Agon Ep4 – The lost sword of Toledo is the fourth installment of the Agon episodic series. The first 3 were available from Private Moon as they were released and then repacked as “The mysterious Codex” (not available on GG). The story involves you as Prof. Hunt, in a search around the world for the AGON. Each episode follows the same path; locate a board game and his owner, beat him at his game and get a clue for the next destination. The first three episodes were truly enjoyable, although short and easy. Thus, the dev decided to beef up the length and puzzle a bit and the end result is not a success. Sadly, most of the game involves long and tedious dialogues and lots of running around the same locations over and over. The puzzles, not to frequents, feel most of the time awkward and fall in the trap of “pixel hunting” for the right spot to use. Presentation is nice and graphics do show improvement over the first releases. As for the gameplay, the same “engine” is re-used and works well. Sound and voice acting aren’t bad and fits the local mood of the story. All in all, not the best of the 4 episodes available and definitely for the followers of Prof. Hunt adventures. A quick note – although having played the first episodes is not required (there’s a resume of the plot available in-game) I would definitely recommend to do so to really enjoy the story.

This game was somewhat disappointing. It was heavy in dialogue and filled with time wasters. The story line was very light and made the game almost pointless. In the end you had to beat a guy playing a game which is much like chinese checkers to break his curse. Guess he was unbeatable until now and he was cursed because of it. I wouldn't recommend.