Yep, Mr. Ward isn't hanging around, and his latest motor, ---- or more probperly mota, is newly arrived from the garage ready for a test drive.
I do of course mean Mysterious of the Ancients, the new side scroller from usa games.
Version Beta 2 has rolled off the line, and is ready with more features.
Lots of new keys to make menue avigation easier have been added, such as escape to quit, as well as heavy tweaking of the game to allow it to be run under windows Vista and 7, and under Windows Xp limited accounts.
The big change though cmes with the various grecian guardians. The good news is that their attacks can now be ducked. The bad news is Dr. Carter's reflexes have to be absolutely top notch if she wants to avoid having herself peppered with centaur arrows or turned into a harpy's charbrill.
You can of course Downloadify the new game here but remember to have a good look through the this requirements page from Usa games to load up with all the necessaries for your new excursion such as direct X and the net framework.
Oh, and you'll need to toss the first beta version down the nearest chasm, ---- or at east uninstall it, to have Beta 2 work correctly.
Joyful engameification!
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)