- Publisher: City Interactive
- Release Date: Feb 23, 2010
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I didn’t love it or hate it, and it seems to be a pretty representative example of what the adventure game genre has become -- a bunch of middling games that spend way more time on their graphics than they do in creating anything memorable or innovative.
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Cards of Destiny, if you can ignore what the characters are yammering on about, provides a decent ten to fifteen hours of adventuring, and the usual dosage of nice eye candy, but it's a step backwards from City's last AG effort, Tree of Life.
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If you enjoy adventure games on the PC, you could do worse than Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny. For the price, it'll provide you with a pretty lengthy and well thought-out adventure, but there are enough problems with the story's presentation to keep it from being an excellent, must-have purchase.
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Unless you’re in desperate need of an old-school adventure with a serial killer theme, this is one crime you may want to leave unsolved.
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Even if there are better adventures to buy, you should give this one a chance. Mostly acceptable riddles and the good graphics will entertain you for some hours.
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Cards of Destiny is a good point & click game, but it fails on its fundamentals: dialogues, puzzles and graphic are a step behind the last chapter, and only its good plot saves this game.
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It’s challenging and enjoyable puzzles can keep puzzle lovers happily scratching their noggins for hours. It’s just a shame that the lackluster graphics, sloppy subtitles, and annoying overacting puts a damper on this game and makes it one for hardcore point and click adventure fans only.
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This third episode of the Art of Murder series isn’t a total failure, but it doesn’t stand out from Still Life and other detective point & click games.
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It misses the full potential but turns out being enjoyable. Check it out if you're a fan of the genre. If you can overlook poor dialogue and mediocre voice acting, there is a fun adventure game to be found.
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As it is, unfortunately the game can't maintain a proper serious tone long enough to really be engrossing, and ultimately comes off as another substandard adventure with—ironically enough, considering the country of origin—a lack of polish.
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LEVEL (Czech Republic)Naïve dialogues and twice-told detective storyline build the atmosphere of a bad “B-movie”. If you’re not stranded on a deserted island with this game then you had better pick some other adventure. [Issue#191]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 14
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Mixed: 7 out of 14
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Negative: 3 out of 14
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Jun 18, 2022