Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta

Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta (Arabic: الركاز: في أثر ابن بطوطة) is an episodic action-adventure game developed by Semaphore and published by Semanoor International for the mh:awesomegames:PlayStation 3, mh:awesomegames:Microsoft Windows, macOS, Ouya, iOS, and Android.

Plot
Faris Jawad and his sister embark on an adventure on the trail of the late Berber explorer Ibn Battuta (hence the title).

Why It Shouldn't Be Unearthed

 * 1) Terrible, Resident Evil-esque voice acting.
 * 2) It is obviously a low-budget rip-off of games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider.
 * 3) Awkward and Psychotoxic level animations.
 * 4) A ridiculous cover system with wonky cameras. Also, while blind-firing, you will never miss despite what the game claims.
 * 5) Outdated graphics, on par with a PS2 game for a game that was originally on the PS3.
 * 6) Terrible hit detection in hand-to-hand combat sections.
 * 7) The first episode gives off a poor impression thanks to its weak storyline. To add insult to injury, it’s extremely short and ends with a poorly made cliffhanger.
 * 8) The credits after the first episode have way too many people for an episode this short, and has lots of stuff that wasn't in the game, such as zombies. This shows how rushed the game was.
 * 9) Terrible gunplay.
 * 10) The game tries very hard to be like Uncharted from the animation, melee, running segments, and ect. Hell, the main protagonist looks almost exactly like Nathan Drake.
 * 11) Despite its short length and quality, the game took over 12 GB of disk space (PC version).
 * 12) Instead of finishing the game, Semaphore instead is making a sequel to it: Al Rekaz.
 * 13) Jarring pacing, almost like the game on fast forward.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The story is interesting.
 * 2) Luckily the game only ends in 1 hour.

Reception
The first episode of Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta has been panned by critics and players alike. Main criticisms towards the game were directed at broken gameplay mechanics, graphics, clunky animations and its unoriginality with most critics comparing the game unfavourably to the Uncharted series. It currently holds a score of 11 out of 100 on Metacritic.

The Sixth Axis gave the game a 1 out of 10; "It's all just laughably bad, so much so that there were a few times I couldn't help but explode with laughter at how terrible the animations, gameplay or everything else was."

DX featured it on his "Worst Games of the Decade" calling it "The quintessential amateur video game. To the point to where you'd think it's a parody of some sort instead of a game you're meant to enjoy ala Duty Calls".

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