Lucius has an intriguing premise, but some not-so-original adventure-game flaws.
The Good
- Antihero Antichrist protagonist is a great concept
- Subtly creepy with splashes of serious gore during the murders
- Very challenging, with a lot of exploration needed to solve the murder puzzles.
The Bad
- Kills are all linear
- Puzzles involve pixel hunts through a huge, heavily detailed mansion
- Needs more overt black humor to offset the grim nature of the storyline
- Very long load times.
It ain't easy being the Antichrist. In adventure/puzzle game Lucius, you
experience the trials and tribulations of being the firstborn son of
the big red guy with the horns. As you might expect given the young
lad's pedigree, when he suffers growing pains, they involve a sizable
body count. Lucifer is a demanding daddy, who wants souls in exchange
for building the tyke up with telekinetic powers. All this contributes
to a grim but promising setting where your only goal is to figure out
how to murder the folks on the devil's hit list. Unfortunately, this
darkly innovative premise is not implemented well, due to a reliance on
pixel hunts, and you're dropped onto the scene with just pop's orders to
start killing.
Lucius has exactly the sort of cute, pudgy little cheeks you want to pinch…while searching his scalp for three sixes.
