Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny Reviews

These games are gems of the Point and click genera. I highly recommend you play the first 3 the verdict is still out on the last two as the original team I don't think return for those. Truly the trilogy is rich in story and content I did find I miss this graphics era of gaming since I feel it looks great, we get so much but do not need or really worry about our computers lack of space. 4GB is great compared to a game I recently play that had a similar style of game play but was 33GB because it "looked pretty". Sorry got to go comfort my PC.

not very clear game not very nice to play if you dont know objectives or what you supposed to do or look for very very very disappointed waste of money this game..............

I think this is the best of the trilogy, it was a fun investigation. Finally, the FBI building is not completely dead, you got interrogations, too, a few suspects, and an interesting case with a decent ending. It has some crazy puzzles, though

Well... It's a great improvement over the second game. Still there are some kinks but it's not a bad game. The progress is very annoying. So do I recommend it? No. Another case of a gray area. [spoiler] If you didn't know who is the murder 5 minutes into the game, you weren't paying attention... That made the game extra boring for me. Also, the whole story as to why this whole thing happened seemed utterly forced. I need a good detective game and fast after all this disappointment... [/spoiler]

Great old school point and click adventure game with a touch of investigation . The story is engaging with the tasks and puzzles to get you stomped. Taking you to multiple locations and characters to interact with this great game series is a must for point and click adventure fans. Complete others in the series and this one is coming to an end. Great purchase for a low price

While this is the most polished of all the traditional Art of Murder games, it still shows that the writers, voice actors, and puzzle designers are strictly mediocre talent. Backgrounds, music and pre-rendered cut-scenes are all well done. Ridiculous amounts of backtracking (although less than previous titles) and stunningly sloppy dialogue mark this game as the usual Eurojank adventures of the early naughts. I would normally have recommended this to others who enjoy this type of game as I normally do, but... The unwinnable [spoiler] time-bomb [/spoiler] puzzle that crops up about 3/4 through the game will enrage all but the most ambitious gamers. Possibly because modern pcs run the game faster than intended, but more probably because faulty design forces you to wait while Nicole endlessly blathers on describing each inventory item you are holding. This means that for a puzzle in which you have a scant minute or less to complete before a messy death/game over, your character is wasting several seconds and preventing you from doing anything beyond watching a spinning hourglass icon while you try to manipulate EACH of the FIVE different items needed for the solution. Unacceptable and borderline spiteful. Long story short: I died about fifteen times in a row, despite resorting to a walkthrough and attempting to perform this series of tasks. I physically cannot move the mouse fast enough and gave up. Letting the world's most incompetent FBI agent die a fiery death was all I could hope for. Goodbye, Nicole. You will NOT be missed. How does the story end? I don't give a flying fig at this point and totally regret this purchase. [For the record, I paid less than one dollar and STILL would not recommend this poorly realized game.]

I really wanted to like this game (I really did) and genuinely gave it a try... but sadly at no point during my 6+ hour attempt did I do so (literally not a minute). The game is insanely tedious, anything that can be dragged out seems to be so. For example, scanning a document. Simple, right? Use it with the scanner. Boom, job done. Not in this game, first you need permission to use the scanner. Then you need to open it, then you need to place the paper inside, then you need close it, then you need to press a button to scan it, then you need to open it again, then you need to reverse the paper, then you need to close it, then you need to press a button, then you need to open it again, take out the paper and finally close it... this is just to "Scan a document"... just give that a moment sink in... This is just the process to scan the evidence, not even the tedious work of getting the item and putting it back afterwards... Calling all the characters unlikable idiots is an understatement. The main character is just horrible at her job. Actually, so are all the agents, but she really stands out for her complete incompetence. None of them felt like real people and the plot was way too drawn out to be enjoyable at any level.

It is a good adventure game, but a difficult one. If you miss the tiniest of details you are stuck. You think you tried everything but you missed one detail. Logic is not enough, combining items is not enough until you turn them around and try one more time. Can be very frustrating. So either be prepared to seek hints or spend a lot of time. My respect for anyone who can solve this one without any help.

Bad story, bad mechanics, awful dialogues, annoying puzzles. Decent visuals aren't enough to enjoy this. Worst Art of Murder game.

I consider myself an experienced adventure game play but I had my difficulties with this game. I couldn't colmplete without a walkthrough and it takes time before I cheat myself this way. Some puzzles are insane difficult or just monotone. Another point is that the dialogs are most of the time so terrible and illogic. But maybe that is due to the German translation. My main issue is that it completely lacks an intuitive gameplay you won't get in a flow of the storyline. I can't recommend the game but if you can get it for less than 3 € I'd say make your own experience.