Lucius

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  1. apokalipto
    Aug 21, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  2. ExclusiveBaby
    Mar 10, 2023
    8
    not sure why the ratings for this game are so bad, the graphics are amazing considering it was made in 2012. the puzzles could’ve been more complex but the whole dynamic and the cut scenes are super interesting.
  3. Joe2539
    Jan 2, 2023
    6
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  4. LT_Gruber
    Dec 19, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blend, short and uninspired game.

    Lucius is a game about an evil little 6-year-old boy, that apparently is the son of Lucifer himself. The game is all about murdering everyone in your household and covering your tracks so nobody will know that it was you. Do this for around five hours and you beat Lucius.

    There is a lame and cliché story about cultists, the birth of Lucius, his connection with his Devil father and how he came to be the evil boy he is today. The story itself has some potential but when playing the game, it is a wasted effort and feels misplaced. Imagine Tetris for example. You watch a movie about how the blocks can move on their own, how they came to be, and after that, you just place blocks and make rows disappear.

    The game play is boring, repetitive and short. You use telekinesis and some sort of pyro thing to casually murder everyone, one at the time, in the manor you live in. Although you go to different places in the manor, it is the only location in the whole game and you cannot free roam. Every day you get a mission and need to follow a specific path. The rest is blocked off. When you arrive on your destination, you play some kind of mini game to setup the murder of the lifeless, empty and generic character that you want to send to the afterlife and then repeat this process a couple of times with some different mini game.

    There is nothing else to this game. You repeat the same thing over and over. There is no inventory, no different approaches or different outcomes in a certain scenario and there is no satisfaction whatsoever. It feels, and is, all so scripted and empty, it almost plays like some sort of demo.

    Graphically, the game is all right. The animations and the frame rate are smooth, and for the time, the overall game looks fine. Such as shame and wasted effort for a bad game like this.

    The sound is terrible. All the effects and music are more blend than ever. They are ripped straight off some kind of open-source sound board.

    To top it off, the game featured some achievements, which were all ridiculously easy. But, of course, they needed to add a filthy grind achievement, in which you play the game for forty hours….. The game is not even four to five hours long. This meant getting on my tricycle bike, putting a weight on my left arrow key and let the game beat itself. Sad, I know, but I like my games complete, no matter how bad they are.

    Overall, Lucius was a boring, blend experience and I hoped it would get better, but sadly, it did not. It is just not worth it.

    Not recommending this one.    … Expand
  5. Izoeros
    Jun 17, 2022
    4
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  6. OliverAfton
    Nov 20, 2021
    7
    The truth is that Lucius looks like an old man like Benjamin Button, but the game is ok.
  7. iCampoRamil
    Nov 12, 2021
    6
    Tiene una idea muy chula, y consigue plasmarla, pero tampoco nada de otro mundo.
  8. F3T1W
    Aug 27, 2021
    3
    A very depressing tactical assassination simulator with a varied range of weapons and atmosphere
  9. Alexb1096
    Jul 24, 2020
    6
    ITALIAN: Breve recensione
    Gioco abbastanza curato tecnicamente che basa il suo gameplay sul creare situazioni per cui nei parenti del bambino protagonista, posseduto dal demonio, possano morire.
    Il gioco al 90% è classificabile come gioco di enigmi, in quando dovremo raccogliere oggetti specifici, posizionarli e fare altre procedure che caratterizzano i giochi di questo tipo. Il fatto    ITALIAN: Breve recensione
    Gioco abbastanza curato tecnicamente che basa il suo gameplay sul creare situazioni per cui nei parenti del bambino protagonista, posseduto dal demonio, possano morire.
    Il gioco al 90% è classificabile come gioco di enigmi, in quando dovremo raccogliere oggetti specifici, posizionarli e fare altre procedure che caratterizzano i giochi di questo tipo. Il fatto che il fine ultimo sua uccidere della gente serve solo a rendere il gioco un po' horror/macabro ma soprattutto folle e divertente.

