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Prometheus v1
Creator: Prometheus Team Site: : Prometheus @ ModDB
Reviewer:
Postal
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Description
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A Single-Player-Cooperative FPS Puzzle Action mod for Unreal Tournament 3. Work with your past and future selves to complete your objective.

Make Something Unreal Contest Phase 2 Best Mod Winner


 
     
     
 
The Review

Comments:
UT3 has been out for over a year now, and we have very few Total Conversions for it. Prometheus is one of these total conversions. Prometheus has a feel to is much like Portal. A sci-fi surreal puzzle game.

In Prometheus you make copies of your self in alternate phase states, so for example you make 1 copy and that pushes a button to open a door, then the other copy walks though the door. Prometheus explains this well in the tutorial.

I found this mod to be fun and challenging. However there is only the tutorial and two maps, an easy and hard challenge. I enjoyed both, and it took me several attempts to get through each.

As for bugs, I had a copy of my self get stuck on a wall, causing me to have to start a map over. If you enter the menu when you are playing, the Prometheus hud will cover up some of the menu options. But other then these minor inconveniences, no big bugs. Some people have reported crashes, but I didn't have any. The default keys are Q and feign death keys, however that is not well explained.

 

Verdict:
To quote Angle_Mapper “Not playing Prometheus makes kittens cry.” Prometheus is original and short enough that everyone should try it. However right now Prometheus is too short. Hopefully soon, the team and fans will make a dozen or so more challenge maps.

If you like games like Portal, get this.

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Presentation: Puzzles are good, but the maps are basic and spartan.
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Performance: Couple of small bugs, but no game killers.
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Fun: Very fun, but too very short.
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Overall (Not an average): 4.0 / 5.0
 
     
     
 
A Second Opinion by Kangus
Comments:
     I love a good puzzle. Good puzzles that require serious amounts of thought are lacking in today's games. Postal's review is dead on. If you enjoyed Portal or even Braid, Prometheus is the mod for you. The only thing holding it back from a higher score is the extreme shortness of the experience. Definite must-play regardless.

Verdict:

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Second Opinion: 4.0/5.0 (Kangus)
 
 
     

 

 

 

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