Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1 - Gold Edition

Shooter· Action-Adventure· Third-Person Shooter· Mystery

Released Jan 2014

53% positive · 826 reviews

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Evaluation

Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1 - Gold Edition launched on January 3, 2014 as a polished, standalone release. The developer issued two patches in January 2014 addressing gameplay and bug issues, but no post-launch content was ever shipped for this episode. The game was designed as part of an episodic series, with Episode 2 originally planned. On July 27, 2016, the developer publicly stated that work on Episode 2 was still ongoing but would require a major overhaul including a switch to Unreal Engine 4. That same post introduced an entirely different game (Badiya) as the studio's next project. No further communications about Episode 2 — or about Unearthed in any form — have appeared since July 27, 2016, nearly a decade ago. The July 2016 post mentioned Episode 2 as still in progress, but that promise has never been fulfilled and the developer has been completely silent since. Given nearly ten years of silence with no updates, no Episode 2 release, no DLC, and no roadmap ever revisited, this game has effectively concluded its content lifecycle as a single episode. Episode 1 itself launched as a complete, self-contained product, and no additional content for it was ever delivered.

Evidence

Developer announced a new game (Badiya) as their next project. Noted that Episode 2 of Unearthed was still being worked on but would require a major engine overhaul. This is the last known communication from the developer — no further updates have followed since this date.

news post · Jul 27, 2016 source ambiguous

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Gold Edition store description presents a complete, self-contained episodic game with all features included — no mention of future DLC or additional content for this episode.

store metadata · Jan 3, 2014 source content shipped

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Media

Details

Developer

Semaphore

Publisher

Semaphore

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Action-Adventure Third-Person Shooter Mystery Cinematic 3D Platformer Platformer Shooter Exploration Walking Simulator Female Protagonist Third Person 3D Story Rich Controller Action

About this game

Introduction:

Unearthed is an episodic third person Action Adventure game set in modern day Middle East. The game is available in full Arabic and English voice over and features 21 Languages for Menu and Subtitles.

The game features the voiceover talents of Troy Baker (The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite), Jeff Rosick (Friday Night Lights, Metro), Tara Platt (Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Naruto, Halo 2, Charmed) and David Lodge (COD:MW2, World of Warcraft, Fallout 3)

Story Synopsis:

When fortune hunter Faris Jawad and his sister Dania receive a call to visit Morocco they embark on an exotic adventure throughout the middle east on the trail of the famous Muslim explorer Ibn Battuta.

The trail won't be clear however as Faris will have to overcome an unholy alliance of a militia army leader, a weapons dealer and a wealthy antiquities smuggler who are after the same goal.

Key Features:

Travel across the Middle East from the wild life of Moroccan Atlas mountains to the alleys of old Damascus through the port of Alexandria and the metropolitan city of Dubai.
Unique mix of platforming, melee fighting, shooting and stealth gameplay.
Presented in a TV style episodic format along with recaps of previous episodes and teaser cliff hangers of what lies ahead.
Unlockable Survival Mode: Battle against endless waves of enemies (Mummies, Zombies, Ghouls) across 8 varied maps featuring three exclusive maps designed for PC and Mac.
Unlockable Extras: Concept Art, Renders, Animatics, Cutscenes, Character Gallery, Treasures
Available in 21 languages for menus\subtitles. Voice-over in Arabic and English.

Gold Edition Features:

This Gold Edition contains over 120 fixes to the console version based on the reviews and player feedback, they are summarized as below:

General: A restructured tutorial level to better introduce the game mechanics, No more colliding with ragdolls and small objects such as broken pot pieces which allows for easier movement, invisible walls to prevent falling from high surfaces, clear font size for hints and facts in the loading screens, re-recorded all the Arabic voiceover to remove the extra echo.
Hand to Hand Combat: Fully revamped hand to hand fighting system with brand new animations, full camera orbit control, more fluid response and streamlined special moves .
Shooting System: Re-balanced all the weapons to allow for weapon specific range, accuracy, reverb zones, recoil, auto, semi-auto and manual targeting, and brand new weapon SFX.
Driving System: Improved car handling, no more flipping when turning at very high speeds, orbit camera, Better driving enemy AI, Tire tracks, Full Physical Damage Model for the player car with smoke, sparks on colliding with other cars, props and buildings.