About This Game Two stories, two main characters, one epic experience: in Memoria, players travel through different time periods, while following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend. The game combines point & click gameplay with unique magic skills.Sadja, a Southern princess, has an unstoppable desire to become the greatest hero in history – by joining and succeeding in the biggest war Aventuria has ever seen: The war of the Mages, fought in the middle of an uninhabitable desert.Bird catcher Geron lives almost 450 years after the Great War. Geron’s eternal love, Nuri, has been turned into a crow by an evil curse. To give her back her human form, Geron needs the help of the mysterious merchant Fahi, who has magical powers. But Fahi is only willing to help Geron if he agrees to solve a puzzle which Fahi has seen in his dreams. The quest for answers soon leads to a chain of events that connects both Sadja's and Geron's stories, threatening to turn the present into a grim reflection of a long forgotten past.Memoria combines classic point & click adventure gameplay with the features of The Dark Eye, one of the most successful RPG universes known in the fantasy world. Point & click adventure game puzzles get a unique twist by adding magical features – and a wise, talking staff. Over eight chapters, players control both Sadja’s and Geron’s fates, involuntarily interacting with each other and bridging over 500 years of time. Each chapter in Memoria features opulent graphics, epic locations, a thrilling fantasy crime story and a unique puzzle design that differs from chapter to chapter.Key FeaturesEpic fantasy soundtrack and high quality voiceover to draw you deep into the gameDive into the world of The Dark Eye, and explore mystical places such as Draconia, an ancient temple built by dragonsFollow the story of two unique characters through two different time periodsBeautifully hand-drawn 2D backgrounds and high quality 3D game charactersFrom the creator of The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, The Whispered World and Deponia 7aa9394dea Title: MemoriaGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:Daedalic EntertainmentPublisher:Daedalic EntertainmentRelease Date: 29 Aug, 2013 Memoria Activation Code Free This is one of the best point and click adventure games of all time. It is set in a sort of medieval fantasy setting that is precariously balanced between darkly goofy and quite serious. The preceding game The Dark Eye: the Chains of Satinav, while not as good, should be played first to get the background of some of the characters.The first game had great art, and decent voiceovers, with some nonsensical puzzles, and some good ones, and a relatively generic story.Memoria however has an amazing story. It focuses on new characters, while still developing the characters from the previous game. You learn a lot about the gods and magical nature of the series' universe. The ending blew my mind. It's like Primer meets Lord of the Rings.I could go into greater detail about the story but there really isn't any point. If you are a fan of point and clicks, and that sort of old fantasy style, like King's Quest or something, then play this series, even if you have to push through the first one, it will be worth it. The puzzles are slightly above average. But the story is really the highlight. The art is great too. The voiceovers are fine, some lines had stale delivery, but you definitely become acustomed to the voices by the end of it. It's probably the best adventure game of the past decade.. Pretty solid adventure game, nice graphics, and decent story. Suffers from some illogical puzzle solutions, and one-note puzzle types (item finding/use/combinations) but overall worth playing if you enjoy adventures.. Beautiful artstyle. For some reason the portrait animations are clunky. I got stuck on a few bizarre puzzles and had to look them up. But oh boy was that finale great. Made me happy to have played it through.A really great point and click adventure. Can highly recommend it. Be advised, if you plan on playing Chains of Satinav then do it beforehand because this game will spoil you the ending of Chains of Satinav.. In my opinion this was a really enjoyable and great point and click adventure game, and I fully recommend it to anyone that likes the genre.Following two storylines, with Geron and Nuri's tale working as a framing device for Sadja's adventure, which is the real focus of the story. You might get a bit more out of the game if you have played The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, since then you have played out the background story between the bird catcher and his love, but I wouldn't say it is required to understand what is happening at all.The new character Sadja was much more interesting to me than Geron. And I greatly enjoyed each and every part with her. Driven and ambitious, but still with a softer side that she usually kept hidden. Her character and story is a mystery that is slowly uncovered through the journey. Geron has a simple and clear goal, that makes it easy to sympathize and understand him. Which also means we don't have to explore his character so much to understand his actions and motivations.The story had several turns that I didn't see coming, and I was engaged through the entire experience. Because Geron isn't the brightest kid on the block, you might figure something out a bit before him in the story and dialogue, but not so early that you end up facepalming. There are also a few funny moments in this otherwise slightly dark tale, some of my favorite being dialogue between Sadja and her companion through most of her story.The puzzles were good, and for the most part not too difficult. I got through a lot more of the game without needing a guide than I did in Chains of Satinav. And there are a lot of magical spells to add an additional element to puzzle solving. With Geron and Sadja gaining access to different forms of magic through their journey.. What a brilliant sequel to Chains of Satinav. While it started a bit slow and seemingly about two separate groups of individuals from different times, but it didn't take long to get me engrossed in the story and characters. I played the whole thing in one sitting - I just had to know what happened next.This is a tragic love story at it's heart, and yes, I cried. You should probably play Chains of Satinav first for the backstory of Geron the bird catcher and Nuri the fairy, but you won't miss anything in terms of plot if you were to start with this one as it tells a separate story.If you like point & click adventure games and are after something a bit serious I highly recommend this and Chains of Satinav, and I hold these in much higher regard than some of Daedalic's other works (perhaps it's just me, but I couldn't stand the protagonist in Deponia and I felt that the characters in The Whispered World just fell flat).These games have also got me interested in exploring The Dark Eye universe further, which is a role-playing game from Germany along the lines of Dungeons and Dragons.. Wonderful immersive game! The voice acting was very good and the story + artwork were interesting enough to keep me delighted throughout the whole thing! The puzzle aspect wasn't too hard, but at times it left me thinking for longer than I'd like to admit. Would definitely play again!. Best adventure game I have played since the age of the Monkey Island series. Strong epic fantasy story that will keep you on throught out the game.Excellent puzzle logic with one of the best hints system that will help you when you are stuck without telling you everything.Graphics looks superb reminding me oil paintings and sound along with the voices are also of high standards.. This game excels in two fields: Story and World Setting.Story:If you care about story in games, than you must play this game.I played many point and click adventures in my life, so I can compare to a lot of them, and I truly can't think of one that had a more sophisicated story. When I sat through the ending credits of this one, I was just blown away by the cleverness of the plot and particularly its ending.World Setting:I guess that most gamers know all the "usual" fantasy elements well - magic, dragons etc. but the world of this game presents such original ideas that it really feels special and more deep than other fantasy worlds.I won't spoil it, I'll just say that in this game artifacts and spells do original and interesting things, that we just don't see in other games.As for the quality of other elements of the game:- Graphics and Soundtrack: Beautiful as you would expect from Daedalic Entertainment.- Puzzles: I think that most of the puzzles were great and fun. There were only a few that I found to be awkward, but still most are great.- Voice Acting: Good but certainly not the strong side of this game, although it shouldn't drive you away from it.And lastly, just note that this game is a sequel to The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, which is also a great game. You can't just play Memoria without playing Chains of Satinav first.Luckily, it's another great game, and playing through both of them will give you a great journey.. A really nice continuation/conclusion to the events of the Chains of Satinav. If you liked the original, this one is a must-play. The same dark fantasy setting, new (and old) stories about time, about choices and how to rise above yourself.The graphics look fabolous, the music is nice. A bit clishé'd story, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I recommend playing it.
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