Shadows on the Vatican Act II: Wrath Reviews

I can totally recommend the game! I have goosebumbs and can´t wait for the third part and I am so thrilled that there will also be a fourth!!!!! Pls support and play the story of James and Silvia so we can see more of them :3 Perfect game for lovers of classic point and click games!

its a nice litle pointnclick, with a big part of dialogues, mostly easy puzzles, and a few hard ones, for the price i realy cant complain. the only negative i see, is that the story... is slowly developing and is somewhat boring to me :( but still entertaining enough to keep me going, hoped it gets better in act 2, didnt realy happen, so i hope for more tention and exotic places in act 3 :) 6/10

Alright. Its a nice sequel to act I. The story ended on thrilling note. And the end is not here yet. Lets see when the act III will be released.

I liked Shadows on the Vatican acts 1 and 2 when I played them 2-3 years ago. I still hope they finish the series. That's why I'm sort of writing this to encourage the developers to finish what they started. I hope we'll see act 3 soon, but I'm skeptical as it has been a couple of years already. Some people have complained about bugs in the game, but I don't recall any serious bugs in it.

Act 3 hasn't been released, and I'm not sure if it will. As long as you're aware of this, and are ok with it, this is a decent value on sale.

A great followup of act 1. It's safe to say that if you enjoyed the first chapter, you're gonna dig this one as well. The devs also attempted to do something new in a few cases, like a couple of puzzles that must executed in a sort of real-time in order to knock out the bad guys. It does its job to convey the urgency of the situation, and in case of failure, the game restarts from the latest wrong move. It's a good tradeoff: it's not annoying for the player and it allows some "action sequences"

This is a review of Shadows on the Vatican Acts I and II, as I find them inseparable. This series has quickly become my game of the year, even playing it after so long, and right on time before the release of Act III.
What does such a late release mean? This is not an indication of laziness. Quite the contrary: that can mean only one thing. This is a work of love, of passion, of huge investment in time and resources because this story WANTS to be told, and HAS to be experienced. This is a story beloved to the producers and storytellers, so much so that they have battled many an obstacle in these years to make it happen. This is a game that wants ITS VOICE to be heard. As you load the game and the title screen appears, you are treated to one of most sublime game soundtracks I have ever heard. I mean Lara Croft’s theme in the original Tomb Raider level of epic. The music in Shadows is simply jaw dropping. I have the full OST in my playlist and I often listen to it, alongside Hans Zimmer, Dan Gibson, Carmina, Bach. You can find the full OST on Youtube as well (and I recommend listening to the track "To Silvia"). Let’s talk about the story and dialogues. Inspired by the essay "In nome di Dio", Shadows on the Vatican is a thrill-filled story full of intrigue, mystery and some of the most deep and memorable characters I have ever met in a video game. James Murphy and Silvia are well rounded and beautifully designed — seriously, the comics-style, hand drawn characters are heart-stopping beautiful — and they have a deep personality. The plot will capture you and drag you through the two acts, leaving you wanting for more. There are tons of historical facts, trivia about Rome, the Vatican… there is so much to learn! One of the best parts of this game are the dialogues, the thoughts of the characters, their motivations, their shady past and uncertain future. Every character evolves through the story and I can’t wait to see where the next two acts will take us. Puzzles and gameplay are classic, as one can expect from a point and click adventure game. There are inventory based puzzles, riddles, as well as some more difficult puzzles based on reading, numbers and deep thought. Some of them may be a tad too difficult, so don’t feel too bad if you have to check a walkthrough once or twice. It’s worth it! However, I also found some of the most fun, original and quirky puzzles as well, winking and giving a nod to typical cliches of point and click games and turning them around for the fun of it. In this respect, there are TONS of easter eggs, funny achievements, references to the world of gaming, and to other games developed by other software houses. In my opinion, the only reason why we don’t see a flood of overwhelmingly positive reviews is the fact that some players are reluctant to give it a chance before the four episodes come out. That is exactly the opposite of what we should do, as it is with our support NOW that can make a new act possible, that energies and budget can be allocated to the telling of this story. Last but not least, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: the graphics. Not the comics-style drawings of the characters, but the 3D backgrounds and character models. Yes, the graphics is a bit rigid, and can feel outdated, even though it NEVER for a second bothered me or distracted me, and I actually find the backgrounds quite well detailed and well designed. But we must keep this in mind: They were other times, there was no Kickstarter to bump up the budget of an indie company, there was no Steam to advertise, there was no indie trend, and the engines available were quite different. I don’t want to hear it. Of course the graphics is a bit outdated. However, it shouldn’t affect or distract us too much, considering that we live in the era of masterpieces like Undertale and The Return of the Obra Dinn, purposefully reduced to bare bone graphics, for one reason or another. Whatever the case, we should be open-minded and accepting enough to give it a fair chance. If you do it, you will be rewarded with amazing character designs, a jaw dropping soundtrack, memorable character, and a beautifully told story. My Curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43938467/

More of the same just as in Act I. More bad dialogue and voice acting and more stuff that just doesn't make any sense. A bunch of useless talking that is very boring. This one does start moving in a more interesting direction, but it is still so damn boring! And it still repeats everything you do. Explains why there is no ActIII so far as it has now been (as of Nov 2018) 3 years and counting. Thank god it was cheap. Not reccomended at all. Spend you money on a root canal. Will probably hurt less.

I will tell the same thing that I told for act I. The game is very good. I enjoy playing it. It's about 4 hours to play. It's classic adventure game with logical puzzles. The puzzles are not too hard, but just hard enough. The ambient music is awsome, I love music in the capena church. The actor voices are good enough. The story is great and good implemented with puzzles. You can read some books to know more about the story. The dialogs are good and classic written. I love the inventory. Its easy and functional. If you try to give something to someone and it's not correctly, then it appears red x in inventory, cool staff.

Brilliant little game, best adventure experience in years and very moderately priced. My only concern for this series is the development rate. The devs seems to go for a bi-yearly release cycle, and that is a long wait for these 3-4 hour chunks of greatness, it also means that we have to wait a long time for the conclusive fourth episode.