Sacra Terra: Kiss of Death Collector’s Edition Reviews

Is it weird that I came here to laugh at how badly this game was going to be (due to the reviews) and ended up actually liking it? Yeah... It happened. Okay so, I will confirm that the game DOES have bugs. I somehow managed to skip over a scene, but thankfully went back and it still happened. Phew! Very few items (maybe two or three?) were bearing an incorrect name. Such as a "winch handle" which was a "knife handle" or something similar. To play the Bonus chapter: one must click "BONUS" on the title screen or be locked into another Main Game. (There is a guide pointing this out as well). Okay... The worst thing... Was the clicking. The detection is pretty damn bad! I had to click 20+ times on a single item for it to be registered by the list! And I thought that [i]I[/i] was in the wrong here! My suggestion to you? Play on Casual Mode... It doesn't mean you suck... It means it will prevent you feeling annoyed/raging at the H.O. scenes... Because in Casual Mode you can misclick a bunch... Which is what you will be freaking doing anyway! The story is... Eh... First the woman is hating on the guy and then when she finds out what he was up to... SHE WUVS HIM SO MUCH!!! Also the fact that "men complicate everything"... Okay.................... >.> I just liked walking around and finding stuff as per usual. The game is better optimized thankfully and the only time it was tedious... Was in the Bonus Game!... A game which you actually HAVE TO play or forego some of the Achievements. In it, there are some things that didn't make sense (like strange items for altar shatterings) and oh, if you get stuck on the "Bridge" and can't find the item? Look in the middle of the sand... Between two arrows. Took me over 5 minutes... (Okay, MUCH longer!) GEEZ!!! Also there is a mini-game inside the Bonus Game... Which another reviewer called "Hell"... It's really hard. All I can tell you is this: Keep trying. You can also "flip" the images... In case you didn't know. Then I did one row correctly and focused on the other two. It doesn't make it easier, but... Eventually you'll flip them around so much that you'll solve the damn puzzle!!! I still didn't hate it. o.o I think there is something wrong with me... But YEAP. Thanks!!! :> :) (P.S. Did anyone else notice that [spoiler]the fisherman looks like Professor Xavier mixed with Caesar when he is cursed?[/spoiler]. XD)

Such a cool game. Zhe voice overs are somtimes a bit weird, but its a nice sewuel to the first game, without the need of knowledge of the first part. The mechanics are mostly like in "House of 1000 doors" which is not bad because the series is really cool. The story is mostly a classic but the small substories are mostly the main core the game. A really cool game that is a must have for HIO lovers. I can really highly recommend it

[i]Wow.[/i] Easily one of the worst HOGs I've ever played, and I'm glad it's over. Absolutely laughable hit detection, puzzle solutions that make no sense, bugged out areas that skip over steps needed to progress and just end up super confusing, and the camera zooming forward toward an area AHEAD of you when you clicked to move BACKWARDS (because THAT'S not disorienting) are just a handful of the ways in which this game is embarrassingly bad. The worst part is that it commits the cardinal sin of HOGs: Requiring a new item for a solution when an item [i]already in your inventory[/i] would easily solve it. No joke, at one point in the game there's an obstacle that needs to be cut with a blade, but can I do that with the DAGGER already in my inventory? No, I needed to find a KNIFE! Because clearly a dagger cannot do the job of a knife!! The really weird thing is that there's another Sacra Terra game that came out before this one, which I always remembered as really enjoying. Now I'm wondering whether it was actually fun and this game is just an utter train wreck, or if that one's bad too and I just didn't have standards at the time because I hadn't yet played a HOG by Artifex Mundi. Either way, this game is absolutely not worth your time, please learn from my mistake and save yourself from this slog.

Broken as hell. Hidden object scenes are buggy, you have to click around like a madman to hit the right spot which sometimes is centimetres away from the object you are trying to collect. And you cannot pick some key items at all, which makes the game impossible to complete. I recommend avoiding this game until the developers fix it.

