Tunguska: Legend of Faith

The game is set in a fantasy world, while incorporating elements of medieval culture.[1] On June 30, 1908, a meteor smashed into the Podhemannaya Tunguska river basin in Siberia, which caused a lot of damage and caused the locals to spread rumours; the player is out to discover the true nature of this meteor.[2]

Players move from screen to screen while the camera changes accordingly. The game's combat is inspired by arcade video games;[1] players fight using a combination of the arrow keys, shift, and control.[2]

The title's music was recorded at B & T Records studio.[3] The game was previewed at E3 1999.[1]

The Windows version was released in the United States in 1998 by Project Two Interactive, while a Russian version was localised and released by Amber Company in 1999 (alongside Liath: WorldSpiral). It was released in Poland by LK Avalon on October 12, 1998.[4] The PlayStation version was released in France on December 20, 1999 by Take-Two Interactive,[5] and in Germany by the same publisher in 2000.[6][7]

Game Reactor harshly criticized the game as obsolete and lacking in innovation.[8] Przygodoskop described the title as "master-shit".[9] IGN noted the game's action is very hard and that players should take time to navigate its controls and techniques in order to achieve competency and progress.[2] Meristation felt that it wasn't particularly impressive but that it my be appealing to fans of the genre.[10] PC World Poland felt that negative aspects included the dynamism of the camera and the lack of handling with the player character.[11] Absolute Games thought it was a shame that Amber Company was wasting their time localising "cheap-cheap" games like this one.[12] VR Games panned the "boring and monotonous gameplay" and "unbalanced and rather inconvenient controls".[13] Game Sector, noting that by 2001 Tunguska was in the bargain bin, said the game illustrated the phrase 'you get what you paid for'.[14] Gamer.no examined the game as part of a 2004 article entitled 'Is cheap good?', and noted the pleasure gained from now bad certain aspects were.[15] Computer Inform did appreciate the full Russiafication of the game.[16] Fatal Game deemed it an amateur title.[17] Game.exe thought the game was an unpleasant mix of Myst-like games and Virtua Fighter-like games.[18][19] Gambler Magazine deemed the quality as "a little bit over average".[20] SuperJuegos lamented that the game had few opportunities to interact with the environment, and that there no characters with which to share engage in a dialogue.[21]

In a rare positive review, PC Action compared the game to Alone in the Dark and complimented its "sophisticated, yet logical puzzles".[22] Planet PLaystation noted in a preview that in opposition to Resident Evil, the game's camera the will scroll in the player's direction quickly and smoothly, without "detaching".[23] PC Joker described it as a "playful mix of "Resident Evil" and "Virtua Fighter".[24]

• PC Joker review
• Video Games review
• Exortus Main Page
• Amber Main page