The Abbey

A good mystery, however it is very very slow. The characters are interesting and you want to know what happens but you really need patience to get anywhere.

Tags: Adventure - P&C - Point and Click Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Backtracking oriented in a small environment. Intellectual and memorable but with some stiff puzzles. Requires a guide. Comes a hair short of being a cult classic. Polished and worthwhile P&C adventure that stands proudly on its own if not as tall as lucasarts, sierra or dedalic offerings. The Abbey is a charming, cartoony, investigative point and click adventure game. It has an high emphasis on political intrigue, unraveling relationship between characters, motives, and has a strong investigative current through and through. The voice acting is mostly great with only a few blemishes, the graphics hold up very well, the lighting effects are very nice, however even with antialisasing I still had blurred textures, as well as an absence of widescreen. The game is satisfying with a plot that grips you early enough and keeps you hooked until the end. The lenght is medium to short, but given that lack of variety in locations it seemed just about right. If you keep a walkthrough handy for the few times you get stuck you will most probably have a wonderful P&C adventure experience, keep frustration to a minimum, be able to enjoy the narrative in a more relaxed manner, and you will probably find that you solve most of the puzzles on your own. I recommend this for P&C adventure fans, especially if you would enjoy a medieval game that is not centered around fantasy elements or swordplay. Especially if you have a guide lying around. However, the game is not as iconic as the ones you might have grown up with and there is little to no reason to recommend it over them or return to the game once you have beaten it.

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HIGHLY recommended! It does start out slow but picks up to some grizzly moments, especially in Chapter 4! You are in the 15th century(or something like that) during the Renasaunce period. You are Leonardo de Toledo, (of Toledo) and mentor to a thick-headed but brave apprentice named "Bruno". You have been sumoned here to solve a murder(or several). with an Inquisitor on your tail as you try and solve these mishaps at the abbey. You are an investigator, not part of the Spanish Inquistion but you are not in good standing with them! The beginning starts out slow, but it picks up after Chapter One. lots of underground exploring in Chapter 3 and lots of drama in Chapter 4. nice beginning opening movie and nice closure at the end. Do not pass this up! play this and then go for the Director's Cut too!

Un lien avec un test en allemand : http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/the-abbey/test/the_abbey,44374,1946639.html Je n'ai rien compris à ce test mais c'est cool l'allemand. Un jeu poin't & click sans prétention, je conseille ! >> 14/20

Hře bych vytkl pouze pár technických chyb. 1: Při hraní jsem asi 4x dostal chybovou hlášku o nemožnosti načíst určitý soubor, načež hra spadla. Řešením bylo soubor přejmenovat. 2: Hra občas zmrví ukládání, takže při nahrávání pozice hra spadla a já musel načíst starší pozici. Tedy doporučuji často ukládat a na více pozic.

Un pure merveille. Réalisation splendide, énigmes bien foutues, musique à tomber par terre, écriture prenante : l'un des meilleurs points and clics que j'ai fait !