About This Game Visiting Rome from Chicago, where he works as a doctor, ex-priest James Murphy answers a mysterious call for help from his friend Cristoforo. The disappearance of a briefcase containing compromising documents is enough to convince James that his friend is a victim of something shady and sinister. The Vatican's involvement and some strange parallels with his own traumatic past inspire James to get to the bottom of this mystery. Along this dangerous and disturbing path, James finds the most unlikely travelling companion who will question his deepest beliefs. And so the two characters begin both a physical journey in search of the truth, and a metaphysical exploration of the inner soul and the darkest secrets that everyone hides, even a "champion of the faith" like James. Rome is the stage for this adventure – a city bathed in eternal twilight, its skies tinted the color of blood spilled in more than thirty years of intrigue: blood of innocents and guilty, unknown and famous victims alike.KEY FEATURESShadows on the Vatican is a thrilling new point-and-click adventure in 4 acts, inspired by real events in recent Italian history and freely adapted from the bestseller of David Yallop "In God's Name". Art direction by Lorenzo Ruggiero (Marvel/DC Comics)Over 10 locations per episode with high resolution graphics and Full HD supportRealistic characters with hours of motion-capture animationsWell integrated puzzles and several hours of gameplayAnimated coloured comics by award winner Daniela di Matteo 7aa9394dea Title: Shadows on the Vatican Act I: GreedGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:10th Art Studio, Daring TouchPublisher:Adventure Productions, Daring TouchFranchise:Shadows on the VaticanRelease Date: 10 Jun, 2014 Shadows On The Vatican Act I: Greed Download] [Crack Serial Key While I have seen the investigative mechanics and puzzels done better, the story still holds up and would make this a worth while buy for people interested in point and click storys.That said: The last update on act 3 (out of 4) came 2015 and ever since it's silence or an ominous ";)" from a Dev in the forums, so while I am not saying that this game is dead, I will recommend to hold off on the buy until all 4 chapters are available just so you don't waste your money. What's there is fun with 2 likeable main characters, but it's only half the story - not selfcontained.*EDIT* It seems like I missed a developer announcement via facebook regarding chapter 3. Work seems to continue, link below by Paggio, one of the Devs.Do not buy until the rest is released. The recommendation would be a firm "Yes" if all chapters were out.. I really can not recommend this game to anyone. It's unfortunately pretty bad. The voice acting is terrible (Especially the character of Silvia), the puzzle logic is sometimes pretty strange. Maybe I'm just dumb but a few times I found myself having to just randomly try items on various objects to continue. And worst of all the plot is pretty nothing. I get that it's an episode 1, so it's mostly setup. But I would have liked for something to happen.. its allright. nothing outstanding, but a nice litle game5\/10. In short this game feels very rough. The animations are clunky and jerky as well as character models are not the best quality. The comic cut scenes, which I looked forward to most, are low res. Imo, the best thing in the game is the character portraits while talking (if you have that option on). The load screens are absolutely awful, long and drawn out. Especially when saving\/loading. It feels extremely boring and unclear of what your next task is and it feels slow and almost pointless in how to progress. The game was lacking, the story seemed like it might have potential. Personally I'd rather just watch a walkthrough.. Writing this review just to point out that the Key Features section of the store page for this game is almost entirely false. "...a thrilling new point-and-click adventure in 4 acts" False. There is no indication that parts three and four will ever be complete. "Art direction by Lorenzo Ruggiero" True, but a third tier inker with a bog standard resume seems like stretching the truth a bit too far in order to use the Marvel\/DC credit."...with high resolution graphics and Full HD support" False. Low quality models, backgrounds, etc., The HD version will not run on many systems and the developer's (paraphrased) solution is "Oh well, just run standard. The only difference is full HD backgrounds" meaning that "Full HD support" is an outright lie."Realistic characters with hours of motion-capture animations" False. Awkward student-level character model design and laughable "motion capture.""Well integrated puzzles..." False."Animated coloured comics..." False. Zooming in and out and panning on a still image is hardly animation.All told, you'll have a better time reading the wonderfully florid text of the store page. The quality of writing here is far better than the in-game text and dialogues. It was so well written, it convinced me to buy this below average, overly-ambitious game with all the red flags of a terrible adventure experience.. i like religion plot.. music and suspense.. the only bad thing is, that this game is so short.. but bought it on steam sale and it was worth it ! Cheers mates and enjoy playing SotV: Act I ! here you have polish achivment guide -> http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=595285949. Interesting while it lasts...This is a very short prologue of an adventure. The three and a half hours it took me to complete it served to build up a tense atmosphere that began to draw me into the plot. Sadly however, it ended abruptly and very frustratingly, with nothing resolved.I am not sure about these episodic adventures. On the one hand, it is understandable that developers need to release titles in parts as they need the finance to finish off the game, but on the other hand it can be very frustrating for the player that enjoys the full works. I guess this has to do with the generally low price of retail nowadays, compared to, say 15 - 20 years ago when full, long games cost at least 10 times as much. So it's not surprising short episodic chunks are being brought to us.The graphics are good and easily serve the purpose, creating a solid atmosphere. The dialogue and voice work is very well done. The main character is particularly well-voiced. The puzzles are mostly very easy as everything points the player in the right direction. The only time I had any length of difficulty (and it wasn't very long) was in a pixel puzzle where something needed to be picked up to move the story along.I notice that the second episode came out two years after this one. There are supposed to be 4 episodes in all, so it looks like this game won't be concluded for another 4 years, if the developers keep at it. Thus, I'm going to sit it out and wait for the rest to be released before I play anymore.. First thing: you need to be italian or, at least, know italian language to appreciate this game!The game in itself is not so bad: it's a classic point&click adventure and the gameplay is simple like the riddles. The best part is the comic style of the cutscenes: the dialogues and acting voices are not quite good, but the plot is interesting and sufficiently developed, also because is based on the book "In God's Name" of David Yallop.But, be aware, this is only the first episode and doesn't last very long!So, it is good enough to play but buy it at low price. This game has a Broken Sword vibe to it, and maybe a little Dan Brown thrown in as well. I was entertained through the whole experience and was quite pleased with a smaller developer achieving the level of production value present in this title. If (and hopefully when) the next act is released I would purchase it without a second thought.. Lackluster in every way.- Looks terrible. The car chase sequence is a joke. The cartoon panel cutscenes are not bad, but not great either.- Sounds terrible. Some of the music is nice, but not varied enough. There is no sound design at all.- The limited voice actors does nothing to save the abysmal script.- The story isn't very compelling. It's set in Rome, but there are next to no references to the city geographically, and Vatican city is completely absent. Curious, considering the game's title.- Most importantly, the puzzles themselves are completely uninteresting and don't require any creative thought besides some simple logic and a bit of pixel hunting. Even in the limited landscape of adventure games, stay away from this one.
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