Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
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Another Art of Murder Hit
Art of Murder Investigations are never simple but always enthralling. This installment is no exception to the rule. The storyline is, again like always in the series, quite gripping and realistic.
What I like in those investigations is not solely the investigation per se, that you conduct virtually as you would conduct one in real life, but also the logic behind everything little thing.
I also like them because they never babysit you, they never lead you by the hand and tell you "You need to go there". No. You are alone with your intelligence, your wits, your logic.
I like visiting locations in any order and thinking deeply about what I need to do next, about how I am to use this or that object.
I also like the absence of these sempiternal HO Scenes in which you are tasked with finding artichokes, rubber ducks, umbrellas and other useless nonsense of like kind.
In Cards of Destiny, the graphics are superb, the atmosphere gloomy, the tasks numerous, the locales to explore in good number and diversified, and the puzzles original and challenging. The high quality of the voice-overs and soundtrack turn this investigation into a truly immersive one.
Yes, I am a fan of Nicole, as I am a fan of Nancy [Drew] and an adept of Large Files. And no, I am not exaggerating when I assert that the Art of Murder Series is top-notch and worth playing.
Highly recommended.
Note: I didn't see any bugs or glitches.
January 2, 2012
Excellent Adventure Game
Now, maybe I'm biased, but I'm a big fan of the older style point and click adventure games. "Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny" didn't fail to disappoint me at all. With an interesting storyline and many places to explore, this was only made better by the sound quality/voices that were added. I did find some of the repetitive lines you get when you click on the same thing over and over annoying, but they weren't overly so.
Although I did enjoy the puzzles, and for the most part had no trouble with them, there were several which were much more challenging, requiring a lot more time spent. However, as walkthroughs are available for the game, they aren't impossible to get past.
I didn't notice many bugs while playing the game, which was a big relief. My game did get stuck loading a couple of scenes on occasion, but I was able to fix them by minimizing the game, and then re-entering it.
Overall, I was very impressed.
November 21, 2011
Large files
There is alot of ''bugs'' in this game. For example you get stuck in almost in every shots. The platform, the lab... that game could be fun but with all the ''BUGS'' it get very annoying. Now i'm stuck in the lab and cannot get to the computor to scan my finger prints. After one hour of triyng i'm still not able to do it. And by the way i do have a good PC.
November 15, 2011
Cards of Destiny
Great game, I think this one is the one out the others that I enjoyed more can't wait for the next one.
Graphics where great and in detail, some of the challenges were very interesting to work out, if you love point and click games, you WILL enjoy this one.
February 14, 2012