The game has some visually appealing settings as the player navigates an accurate map of Ptolemaic Alexandria to go from location to location and complete puzzles. Many of the puzzles themselves also have an Egyptian theme, such as reassembling a torn hieroglyphic scroll (see screenshot) or placing scrolls back into the nooks in the Library of Alexandria in a specific order.
As with many popular media productions in which the famous queen is used as a character, however, the Kleopatra depicted in the game is represented by the Elizabeth Taylor version of the queen (see second screenshot). So, although we would expect more historical accuracy from a game produced by National Geographic, we instead see a defaulting to the popular culture caricature of the queen, which is more easily recognizable to a popular culture audience.

Author: Tara Sewell-Lasater