Timeline

Timelineis adapted from the Michael Crichton novel and places you as a memberof a team of archaeologists who have to travel back in time to 14th-centuryFrance when your team leader, Professor Johnston, disappears. Accompanying youis a blonde girl called Kate. The game plays in a ratherThief 2-likemanner with a first-person perspective that involves mostly puzzle-solving.

These are of the variety allowing you to gain access to certain parts ofcastles, rescue people, take part in a jousting competition, steal items,or even to ride a horse to escape one particular castle. However, the gameplayis very linear and most of these challenges are overly-simplistic. Just tomake it easier, would you believe you can walk up a ladder while a baddie iscoming down (?!)

It’s a colourful game with crisp use of the 3D graphics and fluid movement, butis far from ground-breaking given the type of games we’ve come to expect thesedays. Similarly, the sound FX and game control don’t raise the bar either.

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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.

This game was played on a PC with the following spec:
Intel PIII 600Mhz, 128Mb RAM (133 Mhz), Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, SoundblasterLive! 1024.