Recent reviews by iralux

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade is worth its price. I just finished the game for the first time ever. The camera is fixed in various spots depending on your position and the area you're in, but you can still look around to a certain degree. The game switches to first person perspective when using a bow which I found to be a great mechanic. No crosshair, but the trajectory is rather easy to predict. Combat feels amazing - a basic set of easy combos, three melee weapon types + bow and really cool divine powers on top of that. The hitboxes are fairly precise (most of the time). The game is best played with a controller, but the keyboard is still viable and the mouse makes aiming with the bow much easier. There are several types of enemies that the game often floods you with, but they are still diverse enough to not get boring and fighting them was really fun. On the contrary, some areas just felt too empty. The puzzles are present in the game, but you can count them with the fingers of one hand and they are not at all difficult. At least they don't stagnate your progress though. There are also many weapons and a few divine power upgrades to find. Again, not too hard of a task if you like exploring every possible corner. As for visuals - after all these years the game still remains quite pleasing to the eye. Sure, many constantly reused models and textures, but the game's super old so for me it had its charm. The story is actually quite decent but I may be a little biased there since it's (obviously) rooted in Christianity.

The one complaint I do have is the fact that I was able to breeze through the game quite easily up until the grand finale. The fight was good, don't get me wrong, but it was really frustrating at times and I had to do it over and over again. Why? Well, I played the game for about 10 hours and it ran perfectly, but it crashed multiple times during the final encounter and quite honestly killed my mood at the very end.

Still, I highly recommend to play this game. Popular opinion but I think it's MUCH better than the sequel, which is one of my favourite childhood games mind you. If you're into oldies - it's a must.