    Non è molto lungo da concludere ma in certi punti potrebbe non essere semplice proseguire.

    Per concludere, l'ho giocato molti anni fa ma per quello che è lo consiglio anche se non è il gioco della vita.    … Expand
  10. HiItsmeAntonio
    May 6, 2020
    10
    I loved it. It is a game where you have to kill each day a new person living in the mansion. Despite its hate its a really fun game


    Even though there is only one way to kill each character these are really fun ways. Freeze a maid to death by trapoing her in a freezer, burning somebody to death etc..I really recommend this game and evn the whole series. Its a really fun game.
  11. beeanadou
    Jun 10, 2019
    1
    The game version of the movie ,however, really lacks the suspense and playability. Normally the role playing game's prim-task is to save to world or survive in the chaotic world, but this one's eliminate every one close to you, one by one, without being noticed, and that maybe the only uniqueness about it. Undeniably, the feeling of wrong-doing could be a kill-joy for many.
  12. darkc717
    Oct 22, 2017
    10
    jogo é bem divertido, aqui voce controla lucius o filho do diabo, aonde voce tem que matar todos...
    o jogo tem puzzles interessantes mas falha contar uma boa historia, que poderia ser bem explorada, alem de algumas mortes sem sentido sendo ate na pura sorte.
  13. filemonsega
    Jun 24, 2017
    7
    O jogo é bem divertido, aqui voce controla lucius o filho do diabo, aonde voce tem que matar todos...
    o jogo tem puzzles interessantes mas falha contar uma boa historia, que poderia ser bem explorada, alem de algumas mortes sem sentido sendo ate na pura sorte.
  14. FilemonBR
    Aug 19, 2016
    7
    recomendo a todos, mas tem seus problemas.
    o grafico nao me agradou para seu estilo, fora que como o garoto realiza seus movimentos e tudo acontece nao me faz acreditar
  15. JimCorbett
    Nov 27, 2015
    6
    Lucius is certainly an interesting game. You go around as a child and murder people in your house.It's a third-person point-and-click where you try to find the items you need to complete the murder and then use them on the correct items in the world or use them at the right time. You also get some demonic powers to play with which adds some depth. However, the game really doesn't tryLucius is certainly an interesting game. You go around as a child and murder people in your house.It's a third-person point-and-click where you try to find the items you need to complete the murder and then use them on the correct items in the world or use them at the right time. You also get some demonic powers to play with which adds some depth. However, the game really doesn't try anything groundbreaking and it doesn't do anything really well either. It's a run of the mill game, and yet I found myself enjoying some parts of it.… Expand
  16. MauricioL778812
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    Graphic not very good for 2012, expression without comments are rubbish, burais deaths until well prepared, I did not like the way it happens deaths mansion is huge and virtually many items to only interact it takes to find the right items for kill the person, the mansion has beautiful details speechless, lucius is a game that it comes to a child after making six years discovers that hisGraphic not very good for 2012, expression without comments are rubbish, burais deaths until well prepared, I did not like the way it happens deaths mansion is huge and virtually many items to only interact it takes to find the right items for kill the person, the mansion has beautiful details speechless, lucius is a game that it comes to a child after making six years discovers that his real father is Lucifer the game this is a very heavy theme but is innovative because not a game if atraveu to bring this issue.
    Final note: 6.4    … Expand
  17. gaminglobster
    Mar 12, 2015
    6
    Ok, before i say anything. I do believe that god and all that exists and same goes for the underworld/hell and whatnot. But i'm not a religious person. That's not a chocker considering i like to blow up thing in a similar fashion to a terrorist but alass, let's get this game pinned down to what it actually is: A satanic game.

    Whoopty-frickin'-doo. I mean, it's never easy to talk about    Ok, before i say anything. I do believe that god and all that exists and same goes for the underworld/hell and whatnot. But i'm not a religious person. That's not a chocker considering i like to blow up thing in a similar fashion to a terrorist but alass, let's get this game pinned down to what it actually is: A satanic game.

