As the regional spiritual director (Demiurge), your task in Afterlife is to provide a world in which the recently deceased can "live" until their final resting place, heaven or hell, is decided. The game, written in a humorous vein, is a non-linear world-building simulation. Creation of the Afterlife world involves developing real estate on two planes simultaneously. The game features more than 200 "rewards and punishments" to be given to your population and close to 300 detailed and specific building tiles used during the creation process. To deal with the learning curve, Afterlife has a built-in tutorial in which two mentors guide you by providing information to make your transition from ordinary game player to Demiurge easier. These two guides, Aria and Jasper, work for the top bosses in heaven and hell respectively and each slants their spiel toward the two locations in question. Other features in Afterlife include random disaster events, maps, charts and graphs to keep track of the action. The interface is mouse driven and utilizes a detailed menu system for executing game tasks.
J**Y
Wrong Version: No problem
Like some of the other reviewers the game I received said " Macintosh Version" on it. The first thing I did though was put the CD in the disk drive to see what would happend(on my 64bit VISTA system). It ran with no problem. I can't install the game to the hard drive but this game can be played from the CD.I had spent two hours the night before getting Theme Hospital to work smoothly and it was a pleasent surprise when the 16 year old Macintosh version of Afterlife ran perfectly on my Windows Vista system.The game was delivered on time. It was in perfect condition. It works better than I expected it too.LucasArts was a class act back in the mid 90's and the quality of those old games stands the test of time.
K**R
Wrong Version.
The game is probably still awesome but I'll never know because, I bought this and I received the Macintosh version, not the DOS version.Buyer beware.
J**N
Old school strategy dressed up in original clothes
Afterlife is one of few attempts at strategy from Lucasarts. When Afterlife came out it didn't quite recieve the success it deserved. The original idea and wonderfully zany asthetics hold up well even today, and the music is heavenly. I used to play the demo over and over again just to listen to the wonderfully gloomy music.Overall the game has an eerie and very unique atmosphere to it. And although the game is filled with humour, it's also quite bittersweet in many ways, since it's ultimately about heavy things like death and sin. I also like that the game is quite free of religious interference. There is no particular religion at play here, but instead Lucasarts has created its own universe, with its own religions and its own mythology.Although the gameplay might contain way too much micromanagment to be entirely satisfactory, this is a game everyone should give a try. It's definitely one of the most artistic games I've ever played, even if the actual gameplay is a bit flawed.
N**M
Love.
This game has SO much to read and so much to do. The micromanagement can get a little tedious at times, but all in all, this is worth countless hours of enjoyment. The detailed descriptions of all the rewards and punishments kept me laughing for ages. This game was way ahead of its time and way too much fun. Still very much worth playing!
C**T
If you like Enemy Nations, then you should love this game !
There are so many scenarios you can come up with, I don't see how you can get bored. When you first start out, stick with the mortal plodding mode, until you understand what you're doing. After about a week it will become second nature to you, or sooner than that if you pick new things up quickly.
M**L
Buyer beware - WRONG VERSION!
I'm told this is a great game, but unfortunately, I was sent a Macintosh CD instead of the DOS version indicated by this page. Based on other reviews, it seems like this is a regular problem. At least Amazon support says they'll be issuing a refund!
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