So,
I was lying in bed this morning (after completing the game earlier this week) and lightly wondering about the story, and it hit me that this is supposed to be very ‘origin of history’ kind of story.
If you look at the world map, it is clearly Earth, with some continental shift, which is trying to indicate where we actually are.
You’re Adam (although I first thought of He-Man, not the biblical Adam), and later on you meet up with Eve, who is clearly some kind of love interest. Eloi and Dina are both biblical names as well.
Also, the ending with the Egg of Destiny clearing being empty marking the beginning of the history of man.
Other things:
Mungo is a finding location for prehistoric remains.
The Tyrann are sharp-toothed dinosaurs that only want to eat you, go figure.
Thugg is the MVP of the party, acting as inventory manager and the master of nest-emptying, which is required in the mid-game.
Various things mentioned here:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/LostEden
like:
Chekhov’s Gun: Staring at you the whole time you play, your cube-shaped mouse cursor. When you finally assemble the tablets, your mouse cursor is replaced by the resulting cube, allowing you to defeat Moorkus Rex merely by clicking him. Doubles as Foreshadowing.
Also, I looked into mobygames on the voice actor list, and many of them have this game or Dune as their first credit, so plenty of voice actors started here!
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