    Whoopty-frickin'-doo.
    I mean, it's never easy to talk about a game in which you collect souls from innocent beings (well, mostly) and lend them right over to the devil in exchange for more power and abilities.
    Gee, i wonder why so few games are made in the spirit of straight-up satanic murder. Hurr durr.

    Anyways; in this game you do.... what i just said, really.
    You toy around with your surroundings, destroying machinery, rig special environments to work in your favor, etc. The game relies on puzzles which i don't really like. Cuz' i suck at dem puzzles u no wat am sayan'?

    That's basically it! i mean, i could go into detail about the puzzles and so on, and i'm gonna' do it to brighten up your mind. You have abilites such as mind control, telekinesis, and visa versa. You use mind control on weak-minded people.

    An example would be the one case right right here: *spoilers. You trick a woman into thinking that her love interest loves someone else... the hardcore way of course. After that she goes to the balcony weeping and her mind has weakened from this... "occation", which makes it easier to mind-control her. And then you know;

    Balcony + mind-control = Swan dive

    However, puzzles tend to be very hard and not giving any direction as of what you're supposed to do.
    I.... f*cking.... hate..... PUZZLES!!1!!!

    *sigh.

    Alright, alright. Let's round this up.

    Pros:

    1) The game manages to be a rather calming experience, which is nice.
    2) The soundtrack doesen't loop, instead it switches to another tune once the previous one has ended. It's also very nice.
    3) Mechanics and physics are a nice touch.

    Cons:

    1) Graphics are laughable.
    2) Puzzles are very hard and not very "rewarding"
    3) The game is very repetetive and boring sometimes.
    4) Jacksh*t sequel (this doesen't really matter)

    Please don't beat me to death.
    This game gets the score: "It was only ok, dude"    … Expand
  18. KOX3D
    Mar 6, 2015
    5
    Game is.. okay? Possibly even meh.
    Very short, like the mood and music and graphics are also okay if we won't count cutscenes, gore however is better looking than animations for characters anyway.
    This game is linear, a poorly made Hitman clone without any freedom to choose your way to kill people. However the killing part is exactly what bothers me in this game, no clues on how to    Game is.. okay? Possibly even meh.
    Very short, like the mood and music and graphics are also okay if we won't count cutscenes, gore however is better looking than animations for characters anyway.
    This game is linear, a poorly made Hitman clone without any freedom to choose your way to kill people. However the killing part is exactly what bothers me in this game, no clues on how to progress your objective, sometimes way of killing your family members can be ridiculous. Either it gets very hard or it's easy as pie.
    This game might be good for speed runners i guess.    … Expand
  19. Seraphix
    Aug 5, 2014
    8
    Quite an entertaining game. Would certainly recommend if found in a bundle or on sale. Puzzles and gameplay are fairly simplistic, but the entertainment for me came from the darkness of it. You are running around as an evil child...

    For achievement hunters: Easy 100%. A small guide or couple of play throughs with plenty of exploration is what is required. A full play through    Quite an entertaining game. Would certainly recommend if found in a bundle or on sale. Puzzles and gameplay are fairly simplistic, but the entertainment for me came from the darkness of it. You are running around as an evil child...

