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Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Released On: Oct 29, 2009
6.9
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 User Ratings
6.9
42% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
42% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
16% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 User Ratings
6.9
42% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
42% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
16% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
If you liked the first game, I do not think you'll be disappointed with this second one either. Equally as fun (though in parts, equally as randomness with items-you-must-combine to do this), less of a contrived storyline and some nice settings. Puzzles are better, i.e. there are better hints in the game before you begin a puzzle. In both games, it would be nice to have a bit more character humour, they do their best, but needs a more fun character (e.g. George from Broken Sword). Graphics are simple, so lacking in the imagination of say Syberia settings. Overall a fun game that nicely continues the genre, and definitely worth paying if you enjoy the point-and-click games. Doesn't get higher than 7 for reasons of simple settings, dialogue needs to be better, find+combine options sometimes annoying, but the solid 7 is for nice game play, nice music, some nice puzzles, and when character dialogue goes well, it is enjoyable.
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The first Secret Files game wasn't stellar but it had its charms. Secret Files 2 feels generic and tired. The english voice acting is amateur and wooden, and will actually make you loathe the characters a bit since they come off as unlikable bores. The story is a bit interesting, but not enough to keep you playing through this game's bad points.
By the second act, far too few clues are offered for the puzzles and it immediately devolves into the try-everything-on-everything tedium we all know so well, not helped by huge inventory bloat.
Hard pass except for hardcore adventure gamers.
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Facepalm galore.
The amount of stupidity I witnessed per minute is simply breathtaking, from the get go and it never ends. Idiocy culminates in the dialogues and behaviours. I physically brought my hands to my head many times, with a mix of incredulity and sadness, amazed that there exist, somewhere, people who can and do write such drivel. At this level, I'm not sure it's even worth mentioning that there is absolutely zero research in the portrayed cultures and locations.
The game still manages to be slightly better than its predecessor : First, in the puzzles, where cretinism is replaced with the nonsense we are used to since we have seen it in many point n' click adventures, some of the gameplay is pretty good. Second, if the voice acting is as bad as ever, the protagonists are much, much less annoying.
The technical quality is very good (despite some sound level issues), and the interface impeccable. Apart from that, most of the flaws of the game's predecessor are still present (reported here for convenience: acting, accents, asinine to infantile dialogues, logorrhea, 100% failed humour, generic plot, moronic motivations, B.S. science, plot-holes...)
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Summary Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis - the world is on the brink of disaster. By the time Nina Kalenkow realizes that the recent catastrophes were caused not by nature, but by an unscrupulous secret society known as Puritas Cordis, it is almost too late. While her ex-boyfriend Max, a scientist, witnesses the brutal methods of Purita...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- DS
- Wii
- PC
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Oct 29, 2009
Developer:
- Animation Arts
- Animation Arts
Publisher: Deep Silver
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