Story/Characters:
Well-elaborated Indiana-Jones-like story that takes the player from Hong Kong across the Himalaya and Morocco right to the heart of Nazi Germany. Special finesse at the end: You control two characters located in the same place, but in different times.
Puzzles:
I wouldn’t exactly say that the puzzles are “bad” – but for hardcore riddlers like me, the game is far too simple. There was no point where I had to think longer than 20 seconds. Often I had already collected and assembled all items, before I even knew what I needed them for or what my next task was.
Graphics:
Fantastic! The game doesn’t have “realistic” 3D graphics, but instead beautiful hand-drawn pictures full of atmosphere. Shiny streets, gleaming lanterns, glowing windows, colored lights … You can almost feel the rain in Hong Kong and the dry heat of Marrakech!
Sound:
Excellent! The game is accompanied with beautiful orchestral music, and the voice actors are all very good. Here and there you can even recognize some well-known dubbing voices from movies and television! A minimal deduction for the voice of the female lead Kim, who was really getting on my nerves with her shrill girlie voice.
Controls:
Simple: right click = look, left click = take/use. Double click makes the characters run faster or go immediately to the next image. The inventory is neat. All in all, nothing wrong.
Overall rating:
A very well-done game with a great atmosphere to completely immerse in. With “Lost Horizon”, Deep Silver have (after “Secret Files: Tunguska” and “Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis”) finally qualified for my list of reliable adventure makers. ;)