    For achievement hunters: Easy 100%. A small guide or couple of play throughs with plenty of exploration is what is required. A full play through doesn't take many hours.    … Expand
  20. dajhorn
    Jun 12, 2014
    2
    Lucius is an example of how difficult it is to make a game even when you have a brilliant idea. The puzzles are contrived and the game plays on rails. Three levels and fifteen minutes was enough for me.
  21. gietek
    May 15, 2014
    7
    I was hoping for a Hitman/Omen combination. There 'Omen' atmosphere is created perfectly, but there is very little choice (none, to be precise) making this game linear and just an interactive movie. There game is divided by chapters - in each chapter you kill somebody. You have super powers like telekinesis or mind control which will be upgraded (it's done automatically and I don't seeI was hoping for a Hitman/Omen combination. There 'Omen' atmosphere is created perfectly, but there is very little choice (none, to be precise) making this game linear and just an interactive movie. There game is divided by chapters - in each chapter you kill somebody. You have super powers like telekinesis or mind control which will be upgraded (it's done automatically and I don't see much point in doing that to be honest). Thankfully you can skip cutscenes as you WILL fail a few times, at least once.
    The mansion is huge and beautiful and you can open, pick up all sorts of objects but again, there is no point in doing it. The game provides very little or too much guidance. Sometimes you just don't know what to do next, another time you feel like playing through FC3 Blood Dragon's tutorial.
    All in all, it is a decent game that could've been a hit. If only there was more than one way to kill people and if there was real stealth (yes, unfortunately hiding from your mum in the darkest corner in a huge room, behind a sofa, with lights off, at night, doesn't protect you from being spotted... this is btw the moment when you WILL fail at least once, you'll know when it comes).
    Hugely disappointing game that somewhat redeems itself after a completed playthrough (it's a nice story and beautifully looking game).
    Voice acting and animations are terrible too. But the game still manages to make up for it in a strange manner. You even have a little tricycle, just like in The Shining. Well done.
    It is a game for adults - gore, violence, sex and nudity (and I mean it).
    Lucius's potential has not been used. It's just another title you will forget after a while. Play time - 5 hours.    … Expand
  22. Digames
    Apr 23, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lucius is amazing. It is about a devil child who has to do missions for his father (the devil). I love how you can just roam around the house, doing different tasks.

    Here's a quick example - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K9hK3BcbAI&feature=youtu.be    … Expand
  23. CynicalCyberCat
    Feb 28, 2014
    4
    A great idea but poor execution with a very limiting storyline. Quirky game play and skills but ultimately somewhat dry and hard to chew as the game progresses. It is also very short for something that could have been expanded much further with more depth maybe into the target characters/side characters to make it a more engaging story.
  24. verbal_666
    Dec 14, 2013
    4
    An adventure game, without a quicksave option, is NOTHING. Game is also nice, although it has several technical challenges, but definitely passable. but without a quicksave is really ridiculous. I can not in the least understand how a developer does not reach this minimum basic concept
  25. RISKCritic
    Nov 5, 2013
    7
    This game has too many bad reviews. Even if it has it's own cons, it also has pros too.
    Pros:
    Stunning Graphics Special Gameplay (you play as the bad one) Awesome Soundtrack Cons: Some chunky animations It doesn't really have a story all you do is just kill Nudity (this isn't really a con, but I'll leave this as one) Horrible AI You just hide behind a bush and no one sees you    This game has too many bad reviews. Even if it has it's own cons, it also has pros too.
    Pros:
    Stunning Graphics
    Special Gameplay (you play as the bad one)
    Awesome Soundtrack

    Cons:
    Some chunky animations
    It doesn't really have a story all you do is just kill
    Nudity (this isn't really a con, but I'll leave this as one)
    Horrible AI You just hide behind a bush and no one sees you and in Chapter 07 a character is in two places

    Score:
    Graphics 8/10
    Gameplay 7/10
    Sound 8/10
    Replay 3/10
    Story 6/10

