Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground

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
Developer(s)Activision
Publisher(s)Activision
SeriesSanta Fe Mysteries
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Macintosh, Windows
Release1997
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

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In Sacred Ground, the wife of a local businessman is kidnapped.

Development

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The game cost $1 million to develop.[1]

Reception

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lam, Christine. "Sacred Ground". PC Games. Archived from the original on May 25, 1997.
  3. ^ Blackburn, Janet (February 15, 1997). "Sacred Ground". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on October 7, 1997.
  4. ^ Beman, Ann. "Review; Sacred Ground". CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original on February 5, 1997.
  5. ^ "Sacred Ground - Just Adventure + Review". justadventure.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Sacred Ground: PIB PC Game Review".
  7. ^ Michal Necasek. "Sacred Ground". justadventure.com.
  8. ^ "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)
  9. ^ Tekno Magazine 03 1997.
  10. ^ PC Player (February 1997). PC Player German Magazine 1997-02 (in German).
  11. ^ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  12. ^ "MacGamer - Get In The Game". 2002-10-18. Archived from the original on 2002-10-18. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Sacred Ground - Just Adventure + Review". www.justadventure.com. Archived from the original on 2002-06-17.
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