Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground
Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground is a video game, the second in the Santa Fe Mysteries series after The Elk Moon Murder.
Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground | |
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Developer(s) | Activision |
Publisher(s) | Activision |
Series | Santa Fe Mysteries |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Macintosh, Windows |
Release | 1997 |
Genre(s) | Adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Plot
In Sacred Ground, the wife of a local businessman is kidnapped.
Critical reception
Publication | Score |
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PC Games | C[1] |
Computer Games Strategy Plus | [2] |
CNET Gamecenter | [3] |
The game received reviews ranging from negative to positive. JustAdventure thought the game was a "slight improvement" over The Elk Moon Murders, while noting "[it] is not entirely easy to classify - somewhere between an interactive movie and an adventure game".[4] In a 2001 retrospective, Programmer In Black wrote "For an older game, the game play here holds up well."[5] Just Adventure said "There is one thing that [the game] absolutely, positively isn't: unique".[6] Allgame gave Sacred Ground 2.5 stars out of 5.[7] Tekno Magazine noted the annoyance of switching between the game's two CDs when moving back and forth between different locations.[8] PC Player felt the title was a missed opportunity to build on the world created in the predecessor.[9][10] MacGamer thought the title was serviceable in the genre of interactive murder mysteries though admitted it was not revolutionary in any way.[11] The Adrenaline Vault praised the immersive characters and the atmospheric music.[12]
Reviews
- Just Adventure - May 20, 2002
- PC Player (Germany) - Feb, 1997
- Computer Games Magazine - 1997
References
- Lam, Christine. "Sacred Ground". PC Games. Archived from the original on May 25, 1997.
- Blackburn, Janet (February 15, 1997). "Sacred Ground". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on October 7, 1997.
- Beman, Ann. "Review; Sacred Ground". CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original on February 5, 1997.
- "Sacred Ground - Just Adventure + Review". justadventure.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009.
- http://www.pibweb.com/review/sacred.html
- Michal Necasek. "Sacred Ground". justadventure.com.
- "Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground - Overview - allgame". 2014-11-14. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2017-09-16.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Tekno Magazine 03 1997.
- PC Player (February 1997). PC Player German Magazine 1997-02 (in German).
- "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- "MacGamer - Get In The Game". 2002-10-18. Archived from the original on 2002-10-18. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20031127092313/http://www.avault.com:80/reviews/review_temp.asp?game=sground&page=2