Aztech Forgotten Gods Review: A Jetpack Arm In Need Of Maintenance
While the Norse and Greek pantheons tend to get the most love in video game representation, there are numerous other cultures whose unique mythologies have very rarely, if ever, been adapted despite their equally interesting qualities. Game studio Lienzo decided to mine this untapped creative vein by using the notoriously bloody Aztec mythos as the center of its new title Aztech Forgotten Gods, and it's an uneven effort that has enough going for it to merit a playthrough.
Aztech takes place in a futuristic version of the Aztec empire where, presumably, the culture was either spared from ever meeting or beat back the infamous conquistadores, and so they were able to flourish into a technological juggernaut. The game’s main narrative follows Achtli, a young woman who, through helping her mother research the past, has come into possession of a giant stone arm named Lightkeeper which is the only weapon able to kill the gods that its activation let loose. While this story seems pretty sparse at first, over the course of the game Achtli’s character ends up getting delved into quite a lot. Unfortunately, the decent writing can occasionally feel muddled between some hammy or overdone dialogue, but it starts to come into its own more and more in the latter half of the title.
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As far as core mechanics are concerned, having a giant rocket fist is definitely up there with some of the better ideas, and Aztech Forgotten Gods does a good job with it. Flying around the map feels extremely satisfying and the number of maneuvers that can be used to prolong a flight make for some fun improvisation. With that being said, the environment does have some issues which
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