Ankh

 PC
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
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  1. Game Chronicles
    88
    Take a really funny cartoon with all kinds of pop culture references and interesting characters. Add in several jokes that adults will understand and get a belly laugh from but is not too risqué for the kiddies. Throw in some really entertaining scenes like a camel getting the scrub through a car type wash or watching Assil rappel out the nose of a sphinx and you have Ankh.
  2. Play.tm
    85
    Ankh is brilliant. The puzzles are inventive, the storyline is genuinely funny and the completion of some of the more difficult puzzles is pleasurable rather than a relief.
  3. GameShark
    83
    The humor and style of Ankh delivers a fun and appealing quest and players will have a melon tweaking time with the numerous puzzles found through out the game.
  5. Just Adventure
    83
    A charming old-school comic adventure which holds its own, courtesy of its beautiful 3D graphics and an engaging plot.
  6. Game Over Online
    83
    It looks good and it’s well acted and it’s funny. And while it’s also short and easy, at least it’s fun while it’s short and easy, and I always prefer that to the opposite.
  7. Boomtown
    80
    In Ankh’s case, the gameplay’s spot on, the story is funny, and it looks and sounds great. It’s nothing new or special, but what it does, it does very well.
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  8. IncGamers
    80
    It's quirky, looks good, with humour and most importantly fun to play while taxing the brain cells in all the right places.
  9. GamesRadar+
    80
    With lovely gaming references hidden throughout, never better than the Prince of Persia spoofs, it's witty, charming, and forgivably broken.
  10. Quandary
    80
    Definitely one for fans of humorous graphic adventures. It pays homage to the LucasArts classics and you will find references to familiar situations and characters that no doubt inspired the making of this game. Even if you miss the references you will still have a thoroughly good time.
  11. GameZone
    78
    A game with this much humor should put a smile on anyone’s face. But the smile could fade away with some of the gameplay limitations.
  12. Gamer 2.0
    76
    Ankh doesn’t play host to a menagerie of well-thought out, mind-bending puzzles. If anything, Deck 13 plays it safe in this regard; yet, the sheer playability of it all: the satisfying gameplay, quirky characters and rousing visuals ensures that Ankh is a worthy recipient of our praise.
  13. GamingExcellence
    76
    It’s fun and humorous, if not a little short, and except for a few snags here and there when it comes to looking for items or trying to think up the next too-convoluted solution, it’s a fun game to play through to the end.

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User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. ZuffuluZT
    May 1, 2008
    9
    I only played the german version of this game, which is the original, so I can't say anything about the quality of the translations orI only played the german version of this game, which is the original, so I can't say anything about the quality of the translations or speakers.
    But what I can say is that the german version is a very very good game! It really reminds me of the good old Lucas Arts adventures that we all love so much, because it has a similar style, great gags, logical riddles and VERY good speakers that fit to the characters, which create a very convenient atmosphere. The only reason why I don't give it a 10 is because it is a little too easy for an adventure-verteran like me. But that is probably just me and it still is a great game that I will definitely play again in a little while.    … Full Review »
  2. Broyax
    Feb 17, 2021
    0
    Je voulais commencer le test de l’étron avec un jeu de mots ou plutôt un exercice de conjugaison avec Ankh : je t’Ankh, tu m’Ankh, il t’Ankh,Je voulais commencer le test de l’étron avec un jeu de mots ou plutôt un exercice de conjugaison avec Ankh : je t’Ankh, tu m’Ankh, il t’Ankh, vous Ankhulez, ils s’Ankhulent, nous t’Ankhulons (à rekhulons) ils voulaient t’Ankhuler et ainsi de suite mais attention, car t’Ankh va à l’eau que la Khruche s’Ankhcrasse !

    Et t’Ankh qu’ils y aura des hommes et des des sales jeux de merde dans ce sous-genre qu’on appelle « jeux d’aventure », alors on n’est pas sorti de l’auberge ! Comme d’habitude, de toute façon, il ne peut rien faire cet Ankhulé ! je ne peux pas aller par là, je ne peux pas ouvrir ça maintenant, je ne peux pas utiliser ça parce que t’as pas cliqué au bon endroit et patati et patata…

    Le jeu d’aventure de merde quoi ! (pléonasme bien entendu) dans toute son horreur avec comme de coutume (aussi) l’humour (?!) loufoque à nette tendance mongolienne mongoloïde d’attardé golio et bien évidemment les graphismes très simplets et niais en 256 couleurs… mais en 3 dimensions quand même, contrairement à la 2D très habituelle du sous-genre.

    Enfin, bref donc, on s’en bat les couilles de cette merdasse d’imbéciles et je dirais même plus que ça : on s’en rebat les couilles de cette merdasse de jeu à la mords-moi-le-noeud de mes deux !!    … Full Review »
  3. rasLivity
    Oct 26, 2013
    9
    i searched for a digital copy from this game, for weeks. then i finally found it on gamefly. after that, my Ankh trilogy was complete and ii searched for a digital copy from this game, for weeks. then i finally found it on gamefly. after that, my Ankh trilogy was complete and i started to play it.
    now i can say that this searching for the first Ankh game was no waste of time or money!
    Yes, graphics are may be not very smooth...but i like that old skool look. dialogue and characters are funny. voice acting is good in english. and i just love that ancient-egypt scenery.    … Full Review »
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