This game is full of glitches and hiccups and i'm sorry i bought it. Mini games are already solved when i open them, i can see 'beyond' objects but can't click on them and clicking on objects in hidden object scenes often requires many clicks to finally click. If it did what it was supposed to do it would be a fun (and beautiful) game!

Okay, so this one is weak on plot and the interface is... glitchy. Despite being newer than the first one in the series, it's less interesting, although also less creepy. But should rescuing your boyfriend from hell *be* less creepy? The good: - Steam achievements (easy with a bit of patience) - Steam trading cards - The HO scenes in and of themselves are decent (too bad the click zones aren't) - Um, it comes in a pack, so if it's on sale you get a double discount? The bad: - I almost never notice or complain about problems with the "click zone" for objects in HO scenes; this game has made me fully aware of just how freaking annoying a poor interface can be - Seriously, you will think you're wrong about an object until you come back to it in frustration and click the exact right spot and poof! it was the right object all along - Also, the overall interface is poor: you'll find yourself clicking on things (active cursor, marked on Map) and it just doesn't work, but if you come back after completing a specific action, it suddenly it does something (it's maddening, because the Map says there's a live action, and the cursor switches to active, but... nothing happens); and forget about "sparkles" helping you out - either there aren't any, or I missed them... all of them - On the poor interface design, one (maybe nit-picky) thing that bugged me was having to click on an object to find out what it was; also, object-environment interactions weren't as intuitive as they should have been (and in some scenes were just very hard to find) Okay, so you're wondering why I didn't just say "look, get this game only if you really like both the genre AND completing a series/set of games AND are a sucker for achievements and steam cards" (i.e., me). I think it was a desire to say the following: What kind of bizarre premise - and yes, there are lots of really awful ones out there, but this one may just be my new #1 worst premise ever - is it to showcase an arguably shaky relationship (the girl's already fed up with her boyfriend for not proposing soon enough), by having the girl take a phone call in the middle of a super-romantic dinner, so that her about-to-finally-propose boyfriend decides that to pass the time he'll just casually pick up and read the magic tome sitting on a nearby chair (???) - and then he does his BEST to read aloud the ***succubus summoning spell*** he finds, ostensibly because he's sure it won't work? And then this pretty young woman literally goes to the ends of the earth (in high heels, ofc) to get the guy back - and I kept thinking "is she just desperate to get married, or does she care about Mark? because I'm not sure." Thank you. I feel better now. Only buy this game if you can accept up front that it has a sub-par interface and an underwhelming story. The Bonus Story was more interesting, and had fewer hit-zone issues, but was far from perfect (I just kind of liked the character). Get it on sale (very on sale), if you get it.

[b][u]Game Information[/u][/b] "Sacra Terra: Kiss of Death" Collector's Edition is a Hidden Puzzle Adventure game. The game was developed and published by Alawar Five-BN. "Kiss of Death" is the second episode of "Sacra Terra." Previous episode: "Angelic Night." Since this is a collector's edition, it comes with extra features that are not available in its counterpart; the standard edition. [b][u]The Game Review[/u][/b] Game Visuals I want to mention that the visuals in the game are nicely done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu. Game Audio I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well. Gameplay There are two different difficulty game modes to choose from: Casual and Expert. The notebook keeps track of progression in the game. Such as story events and clues. There is an interactive map in the game. It allows the player to fast travel between each location quickly. It also indicates that there are tasks that can be completed at certain locations. The interactive map is not automatically given at the start of the game. There is no padlock feature that is available to lock the inventory panel in place to make it stationary. By clicking on the inventory panel, it becomes stationary. The hidden object scenes consist of the following: Traditional word lists. Some of these hidden object scenes may require little or no interactions. The puzzles are fairly easy to solve without having the need to skip any of them. Since this is a collector's edition, there is a bonus chapter, but it can be accessed only after the main story is completed. There are eight different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. Miscellaneous There are extra features in the game: Bonus Chapter; Game's Strategy Guide. Most of these extra features can be accessed only after the entire game is completed. There are six different trading cards to collect. Only three of those trading cards are given out by the game. There are several ways to get the rest of the trading cards: Purchased from the Steam's Community Market; Trade with friends; Booster Packs and its Booster Pack Creator. Final thoughts: I have found the game developer's method of advertising their other games is unappealing. The advertisement pops up before the actual game loads. They have already advertised their other games in the 'More Games' section. Other than that I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

