Lucius
“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” - Revelation 13:18 When little Lucius was born…
Lucius is an adventure developed by Shiver Games, released 26 October 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Lucius is
Lucius is an adventure game developed by Shiver Games and released in 2012. It was published by Lace Mamba Global. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” - Revelation 13:18 When little Lucius was born on the devilishly significant date of June 6th, 1966, no one expected him to be anything other than a normal little boy. His childhood, spent in a luxurious manor, was as normal as every kid’s childhood years - well, except for the extreme wealth of his parents, as Lucius grew up with everything he desired and more. Everything went to Hell, in a manner of speaking, when Lucius turned 6. The Devil, who is his real father, manifests himself in his dreams the night before his birthday…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 58 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Lucius holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 25 points below the year average. Players rate it 52, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $4.99, that works out to about $1.25 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 1,5GHz or Athlon XP equivalent, 1.5 GB RAM and NVIDIA 8600 Series or ATI equivalent. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Lucius launched on 26 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Assassin's Creed III. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed III.
Official trailer
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