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Title: Bad idea executed poorly
Review: Uru is as underwhelming as it is expensive. The unlucky individual who buys this gamewill have to endure a game play style that forces constant alternation between keyboard and mouse control. This is caused by the unfortunate decision to have the game done in third person, forcing the player to tediously maneuver a poorly controllable character throughout the world with the keyboard, and then search nearby with the mouse for hot spots. The graphics are nominal at best, nothing like Riven or Exile, and the worlds are in no stretch of the imagination as enchanting or creative. It is impossible to get swept away in the ambiance of a long lost and magical world playing this game because it simply has the impression of just another third person 3D video game. There is no Myst/Riven feel here at all, no style, no magic, only the sound of hard earned money spent.
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