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Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 27 / 27
Date: June 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Graphics were great in this game. You have lots to pick up in the game and use most sooner or later. I left one part behind and had to back track to figure out where I had left it in order to use it again. It has some alternatives which can change the game a little. You could only move around when you got a straight arrow to go that way. But the movement was still pretty easy. Lots to mix and lots of puzzles. Mostly logical puzzles which I love to figure out. I have played lots and lots of PC games and throughly enjoyed this one. When I ordered this game I thought I had ordered The Da Vinci Code game which I just finished the book. But this game was very interesting also.

Secrets of the Da Vinci

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has only "The Da Vinci Code" words in common with the well known book. It is situated in Manoir du Cloux, the manor of Da Vinci, after a few years of his death.
It has a point-and-click interface and you can look around.
It is not one of the games to remember for years but good fun for a game of a weekend that you can complete fairly easy as long as you don't get stuck in some situation. The reproduction of the manor is impressive and worth looking at.
You need to recover a missing manuscript using a cover handed to you to gain access to the manor. It is very important to check and read your portfolio carefully and to look also very carefully for objects that you will need sooner or later.
Many situations can be solved by more than one approach, for example being kind or not to somebody, and this will change the plot slightly, even the end. I found this very refreshing particularly after playing some excellent games with not very pleasant and unavoidable endings

tech support a problem

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: August 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

BEFORE you buy this game, check to see if your display processor can handle it. I assumed mine would because it played most games and was very wrong. The way to check is: 1. if you have Pentium III or higher, you are ok. 2. if you have something else, especially something older; go to START/RUN/ type in dxdiag/ click on display tab and see if it shows 64Mb of display memory or more. All Kheops-studio games need that much.
Also know that the tech support site is not shown anywhere on the box or manual that I could find. I had to contact contact@kheops-studio.fr to find out that tech support is supposed to be handled by nobilis-france@callcenter.fr , however, they never answered any of my emails for help.
It may be a great game, I don't know. Want to buy mine? I can't use it. May be time to buy a newer computer.

Fun, and (dare I say it) Educational

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I really loved this game, not only because it had interesting puzzles and really great graphics, but also because I really did learn alot about de Vinci and his many interests and inventions. I would highly recommend it and hope that there are more products like this being developed.

Secrets of the DaVinci: the Forbidden Manuscript

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

fun game...I have not finished it yet...but it is fun to pass the time in game playing.

A Nice Surprise

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 18
Date: November 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was surprised by this game. When I bought it, I was desperate for a new adventure game so I decided to give this one a try. I lucked out. This game was actually clever and interesting and had several different endings depending on certain choices you make near the latter part of the game (If you buy it, make several distinct saves during the last quarter of the game.). The main activities in the game are exploring DaVinci's villa and making his devices work in order to progress through the game. Don't be put off though, the puzzles aren't too difficult and most of the time you know what you should be doing. This game has a sound storyline and the puzzles fit nicely into the story. There are no mazes or slider puzzles and you don't have to incinerate any zombies.

Excellent! I really enjoyed it!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I read some of the reviews about this game and decided to buy the game. I thought the game was great. I have found a lot of adventure games are too challenging for me. I enjoy the level of the Nancy Drew series. Well, this one was not overly difficult where I had to find a cheat website on it. It was challenging enough for me to get stuck, then come back to it and figure it out. I also like the way the game can have different outcomes because of your conscience. I recommend it for those who like the the Nancy Drew series also.

Very fun and interesting

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very fun game....a couple quirks but overall it is a good adventure game.

Pour yourself a glass of Sauvignon, and let the game do the rest...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: February 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a fan of the role-playing, mystery/puzzle solving genre, I must say this game is outstanding on all counts.

I am often irritated when playing games in said genre at the lack of a coherent, reasoned story arch. It often seems that the designers force together inconsistent concepts resulting in a kind of patchwork quilt plot, and me having no clue what I have just done.

Not so with this game.

The storyline was engaging, enlightening, and solid. The graphics were beautiful, unique, and true to the period. There were no in-game display options, but I played it on a widescreen LCD and everything looked fantastic. The ambient music had a classical/medieval twist that was pleasant and served to further draw me into the period. The voice acting was also impressive, suggesting to the player that much effort was invested by the designers in this crucial and often overlooked element.

I also enjoyed the puzzles, all of which were logical without any annoying pixel hunting. Whenever I was stuck, I would quit, do something else, and it would not be long before some solutions popped into my head. There was one puzzle towards the end involving a painting of the Mona Lisa which required more manual, random clicking than thought, but nonetheless solvable.
I would compare this game to the Syberia and Agatha Christie series.

Here's hoping for a sequel!

DaVinci weaves a code

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like puzzles and mysteries, then this game is for you. Challenging and fun.

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