Hype: The Time Quest
Hype: The Time Quest is an adventure video game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. The game, released in the year 1999 along with Alex Builds His Farm (1999), is based on…
Hype: The Time Quest is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 20 November 1999 on PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 14 hrs to finish.
What Hype: The Time Quest is
Hype: The Time Quest is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 1999. It was published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on OpenSpace.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story begins during King Taskan IV's reign, following the end of a civil war. Hype, the champion of the kingdom, is being rewarded for his loyalty and valor by being presented with the powerful Sword of Peace. However, during the ceremony a mysterious and powerful black knight riding a dragon unexpectedly appears. The knight steps to the King and demands the throne. At that moment, Hype steps before the knight and attempts to confront him, but the black knight is too strong and with the use of powerful magic, transforms Hype into a statue of stone and casts him deep into the past. Two hundred years earlier, Hype's statue appears in the courtyard of an apprentice magician: Gogoud. After…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Playmobil series
Hype: The Time Quest is the second of 8 entries we hold in the Playmobil series. It arrived 11 months after Laura's Happy Adventures. The next entry was Alex Builds His Farm in 1999.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 21 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Hype: The Time Quest launched on 20 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version and Quake III Arena.
Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, Quake III Arena.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 6 videos →
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