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Come on EA, what's going on? This one's only been out for a year at full price and you're already re-releasing it! We reviewed it back in Issue 25 and it still only seems like yesterday that we were crowding round the monitor in the office - oh, it was!

In this isometric action adventure you take the role of a mighty wizard who's been taught by the even mightier wizard Mordamir. This guy died a few years ago, well, at least that's what you have been led to believe... until recently.

One night in a dream Mordamir called out to you, he seemed to be trapped in a bottomless cavern. You set out allows you to pick up where you left off with exactly the same configuration of weapons and items. Non-violent interaction with other characters is often necessary for progress, as is the rather distasteful act of rifling dead bodies to find useful objects.

What really makes The Immortal a great game is the superb animation. Although most of the sprites are quite small, they all have a very realistic movement (just watch the way your wizard stops his fall with his staff and then swings his way out of a pit). The game is rounded off by a series of (occasionally irritating) tunes, which can be switched off in favour of sound effects

This game is a steal at this price, so soon after its first release. If Populous hadn't been released this month, then The Immortal would have been our Best Buy. As it is, it still warrants a full five coins.