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Tunguska: Legend of Faith
Tunguska Legend of Faith PlayStation Cover Art.jpg
Developer(s)Exortus GmbH
Publisher(s)Project Two Interactive
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation
Release
  • PAL: October 27, 2000
Genre(s)Action-adventure

Tunguska: Legend of Faith (Russian: Тунгусский синдром) is an action-adventure video game by German-based studio Exortus GmbH, released on PC (Windows 9x) and later PlayStation. It received largely negative reviews from critics.

Plot and gameplay

The game is set in a fantasy world that incorporates elements of medieval culture.[1] After having been executed by electric chair, the player character, Jack Riley, unexpectedly wakes up in a castle in Tunguska, the site of a mysterious meteor impact rumored to have otherworldly causes. Riley decides to explore the castle, fighting various monsters and investigating the area's mysteries.[2]

Players move from screen to screen while the camera changes accordingly. The game's combat is inspired by arcade video games;[1] players fight using a combination of the arrow keys, shift, and control.[2]

Production

The title's music was recorded at B & T Records studio.[3] The game was previewed at E3 1999.[1]

The Windows version was released in the United States in 1998 by Project Two Interactive, while a Russian version was localised and released by Amber Company in 1999 (alongside Liath). It was released in Poland by LK Avalon on October 12, 1998.[4] The PlayStation version was released in France on December 20, 1999 by Take-Two Interactive,[5] and in Germany by the same publisher in 2000.[6][7]

Critical reception

Game Reactor harshly criticized the game as obsolete and lacking in innovation.[8] Przygodoskop described the title as "master-shit".[9] IGN noted the game's action is very hard and that players should take time to navigate its controls and techniques in order to achieve competency and progress.[2] Meristation felt that it wasn't particularly impressive but that it my be appealing to fans of the genre.[10] PC World Poland felt that negative aspects included the dynamism of the camera and the lack of handling with the player character.[11] Absolute Games thought it was a shame that Amber Company was wasting their time localising "cheap-cheap" games like this one.[12] VR Games panned the "boring and monotonous gameplay" and "unbalanced and rather inconvenient controls".[13] Game Sector, noting that by 2001 Tunguska was in the bargain bin, said the game illustrated the phrase 'you get what you paid for'.[14] Gamer.no examined the game as part of a 2004 article entitled 'Is cheap good?', and noted the pleasure gained from now bad certain aspects were.[15] Computer Inform did appreciate the full Russiafication of the game.[16] Fatal Game deemed it an amateur title.[17] Game.exe thought the game was an unpleasant mix of Myst-like games and Virtua Fighter-like games.[18][19] Gambler Magazine deemed the quality as "a little bit over average".[20] SuperJuegos lamented that the game had few opportunities to interact with the environment, and that there no characters with which to share engage in a dialogue.[21]

In a rare positive review, PC Action compared the game to Alone in the Dark and complimented its "sophisticated, yet logical puzzles".[22] Planet PLaystation noted in a preview that in opposition to Resident Evil, the game's camera the will scroll in the player's direction quickly and smoothly, without "detaching".[23] PC Joker described it as a "playful mix of "Resident Evil" and "Virtua Fighter".[24]

See also

  • Tunguska event in popular culture

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Electronic Entertainment Expo 1999 – Preview – Adventure Classic Gaming – ACG – Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games – Reviews, Interviews, Features, Previews, Cheats, Galleries, Forums". http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/previews/122/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 IGN Staff (1999-09-02). "Tunguska". https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/09/03/tunguska. 
  3. ↑ Chachlowski, Artur (24 August 2012). "Polecamy studio B&T Records" (in pl-pl). https://mlwz.pl/newsy-do-2016/8865-polecamy-studio-bat-records. 
  4. ↑ "Tunguska: Legend of Faith PC | GRYOnline.pl". https://www.gry-online.pl/gry/tunguska-legend-of-faith/za1360. 
  5. ↑ "Tunguska" (in fr). 2016-10-19. http://www.gamelove.com/jeux/tunguska. 
  6. ↑ "Tunguska: Legend of Faith – дата выхода в России, системные требования, скриншоты, оценки, отзывы, цены, похожие игры, предзаказ, новости". https://vgtimes.ru/games/tunguska-legend-of-faith/. 
  7. ↑ "Tunguska: Legend of Faith (2000) PlayStation release dates". https://www.mobygames.com/game/tunguska-legend-of-faith/release-info. 
  8. ↑ "Tunguska – Legend of Faith – Anmeldelse" (in no). 12 February 2001. https://www.gamereactor.no/anmeldelser/60977/Tunguska+Legend+of+Faith/. 
  9. ↑ "Tunguska: Legend of Faith – recenzja – gra przygodowa – przygodówka :: Przygodoskop". http://www.przygodoskop.pl/364/recenzja.htm. 
  10. ↑ "¿Y la aventura?" (in es). 2015-01-26. https://as.com/meristation/1999/06/30/analisis/930707100_011923.html. 
  11. ↑ "Tunguska: Legend of Faith" (in pl). https://pcworld.pl/news/Tunguska-Legend-of-Faith,277617.html. 
  12. ↑ "Тунгусский синдром (Tunguska: Legend of Faith) – рецензия и обзор на игру на AG.ru". http://www.ag.ru/games/tunguska-legend-of-faith/review. 
  13. ↑ "Обзор Tunguska: Legend Of Faith" (in ru). Vrgames – Компьютерные Игры, Кино, Комиксы. 2002-02-28. http://vrgames.by/publ/obzor-tunguska-legend-faith. 
  14. ↑ T, Johan; Kensler, rup. "Tunguska: Legend of Faith" (in da-DK). http://www.gamesector.dk/2001/02/07/tunguska-legend-of-faith/. 
  15. ↑ Remman, Mats (2004-04-19). "Er billig bra? -" (in no). https://www.gamer.no/artikler/er_billig_bra/6816. 
  16. ↑ "ТУНГУССКИЙ СИНДРОМ". http://old.ci.ru/inform2_99/25-3.htm. 
  17. ↑ "Игра Тунгусский синдром (игра Tunguska Legend of Faith)". http://www.fatalgame.com/game/tungusskij-sindrom/. 
  18. ↑ "Архив Game.EXE — Game.EXE №2(43)'1999". http://game-exe.org/index.php?n=Exe.Exe043. 
  19. ↑ http://game-exe.org/uploads/Exe/exe043-045.jpg [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  20. ↑ Gambler Magazine (August 1999). August 1999. http://archive.org/details/gambler_magazine-1999-08. 
  21. ↑ (in spanish) SuperJuegos 104. http://archive.org/details/SuperJuegos_104. 
  22. ↑ (in german) PC Action Magazine (January 1999). January 1999. http://archive.org/details/pcaction_magazine-1999-01. 
  23. ↑ Media Group s.r.l.; RCS Libri (September 1999). Planet Playstation 1999/09. http://archive.org/details/Planet-Playstation-1999-09. 
  24. ↑ PC Joker Magazine (February 1999). February 1999. http://archive.org/details/PCJoker0299. 

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