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Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern - Wikipedia

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Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Kheops Studio
Publisher(s)	The Adventure Company Coladia Games (Mac, iOS)
Platform(s)	Windows, Mac OS X, iOS
Release	Windows GER: June 11, 2005 NA/UK: July 5, 2005^[1] Mac OS X November 2008 iOS 2010
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern (known in Europe as Secret of the Lost Cavern) is a computer adventure game released in 2005. It was developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company. It is very similar to previous Kheops Studio games; the interface and gameplay are almost identical to Return to Mysterious Island. The player takes the role of Arok, a 15-year-old European Homo sapiens from the Paleolithic period.

Gameplay

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Plot

Secret of the Lost Cavern is set in the Paleolithic period around 15,000 B.C. The game follows Arok, a young hunter who discovers a cavern marked with a strange symbol. It reminds him of a charismatic traveler, Klem, who ventured through the lands of his clan a few years before. Klem is a painter and sorcerer with the gift of speaking with the spirits of the world through the paintings he creates on cave walls. Arok spent many days with this shaman artist, fascinated by his creations and his stories. After noticing the painter's talent in the cavern, Arok decides not to return to his clan, but rather follow the path of his mentor.

Development

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Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	71/100^[2]

Review scores
Publication	Score
4Players	59%^[3]
Adventure Gamers	^[4]
GameSpot	6.5/10^[5]
GameStar	47%^[6]
Gamezebo	80/100^[7]
GameZone	7.5/10^[8]
Jeuxvideo.com	12/20^[9]
PC Format	51%^[10]
PC Games (DE)	72%^[11]
X-Play	^[12]
The New York Times	(mixed)^[13]

The PC version received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2]

Mark Smith of Game Chronicles thought the game offered a breath of fresh air in a category of boring and badly designed adventure games.^[14] Bodo Naser of 4Players noted that generic puzzles had been included to artificially lengthen the game's play time.^[3] Charles Herold of The New York Times called the game "painfully sincere" and found that its "story is a perfunctory vehicle for puzzles and a little anthropological teaching."^[13]

References

^ "The Adventure Company Ships ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern". GameZone. July 5, 2005. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern (PC)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on November 24, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Naser, Bodo (August 5, 2005). "Test: Das Geheimnis der vergessenen Höhle (PC)". 4Players (in German). 4Players GmbH. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ Morganti, Emily (July 19, 2005). "ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern review (PC)". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ Davis, Ryan (July 29, 2005). "Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern Review (PC)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on August 1, 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ "Das Geheimnis der vergessenen Höhle". GameStar (in German). Webedia. August 2005.
^ Bell, Erin (April 6, 2009). "Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern [sic] Review (PC)". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ Hollingshead, Anise (July 22, 2005). "ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ Superpanda (July 4, 2005). "Test: Au Coeur de Lascaux (PC)". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ "Secret of the Lost Cavern". PC Format. No. 182. Future Publishing. Christmas 2005. p. 102.
^ Stolzenberg, Justin (August 28, 2005). "Echo: Geheimnis der vergessenen Höhle [sic]". PC Games (in German). Computec. Archived from the original on November 3, 2005. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ Stevens, Tim (August 1, 2005). "Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern Review". X-Play. G4 Media. Archived from the original on January 5, 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Herold, Charles (July 16, 2005). "Aliens in the Suburbs, Surrounded by Stupidity". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
^ Smith, Mark (July 30, 2005). "Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern". Game Chronicles. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2024.

External links

Official website (archived)
Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern at The Adventure Company (archived)
Secret of the Lost Cavern (Mac) at Coladia Games (archived)
Secret of the Lost Cavern (iOS) at Coladia Games (archived)
Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern at MobyGames

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