YMMV / Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

• Awesome Art: The graphics are alright and the scale of the backgrounds is something to be respected.
• Complete Monster: Heng Long is an evil enterpriser who seeks world domination by gaining godlike powers from the substance Tiox Choq'ik. Planning to use his powers to cause the apocalypse, he builds plantations over numerous South American civilizations to harvest the hidden Mayan codices. When his translator Eva Torres tries to leave with her boyfriend, smokejumper Marlow Briggs, Long has Kim Carreras kill Marlow and force Eva to remain by his side. Not treating his henchmen any better, he jokes about their deaths, allows them to be possessed by evil spirits, and gleefully kills some for a ritual. Killing Kim after discovering her plans to betray him, Long laughs as the world slowly starts to crumble, and tries to kill Marlow when he arrives to save Eva.
• Serial Numbers Filed Off: Nobody knows if ZootFly were deliberately trying to create "God of War for Xbox," but the simple fact is that they succeeded.
• So Bad, It's Good: An intentional example, with how ridiculous the game gets. The cutscenes are this especially, though it's pretty clear where they had to cut some corners for the game itself. That being said, the gameplay makes for an enjoyable game.

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