1001 Spikes is an adventure developed by 8bits Fanatics, released 3 June 2014 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The main story takes about 11 hrs to finish.
What 1001 Spikes is
1001 Spikes is an adventure game developed by 8bits Fanatics and released in 2014. It was published by Nicalis, Inc.. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Jim Hawkins, the world-renowned archaeologist, has gone missing while exploring the frozen reaches of Antarctica. Before his disappearance, he entrusted his daughter Tina with a map to the long forgotten ruins of Ukampa Temple in South America, along with a letter warning that death waits behind its every corner. In that letter, he posed a challenge to his estranged son, Aban Hawkins: to venture forth into the deadly ruins in search of a legendary treasure rumored to lie behind the Golden Door of Poko-Mum. Can Aban survive the endless traps of Ukampa and surpass his famous father once and for all?"
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 25 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
1001 Spikes holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 2.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and Intel: GMA 950 and up, ATI/AMD: X-Series 300 and up, Radeon-Series 9600 and up, Nvidia GeForce 6000 and up. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
1001 Spikes launched on 3 June 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for 1001 Spikes yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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