Another superb entry in the series, and highly recommended for fans of casual point-and-click adventures and hidden-object games. The game is heavy on adventure puzzles--lots of content--and they are pretty much always fair and satisfying. The hidden-object scenes are excellent, and the few puzzle mini-games are soothing little distractions, though they are usually too easy. The story is, again, nothing to write home about, but it goes through several locales and feels diverse. The cut scenes are fantastic. The weak point is the bonus story: unfortunately, though it has gorgeous graphics and adds important dimensions to the story, its puzzles are often obtuse. Also, the voice acting in English is truly awful: just pretend it's not there and you will enjoy the game more. :) It's also worth mentioning that the game engine is a bit wonky. It seems I needed to click a bit above objects in hidden-object scenes for the click to register. Also, some users have reported bugs, though I'm happy to say that everything ran smoothly for me.

Horrible story of releasing hearts of pure couples and trying to get back your future fiance from a monster from hell who seduced him. On the plus side, the map is great showing active areas and there is plenty of HO scenes. However, HO scenes seem poorly responsive. The biggest drawback is one particular minigame (at the end of the bonus chapter), which will take you around 40 minutes to complete, if you are bothered - if not, stay away from this game if you are looking for 100% achievements. I gotta say, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw the models of the police officer, the lover of the ballerina and the egyptian - they all looked like the same man. Overall I feel like the bonus chapter is unneeded and dragged the game out for no satisfactory conclusion. Average HOG.

First of all this game is pretty old as it's been out since 2013, so I'm not going to compare it to any new hidden object game. It could be even better than any new ones which tend to be quite repetitive, this game does have a variety of puzzles, going from the easy ones to the extremely hard puzzles which took me almost 45 minutes to solve it. The story caught my attention from the first moment. Two lovers were having a romantic dinner where he was planning to propose to his girlfriend but an unfortunate event stopped the proposal. A rather beautiful succubus showed up and ruined everything. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=899819626 But of course no woman would ever let another woman steal her boyfriend, our protagonist will try to find her man no matter what. The theme of the game is all about true love. You will travel through time and find tragic stories about two lovers. I liked the first two stories, but the last three were OK. pros: +Interesting story with a good twist. +Beautiful graphics, the art of some of the scenes are great and detailed even though the game is old. but Alawar Entertainment is known for their amazing visuals. +Fitting music. +Fast traveling map. +Good voice acting, not all of the characters though, but they did a good job so far. +Very useful journal. +Challenging puzzles and hidden objects scenes, they are not very easy and well hidden. +Good game length. +Steam achievements. (You get five of them once you finish the bonus chapter if you didn't use a hint or skip puzzles/hidden objects scenes) Cons: -Some of the hidden objects scenes were hard to click even though you know this is the item, it takes a while for the object to respond and be clicked, I think the area of the object is narrow or something. -No replay value. The bonus chapter is quite long, the whole game took me almost 7 hours to finish it without using any hints, plus one of the puzzles took me a while to solve it. It is as what someone else called it 'puzzle from hell' http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=900527497 I recommend this game to hidden objects lovers, the story alone is good to try it out, but if you know you'll get frustrated from the hidden objects and puzzles, I suggest you try another game. [i]Other games published by Alawar: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/1048900?snr=1_5_9__402]The Fog: Trap for Moths Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/344440?snr=1_5_9__402]Sacra Terra: Angelic Night Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/560720?snr=1_5_9__402]Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/560750?snr=1_5_9__402]World Keepers: Last Resort Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/560730?snr=1_5_9__402]The Esoterica: Hollow Earth Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/560740?snr=1_5_9__402]Shtriga: Summer Camp Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/1120800?snr=1_5_9__402]Alex Hunter: Lord of the Mind Review[/url] [/i] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/1038650/]Love Alchemy: A Heart In Winter[/url] [quote]𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32399565/]𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒[/url][/quote]