Hugo: Quest for the Sunstones
| Hugo: Quest for the Sunstones | |
|---|---|
 German cover art by Jørgen Trolle Ørberg | |
| Developer(s) | ITE Media |
| Publisher(s) | ITE Media |
| Designer(s) | Piet N. Kargaard |
| Programmer(s) | Jesper Olsen Morten Mikkelsen |
| Artist(s) | Claus Friese |
| Series | Hugo |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Windows |
| Release | 11 March 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hugo: Quest for the Sunstones (original Danish title Hugo: Jagten På Solstenene), also known as Hugo 3D, is a 3D platform game in Hugo franchise developed and published by ITE Media for the PlayStation and PC in 2000. It is also known Hugo: La Quête des Pierres Solaires in France, Hugo ja kadonneet jalokivet in Finland, Hugo: Das Geheimnis des Kikurianischen Sonnensteins in Germany, Hugo: Jakten på solstenarna in Sweden, and Кузя 3D: Тайна солнечных камней in Russia. The game was re-released in 2007 in the Best of Hugo series along with Hugo in Space.
Gameplay
Hugo: Quest for the Sunstones is a 3D platform game adaptation similar to Crash Bandicoot, with diamonds replacing the collectible apples from Crash. The player character can attack enemies by either jumping by hitting them using a whip Indiana Jones-style.[1] There are also first-person perspective sliding sections.
Plot
Hugo: Quest for the Sunstones takes place in the same setting as the "Jungle Island" program of Hugo show and its Hugo: Jungle Island video game adaptation series.The village of the otherwise cheerful Kikurians is in great danger as the evil witch Scylla orders to get rid of them. The volcano near the village can erupt at any moment, since Scylla's minions clogged the crater with a huge boulder, threatening to flood the Kikurian village with lava. To save the Kikurians, the friendly troll Hugo must find three magic sun stones hat are hidden in three locations: an old Inca pyramid, a snowy mountain cave, and an old pirate grotto.
After collecting the stones, Hugo gets captured and now he must to escape from Scylla's dungeons. If Hugo succeeds, the eruption is stopped at the last moment, Scylla gets sucked into a tornado, and Hugo and Kikurians celebrate.
Reception
The game was relatively well received in its native Denmark, including the scores of a 3/5 from GamePage.dk,[2] a 7/10 from PSSite.dk,[3] a 7/10 from GameSector.dk,[4] and an 8/10 from Spilzonen.dk.[5] Its critical reception was however much worse in France, where review scores included 3/10 from Joypad[6] and a 3/10 from PSone Magazine,[7] and in Germany, where review scores included a 30% from PSG,[8] a 35% from PowerStation,[9] a 42% from PC Player,[1] a 56% from Play Zone,[10] and a 7.9/10 from GameZone.de.[11]
See also
- Hugo: Black Diamond Fever, a direct sequel to the game.
- Other Hugo video games
References
- ^ a b "HUGO: DAS GEHEIMNIS DES KIKURIANISCHEN SONNENSTEINS". PC-Player. 3/01: 114.
- ^ "Hugo - Jagten på Solstene (PC)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2003. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ "Hugo og Jagten på Solstenene" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2003. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ Gamesector.dk. "Hugo: Jagten På Solstenene". Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ "Hugo - Jagten På Solstenene" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2003. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ "Hugo the quest for the sunstones". Joypad. 104. January 2001.
- ^ "Hugo: Les pierres au soleil". PSone Magazine. 02: 82. January 2001.
- ^ "Hugo". PSG. 12/00: 42.
- ^ "Hugo - Das Geheimnis des kikurianischen Sonnensteins". PowerStation. 1/01: 99.
- ^ "Hugo - Das Geheimnis des kikurianischen Sonnensteins". Play Zone. 12/00: 16.
- ^ "Hugo - Das Geheimnis des kikurianischen Sonnensteins: Der kultige Jump'n Run-Troll wechselt in neue Dimensionen". Gamezone.de. 2007-04-13. Retrieved 2013-12-22.