especially the constant pointless zombies) do start to get a bit stale by the end. The Portal bonus level was nice too, but it also adds to the overall Portal-clone vibe that the game suffers from.

On a funny note, the CD-box for this game reminds me of the random PC games you could always find in those cheap DVD-bins that supermarkets used to have. Ahh, memories.

P O W E R F U L O R B

Reviewed on Sep 15, 2022


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