    Summary:
    I pretty much enjoyed this game, but get it only in a sale because it is too expensive for it's quality.    … Expand
  26. Diablo92
    Jun 6, 2013
    0
    The worst game in history... This game makes even games from back in the early 1920's or so look far more better. This game has satan written all over it. You don't explore much except areas and objects that will be used in crime scenes/murder cases. The mission's are the same, you wake everyday to kill another person that lives in the house.. The tutorials are very helpful and physicsThe worst game in history... This game makes even games from back in the early 1920's or so look far more better. This game has satan written all over it. You don't explore much except areas and objects that will be used in crime scenes/murder cases. The mission's are the same, you wake everyday to kill another person that lives in the house.. The tutorials are very helpful and physics seem good. The TPS is one of the setups i like but thats it. I found this game very offensive to the amish since people in it wear the same clothing as the amish so i give it 0/10… Expand
  27. Xanifur
    Apr 23, 2013
    7
    I actually miss the mansion when I stop playing. The environment alone is really interesting to run around in and explore... but you also get to murder people?!? Excellent.
  28. MacroPower
    Apr 6, 2013
    3
    Lucius is a slightly interesting, yet generally bad game. The story centers around Lucius, the devil's alleged son who has been asked to murder people in demonic ways. It's not combat-oriented, you just cause accidents to hurt/kill people.

    It's new, but also quite bad. The story is lame, and the dialogue is drawn out and boring. Gameplay itself is excruciatingly awful. Killing random    Lucius is a slightly interesting, yet generally bad game. The story centers around Lucius, the devil's alleged son who has been asked to murder people in demonic ways. It's not combat-oriented, you just cause accidents to hurt/kill people.

    It's new, but also quite bad. The story is lame, and the dialogue is drawn out and boring. Gameplay itself is excruciatingly awful. Killing random people by locking them in a freezer is not only unnecessarily gruesome, it's also not fun at all.

    Don't get me started on the animations and graphics. Not that it's like a bad port, but they just did a terrible job modeling the people; mouths and voices are also not in sync.

    Overall, a waste of my money. Giving it three points because it was an original idea.    … Expand
  29. BillGR17
    Mar 18, 2013
    3
    this game is stupid it doesnt work right it doesnt tell u nothing u just have to find it out ur self but that IS NOT the problem the problem is the game is full of bugs or it wants u to do stuff on a specific location !
    i was doing even the side missions and the longest sidemission was bugged and that means i need to close the game and do it again from the begining the game is boring    this game is stupid it doesnt work right it doesnt tell u nothing u just have to find it out ur self but that IS NOT the problem the problem is the game is full of bugs or it wants u to do stuff on a specific location !
    i was doing even the side missions and the longest sidemission was bugged and that means i need to close the game and do it again from the begining the game is boring there is nothing special u can beat it ones for 3-4hours and then never play it again if it was cheap 10-5 euro then it could be some good    … Expand
  30. drakenseng
    Mar 17, 2013
    6
    Story is an interesting one, since you play as someone young with evil intentions. Gameplay is similar to that of the hitman games, just that you are a little kid with supernatural powers instead of a professional hitman with guns. Graphics are solid, but a bit behind. Sound is great for this horror title which is key to this genre. Overall, a solid game but a bit average. Its like aStory is an interesting one, since you play as someone young with evil intentions. Gameplay is similar to that of the hitman games, just that you are a little kid with supernatural powers instead of a professional hitman with guns. Graphics are solid, but a bit behind. Sound is great for this horror title which is key to this genre. Overall, a solid game but a bit average. Its like a hitman clone and you just go do killing missions. Not really any tactical approach like hitman though and not much to take from it.

    gameplay video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzfaTftF7v0&list=PL78EF09546478FB67&index=191    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 6, 2013
    66
    Lucius’s main premise is amazing. But the execution could have been way more solid. It limits the player, it’s ruthlessly and unjustly difficult in some cases, the characters pale and the graphics fail to impress. Lucius will be remembered as a great idea that “could have been”. [December 2012]
  2. RPG Fan
    Jan 2, 2013
    55
    So many things don't fit, so many things work against each other, and everything just reeks of half finished game ideas.
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  3. GameWatcher
    Dec 13, 2012
    60
    There's a lot of content on offer for the reduced price, and Lucius will certainly appeal to puzzle enthusiasts who want a darker edge to their adventuring, or murder enthusiasts who'd like to give their brain a work out rather than their stabbing arm.
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