Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
Cyberlore Studios · 2022 · RPG, Action, Fantasy, 1990's, Old School
PC
Positive92% · 24
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About Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
As an outcast, betrothed to the caliph's daughter and the son of a sultan whose once mighty clan has been dishonoured, you must face the all-powerful Genie Lords in a quest to restore your family honour - once and for all!
Experience the mysterious Al-Qadim game world and prepare for fast real-time action, arcade-style combat and heart-pounding role-playing - all in the style of Arabian Nights! Diverging from the Gold Box formula, Al-Qadim allows you to experience the immersion and thrill of an AD&D adventure with a condensed role-playing system. The Genie's Curse is quick to set up and a breeze to play. Your character, a brave corsair, slashes his way through this incredible AD&D game world, where high magic and dark deeds reign!
Experience the mysterious Al-Qadim game world and prepare for fast real-time action, arcade-style combat and heart-pounding role-playing - all in the style of Arabian Nights! Diverging from the Gold Box formula, Al-Qadim allows you to experience the immersion and thrill of an AD&D adventure with a condensed role-playing system. The Genie's Curse is quick to set up and a breeze to play. Your character, a brave corsair, slashes his way through this incredible AD&D game world, where high magic and dark deeds reign!
- A simple interface guides you through encounters with genies, sinister sorcerers, wise hermits, and many more mysterious beings - each with their own secrets and challengers
- Use magical items to face the challenge of real-time combat and puzzle solving
- Savour a tightly woven storyline that's enhanced by grand cinematic musical themes
- Variable difficulty settings allow players of all skill levels to be challenged!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
So this was a pretty good purchase in my opinion. The Arabian Nights art style and presentation definitely gives this game charm. I also found the soundtrack to be warm and enjoyable to listen to even if it's a game from 1994. It's a pretty neat CRPG that can really test you in areas, luckily there is a difficulty option at the beginning of the game. The controls may take time getting used to but it certainly isn't unplayable. If you're looking for an Arabian Nights themed CRPG then this game is for you.1 found this helpful
Decent game with great ideas to reward some roleplay and beatufiul art, covered by outdated mechanics and controls It's also what D&D needs, settings that are not just sword coast, north or two cities slightly more into the continent1 found this helpful
I grew up on this game and am too biased to give a straight review. (I love it to death and hasn't aged as poorly as others, imo, but again I'm biased as hell.) I did want to report that my saves rolled back after closing the game and I lost an hour or so of progress. I'm guessing something with the Steam cloud saves got jumbled up. Maybe it was a fluke! Who knows, but there it is. I've never had that happen with any other game, and these older games can be finnicky. When I play this on DosBOX on a non-Steam install, I've never had saves rollback before.
https://youtu.be/pMLr_2bp5S8 Way ahead of it's time in the 1990s for story and narrative choice, but now more than thirty years later it can't hold up.
top shelf classic
I can see what this game was trying to do. At the time, D&D had so many worlds and they were trying to move into video games as it was just becoming popular. The style of the game is like a hybrid of Zelda 2 and Zelda. It should have either gone full platform or point and click like many other D&D games at the time. It just didn't hold interest in this modern era.
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