<s>
Excalibur	B-Application
2555	I-Application
AD	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Fish	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
and	O
Tempest	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sir-Tech	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excalibur	B-Application
2555	I-Application
AD	I-Application
plays	O
similarly	O
to	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
,	O
in	O
that	O
players	O
roam	O
through	O
fully	O
3D	O
environments	O
,	O
solve	O
puzzles	O
,	O
and	O
collect	O
items	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
for	O
later	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mysterious	O
soldiers	O
from	O
the	O
future	O
have	O
travelled	O
back	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
steal	O
Excalibur	B-Application
from	O
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
's	O
court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wizard	O
Merlin	B-Device
sends	O
a	O
young	O
female	O
warrior	O
,	O
Beth	O
,	O
into	O
the	O
future	O
to	O
retrieve	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ported	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Imagineer	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
on	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
marketed	O
as	O
being	O
similar	O
to	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Shawn	O
Smith	O
recounting	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
that	O
during	O
development	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
's	O
design	O
had	O
been	O
revised	O
with	O
a	O
ponytail	O
and	O
super-short	O
outfit	O
in	O
an	O
apparent	O
attempt	O
to	O
make	O
her	O
more	O
closely	O
resemble	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raiders	I-Application
player	O
character	O
,	O
Lara	O
Croft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
critics	O
also	O
overwhelmingly	O
thought	O
Excalibur	B-Application
2555	I-Application
A.D.	I-Application
fell	O
far	O
short	O
of	O
that	O
acclaimed	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
Next	O
Generation	O
went	O
so	O
far	O
as	O
to	O
state	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
too	O
fundamentally	O
different	O
from	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
to	O
justify	O
any	O
comparison	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
summarized	O
that	O
"	O
Excalibur	B-Application
2555	I-Application
AD	I-Application
misses	O
the	O
mark	O
in	O
being	O
either	O
an	O
engaging	O
action	O
game	O
or	O
an	O
interesting	O
puzzler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
criticized	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
mid-level	O
saving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
instead	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
3D	O
card	O
compatibility	O
only	O
serves	O
to	O
highlight	O
how	O
limited	O
Excalibur	B-Application
2555	I-Application
AD	I-Application
is	O
compared	O
to	O
leading	O
PC	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
