TAURONOS Evaluation | TheXboxHub

The traditional Greek delusion of the Minotaur within the labyrinth is a basic story of terror, awe, and a hero overcoming all the chances. Within the previous tales, the Minotaur is half-bull and half-man, imprisoned in a labyrinth on the island of Crete, and Theseus navigates the maze to kill the monster. It feels that this story has turn out to be the template for a lot of video games over the a long time. DOOM and even early Wolfenstein have big parts of the story, and in 1981 the hit Monster maze took the identical concept however changed the Minotaur with a dinosaur. TAURONOS nonetheless places you within the sneakers of a hero and takes us again to the Greek roots the place you’re hunted by the hybrid beast – it’s as much as you to search out the centre, kill the creature, and escape. Are you as much as the problem?

TAURONOS is a top-down action-adventure that places you within the sandals of an historic hero. You end up in a labyrinth and are being hunted by one relentless foe – a Minotaur. The sport is about over six chapters and has upwards of 40 ranges, with you beginning every at the start of a maze, left to search out the exit on the opposite facet. The story and the aim of who you’re is advised in fragments, some flashbacks, and a few glorious encounters with gods. In reality, the hero narrates his journey poetically and curiously all through, questioning the journey and his foe. 

You solely have one enemy to take care of in TAURONOS, that being the Minotaur as he slowly stalks you in your journey. It’s a must to try to keep away from him as you progress, but there are a lot of issues within the maze that can gradual you down – traps. These can come within the type of basic arrows coming by a wall, guaranteeing that it’s a must to time your motion to get by. Then there are factors the place big, swinging boulders on chains fly by the air, attempting to crush you. There are additionally moments the place you’re offered with rubble on the ground blocking the way in which ahead; press a button and over a brief time frame the rubble will get cleared. This time taken nonetheless is essential if the Minotaur is correct behind you respiration down your neck, or in the event you additionally should dodge arrows similtaneously clearing the rubble. It’s a difficult enterprise being a hero. 

However not all the pieces is out to destroy you; some gadgets may help your development within the maze. There are unusual plant units that assist you to see a imaginative and prescient, pinpointing the place the Minotaur is at this second within the maze, and issues like this are particularly useful within the later ranges. There are switches you’ll be able to work together with too, slowing down and beautiful the Minotaur to provide you some additional time. Additional, anticipate to bump into secret passages which maintain additional gadgets that may assist you; stamina boosts, or energy, or a much-needed well being increase all through the sport. Always nonetheless you’ll have to stability whether or not it’s price getting the merchandise or losing helpful time that might be used escaping. 

There’s a actual hazard of dying on this journey and escaping the horned beast is a difficult affair. While you die, you might have a number of continues to make use of relying on the issue stage you selected, but after they have been used… sport over. You’re left to begin the entire progress from the start once more, together with – reasonably surprisingly – the tutorial. Now a few of you studying this may love this expertise and relish the specter of the restart to make your gaming life extra exhilarating. I’m afraid this reviewer hates it as I don’t wish to begin from the start in any sport ever once more, and I definitely don’t wish to replay entire sections and retread previous paths. As you’ll be able to guess, this specific facet of TAURONOS has made my expertise considerably jaded. And that may be a large disgrace. 

Visually and issues are delivered in an old-school top-down view; one which makes enjoying really feel like one thing ripped from the 1990’s PC scene. It’s one thing that I’ve loved and what has been carried out with the tech and visible model is finished very properly certainly, together with a pleasant sequence when you find yourself being lured right into a entice by one of many gods. The soundtrack is straightforward and the voice-over has a very dramatic epic high quality that I actually loved. 

TAURONOS on Xbox is a sport that I’ve loved enjoying, notably as a result of its old-school visuals and interesting tackle the previous nice delusion. I like the concept of being stalked by one creature and experiencing a hero’s unusual journey to flee the maze. Nevertheless, a few of the traps are completely unforgiving and having to restart the sport from the start makes issues tiresome. However there will likely be some sadists and correct avid gamers on the market who will love these parts, and because it’s a reasonably low-cost sport to choose up, in the event you really feel you’ll be able to tame the beast then TAURONOS is the one for you.