Start with Portal, then take away the teleporting technology and make the companion cube a giant ancient ball that you control with a power glove mixed with Hexen and you’ve got , a new first-person action puzzle person game coming from Tripwire and Teotl is really more like a cross between that and Indiana Jones. All it needs is some snappy banter, a Fedora and a whip and you’re set! It’s got almost everything else you could ever want in a game, or even an action film. Though the main character of a film dragging around a massive ball all of the time would be a little ridiculous, it works extremely well in game form.
As a swashbuckling archaeologist working on the slopes of a dormant volcano somewhere in Mexico, you get stuck in a cavern. It doesn’t take long before you realize this is more than just a cave. You reveal ancient ruins that have been hidden from outsiders for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball. As you progress towards solving the mystery of this amazing place you must unlock the secrets of the Ball and learn to control this ancient artifact. Venturing deeper into the volcano, you reveal some of mankind’s greatest secrets and you will start to encounter not just puzzles and traps, but also various strange creatures – the guardians of this mystery. These creatures have to be overcome, using only the Ball to defend you.
The game is powered by the Unreal Engine 3 and really looks like it. Plus, it’s got massive coolness in the way of big ball rolling puzzles you need to solve. As stated in the above paragraph, there’s some combat, and it’s fun. Squashing mummified bad guys with the ball is great fun. Additionally, you can do it in the full campaign mode, or you can do it in the survival mode (which is really difficult at times!) where your only goal is, of course, to survive.
action film. Though the main character of a film dragging around a massive ball all of the time would be a little ridiculous, it works extremely well in game form.
