Murder in the Abbey
by Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Product Summary
Brand: DreamcatcherFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-08-12
Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: PCO70550MB
Publisher: Dreamcatcher Interactive
Product features:
- Innovative cinematic presentation through a new method of combining 2D and 3D graphics
- A faithful reproduction of a medieval abbey, its architecture, works of art, secret passageways and treasures
- Music, effects, top-quality voiceovers and over 70 minutes of orchestral soundtrack recorded by the Prague Symphony Orchestra, all in Dolby Surround Sound
- 1000 scenes in 60 locations promise 40 hours of gameplay
- Unique setting and presentation offers a fresh approach for adventure gamers
Video Game Reviews of Murder in the Abbey
Customer Review: witty and fun and glitched up and no wide screen res!
Summary: 3 Stars
Though the quality of the programing is something less than steller(for 2009 and our wide screen monitors being the standard of at least 1920x1200 or more resoluton!) the game is very fun and witty. It is full of quirky characters and the only strait man is your play character, the Grande Inquisitor, Leonardo whose voice acting is supurb sounds a bit like Jeromy Irons or maybe Liam Neeson or something in between. The rest of the acting the same, if anything gives this game it's "salt" it's the voice talents and also the greet dialogue(script writing). Game play is typical point/click but those darn footsteps and slow bi-pedalling across new areas can get tedious, and the echos of the slow feet of Leonard is monotinous and irritation to listen to. I guess your taut as a player the disiplins of a Monk's patience and tollerance(my "Bruno" real personality comes throuh and mine is taxed here). You have the option to "warp"(or whatever here) to a location you've visted but thiers so many new ones too. The locations of the Abby are fun, the mystery is unravelled by being assertive, not violent. You talk people's ears off, then you go look for clues.(you can be patronizing to Bruno too, if you wish it) You deduce not through merely a collection of items(though you'll have opertunity to collect as any "graphic adventure" game) but mostly through what people do and don't say and implication. I never knew abbies had so much self containment, a smithy, a stable, a doctor, ect. Because they are relclusive they must be also self sustained. asside from a few graphic problems mostly pertaining to resoluton conflicts and what is 1400? you must also not use a resolution your screen can't handle or it will black out, freeze out your controls and not allow you exit from the first cut scene into the "options" to change it over. also sometimes the game won't save your options choice of graphics and it "defaults" on resart(even if you did -NOT- crash and exited properly after a sesson) and you get 0 volumnes for SFX, music and speech and you get the irrittating 800x600 crapsody graphics! other than the tech whiz it is still a fun game! All characters are well voiced and well scripted(dialouge wise). Story is great! Unique perspective to play a monk, not a superhero!
Description of Murder in the Abbey
The Abbey takes players to the gloomy world of the Middle Ages. An old abbey is the scene of a series of mysterious murders, and only one man can put a stop to the slaughter. In the role of the Grand Inquisitor Leonardo and his assistant Bruno, the player's task is to shed light on the mystery.Adventure Games
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