Apothecarium: The Renaissance of Evil - Premium Edition
Разработчик: Space Monkey International
Описание
On arrival we discover that Apothecarium has become abandoned and Claudia’s cortege destroyed and the Duchess herself kidnapped. The further deep into the mysterious city we are making our way the more we find it overflowing with the odd inventions imbued with the fleur of the Renaissance and the more horrific details we discover. Unveiling the mystery we learn that the city’s inhabitants have fallen the victims of the outrageous and demented Alchemist who in his pursuit for the elixir of youth has taken the path of the evil and wrecking havoc. This virulent and frenetic scientist is taking lives of the innocent so as to gain the immortality. We are to come across the sinister mysteries of Apothecarium, overpass a great deal of considerable tests and face multitude of hardships so as to free the Duchess of Medici from the clutches of the insane and cold-blooded lunatic and save the survived.
Key Features:
- Over 40 Location, 20 Hidden Object and 16 Puzzle scenes
- Interactive Map (quest and navigation)
- Over 8 hours of gameplay
- Integrated Match3 Game
- Global Hint System
- Additional Game content (Music, Wallpapers, Screensavers etc.)
- Special Chamber Orchestra Live Records, original soundtrack included
- Built-in Strategy Guide
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
- Processor: 1.4 GHz
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
2 Thumbs up. This has elements of steampunk (I love mechanical things), point & click, and clear HOS. The HOS have several morphing items. Many places to go, and I mean many. A new favorite game for me. Hit/skip button, map, journal, hint button. Brighter colors which are better for visually impaired players.
Extras: bonus game, collect coins for helpful advantages in HOS or match 3. Slider puzzles that earn you gifts to help with HOS/Match3.
After 3 hours into game.... it constantly crashes and can not get past this point in game to continue. Looked into reviews and others had same problem.
It's a standard HOG. It's not that bad but I wouldn't buy it at full price. Pick it up on sale.
The hidden-object scenes were pretty nice, with the extra difficulty of items switching between several shapes. I also enjoyed most of the mini games - once I'd checked a strategy guide for what exactly it was I was supposed to do in it.
Which brings me to my next, and fatal, point: The adventure is kind of illogical; it's hard to understand what do do next. I don't like having to rely on the hint button just to understand where to go next.
I also had to quit the game and start it again once because a room didn't unlock when it was supposed to. Once I loaded my save everything worked properly, but I didn't get the (in-game) trophy.
Final verdict: No.
I enjoyed the game until I upgraded to Windows 10. Then the game glitched and I can no longer play it. A little disappointed that I cannot finish the game. I have been watching for an update.
I love HOGs, but I'm not sure if I will finish this game... (For me, that's like saying I'm not sure I'm going to finish a book; it's almost sacrilegious.) It is a cool looking game, but I'm spending as much time b*tching at it as I am playing it. The HOGs are having some issues such as: not recognizing the correct item (try clicking several times and around the item), bad naming ("clutch" is apparently a C-clamp), and multiples of a named item in a scene, but only one is correct. Some of the puzzles so far are intuitive. Some, I have no idea WTH I'm suppsed to do. NO instructions on the puzzles, even in Casual mode with tutorials open (because I thought maybe I missed something). I really dislike having to look at a strategy guide, not to SOLVE a puzzle, but just to figure out what you are supposed to do. Also, the having an appropriate tool in your inventory that will work, but it's not the "right" tool, is irritating. So, I will put it aside for now and play something else. Maybe I'll come back to it. IDK...
Generally, I love hidden object/puzzle games and I hate having to give negative reviews, but this one just didn't have what it took to draw me in and make me really enjoy it.
First, there are severe compatibility issues with no indication that there will be a fix. The screen flickers terribly on normal settings and in every variety of compatibility modes I could try. The game does not flicker in windowed mode, but you'll find if you go windowed that the play area is tiny if you have a high-res monitor. In my case, in order to play the game I had to switch to windows and change my 4k res to half that in order to get the game big enough to see and play. It's irritating, but it did the trick to let me play without the screen flicker.
The game itself is standard HO game fare with a combination of HO scenes and minigame puzzles along with the usual inventory-based puzzles to complete. This is a formula that has worked over and over again with this genre of games, but for some reason this game didn't make it work. I found myself intensely bored after a short time, and only my personal obsession with never leaving a game unfinished made me complete it.
Whether it was just lack of a compelling story, nonintuitive puzzles (I was completely at a loss a lot of the time), less-than-helpful hint system, sloppy map system, or a combination of all of these things, I really did not enjoy anything about this game. Even the HO scenes were irritating (example: find a jar. No, not that jar. Not that jar either. There were some scenes that had a good five items in the scene that matched the one you were actually supposed to click.)
So in the end, it's not actually the worst HO game out there, and if you can deal with the compatibility issues you might find it more interesting than I did. However, if you do decide to try it, I would recommend getting it on sale. But I would recommend going through most of the other HO offerings on Steam first as there are many better.
A fun game base in the early 1900's if you base yourself on the clothing.
You play the role of a lone traveling man who stumbles on a small village that is in dear need of help. They've been taken hostage by a crazy Alchemist desperately trying to find the cure to longevity, but it doesn't seem to be working.
You walk around the town solving puzzle and finding items to help you free the captured villagers and save the contaminated ones from death. You have small missions to accomplish and a little girl and her family to save at the end.
Good storyline, good balance between puzzles, hidden objects and cut-scenes.
You want to know more, play the game!
Game flickers with on screen display from the start of launching the game (It looks like a strobe light). I have tried changing all suggested settings and have not had any luck fixing the issue. Don't waste your money on a game that is unplayable which is dissapointing because this game looked like it had a good plot and gameplay.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Space Monkey International |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 21.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 44% положительных (9) |