| Project Eden | 
 enlarge | From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $3.00
You Save: $26.95 (90%)
Buy New/Used from $1.88
Avg. Customer Rating:   (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23609
Format: Cd-rom
Language: German (Original Language)
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.2 x 2
MPN: SEDENPUS00
UPC: 788687113618
EAN: 0788687113618
ASIN: B00004WI4G
Release Date: October 10, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | From the creators of Tomb Raider 1 & 2 Product Information Due to severe overpopulation, the planet Earth?s diameter is increasing with the growth of towering mega-cities, each inhabited by millions of humans. Buildings are growing ever-upwards, interconnected with a thick web of roads, walkways and service channels. In these giant human hives, only the affluent may feel the rays of |
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Product Description
Lead 4 specialists in innovative squad-based play into an abyss of vast caverns, snake-like tunnels, and luring dead-ends. Includes 11 chilling mission based levels that will test your exploration, puzzle-solving and survival skills.
Amazon.com Product Description
From the creators of Tomb Raider comes a new science-fiction action-adventure game. The planet has become severely overpopulated and society has moved into huge tower-cities, each inhabited by millions of people. You control a team of four members of an elite force called the Urban Protection Agency as they investigate a bizarre equipment malfunction at the Real Meat factory. They soon discover a much more serious problem.The four characters are Carter, the squad leader; Minoko, the computer expert; Andre, the engineer; and Amber, the robot. Featuring interchangeable first- and third-person viewpoints, gameplay requires close interaction between these characters. Command may be switched between characters and also to remotely operated equipment. Gear includes a hover camera, rover, sentry guns, mines, explosive charges, a "time-shock" weapon that slows time for all but your team members, a mind probe, and a bouncing Frisbee explosive. The team can remote operate cameras, security weapons, doors, and other machinery, plus, as an added feature, the equipment can be regenerated when needed. The game engine is completely different from the one used for the Tomb Raider series, and allows for improved animation systems, mirrored surfaces, bump mapping, environmental bump mapping, gloss mapping, and light mapping.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 ANY MORE EDEN PLANNED January 6, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I EVER PLAYED, GRAPHICS,STORYLINE, INTERACTION
WILL THERE EVER BE A EDEN 2 ????
SIGN ME UP
 An adventure game with sensible and interesting puzzles April 2, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Typically I am not sure what everyone feels the need to write a review, even when they have only played a demo. I guess the most foolish make themselves known. Frankly Project Eden is a quality title, with less of a tomb raider feel than you would expect (Core made both games). If you are a true adventure gamer, this should be the game for you. All team members are useful, since they all have strengths you must utilize continuously in order to progress. The game has an console feel to it, and though the controls are solid it may be take a bit of getting used to for those new to the adventure genre. I would recommend this game to adventure players and anyone trying to get into the genre. This title surely will not dissapoint, in terms of gameplay. Priced reasonably, this is one you should not miss.
 Bland, Cliche, Poor Gameplay December 29, 2001
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Project Eden promised a mouthful. Core Design, of the Tomb Raider fame, had the potential to make a new, amazing game with a solid basis for gameplay, story, and graphics. Yet in an industry recently filled with flukes, Project Eden can only be thrown in the pile.Eden is essentially a boring game. The story is incredibly cliche, and in which I thought it could have thrived on its premise, Core Design fail to create anything spectacular with its four main characters. The setting of a futuristic utopia reaching the heaven is another feature which has been re-hashed innumerable times. Ultimately, while Core Design may have had something fresh, we only received a canned story. Graphics is another touchy subject for the linear 3D-accelerated game. Project Eden uses a good array of colors to keep the eyes pleased, but still the visuals accumulate to anything above average. Project Eden's gameplay has been attempted before but has ultimately shown no glory. Players control four characters in the United Protection Agency (UPA). Each character has their own attributes and depend on each other to accomplish the level. Yet, Core Design creates several bad gameplay systems in the combat, interface, and level design sections to really achieve mediocrity. Combat is sketchy, especially since players have unlimited lives and the friendly artificial intelligence is measly. Navigating through the interface is frustrating, since it requires the mouse pointer to be directly on letters instead of in the general vicinity (you'll notice when you play this game). And level design is trippy, where I even had to resort to cheating to pass through a part since Core Design failed to give me any more power. (I never cheat in games, only when it is imperative to use to advance.) Nonetheless, Core Design makes Project Eden into nothing special. The story is cliche, where it develops into a predictable plot that is more funny than dramatic. I would not recommend this game to anyone who wishes to have a good time. I only gave it two stars because I believe Core Design had a worthy basis for a game, but did not execute it well.
Enjoyable October 29, 2001
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
For clarification I am not big on puzzle games. I actually found this game frustrating at times and a bit complicated. But after going over possible solutions for up to an hour at a time it was fun when I finally solved them. Now remember what I said about not being big on puzzle games because I will probable have to buy the manual because I am stuck at a certain point in the game. So if you are good at or enjoy puzzles this is the game for you.
The other two reviews are reviews of a demo only! October 29, 2001
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Since these other reviews are based on old demos only I decided to add a few stars to balance out the over all rating. If someone *actually* plays the game itself then please bash it but lets not trash a game's ratings before then.
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