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
editIn Sacred Ground, the wife of a local businessman is kidnapped.
Development
editThe game cost $1 million to develop.[1]
Reception
edit| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| PC Games | C[2] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus |   [3] |
| CNET Gamecenter |  [4] |
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".[5] In a 2001 retrospective, Programmer In Black wrote "For an older game, the game play here holds up well."[6] Just Adventure said "There is one thing that [the game] absolutely, positively isn't: unique".[7] Allgame gave Sacred Ground 2.5 stars out of 5.[8] Tekno Magazine noted the annoyance of switching between the game's two CDs when moving back and forth between different locations.[9] PC Player felt the title was a missed opportunity to build on the world created in the predecessor.[10][11] MacGamer thought the title was serviceable in the genre of interactive murder mysteries though admitted it was not revolutionary in any way.[12] The Adrenaline Vault praised the immersive characters and the atmospheric music.[13]
Reviews
edit- Just Adventure - May 20, 2002[14]
- PC Player (Germany) - Feb, 1997
- Computer Games Magazine - 1997
References
edit- ^ Arar, Yardena (January 22, 1996). "Making a Killing – Gumshoe Games Target New PC Users". Los Angeles Daily News. p. B1. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sacred Ground: PIB PC Game Review".
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
- ^ "The Adrenaline Vault | PC Review | Sacred Ground: The Santa Fe Mysteries". www.avault.com:80. Archived from the original on 27 November 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Sacred Ground - Just Adventure + Review". www.justadventure.com. Archived from the original on 2002-06-17.
External links
edit- Official website (archived)
- Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground at MobyGames