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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.

Can't get it to work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought the game, it won't load properly. My computer is new! I'm very disappointed. Be very careful about ordering this game. I wouldn't give it any stars but I have to.

Gets dull pretty quick

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played the demo for this game and really enjoyed it. That lead me to buy the full version. Unfortunately, I found that the demo was the most enjoyable level of the game. The level of detail is wonderful and you really feel like you are there in DaVinci's manor (as much as the point and click interface will allow).

But ... after level one, you start to feel like you are the handy fix-it-up man around the house. You start fixing things. Which, to me at least.. can get a little dull. You also start collecting ingredients. There are many times where you have to combine several collected ingredients. Those and mechanical puzzles tend to not be my cup of tea.

After level one, I just was not enjoying my experience with this game. Everything takes place within the same house and surrounding area too. A little diversion would have been ok. I just didn't feel compelled to continue on. It gets pretty dull, in my opinion.

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

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.

Video games that build your mind and feed your imagination

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It was a bit of a rough buggy ride actually getting this game shipped but I did finally get it after way too long of a wait.

The game installation was a little rocky as well it failed several times. I just kept installing it over and over into the same directories until it finally worked. The 3rd time was a charm for me anyway. After this it worked great and I played it for days sitting on the taskbar. Toggling back and forth between programs in windows XP was no problem.

This game is a fantasic adventure game with riddles and puzzles at every turn. It really makes you truely understand how the scientific knowledge Da Vinci experimented with truely a man before his time. The player experiences this technology and lives it within the game. All to complete a great quest for science and the greater good.

Smooth animations and transitions in game were never a problem. No choppy movement in the game even after running for 24 hours. I do have a 3 Gz CPU with 2 GB of Ram and a 256MB AGP card however. The game uses bout a 1.5 GB of space on hard disk for installation. Game is played with the mouse only the keyboard is not needed for great game playing experience.

The game was so immersive and entertaining that it played pretty fast. It was over after only a few days. The game has 4 possible outcomes with several ways of getting to the end. A great concept for a game but, the only drawback is prolly that the world of the game could have been bigger. More Quests, more locations, more puzzles just more...
Maybe Secrets of Da Vinci Code 2 ???

Over all a great game that's certainly worth seeing.

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.

Recommend this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I just played this game. The graphics and sound are good. The puzzles are fun. We cheated on a couple since we didn't want to spend too much time on them. Most puzzles and tasks are logically accomplished.

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.

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