Summary
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 edit
In Sacred Ground, the wife of a local businessman is kidnapped.
Reception edit
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| PC Games | C[1] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus |   [2] |
| CNET Gamecenter |  [3] |
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".[4] In a 2001 retrospective, Programmer In Black wrote "For an older game, the game play here holds up well."[5] Just Adventure said "There is one thing that [the game] absolutely, positively isn't: unique".[6] Allgame gave Sacred Ground 2.5 stars out of 5.[7] Tekno Magazine noted the annoyance of switching between the game's two CDs when moving back and forth between different locations.[8] PC Player felt the title was a missed opportunity to build on the world created in the predecessor.[9][10] MacGamer thought the title was serviceable in the genre of interactive murder mysteries though admitted it was not revolutionary in any way.[11] The Adrenaline Vault praised the immersive characters and the atmospheric music.[12]
Reviews edit
- Just Adventure - May 20, 2002[13]
- PC Player (Germany) - Feb, 1997
- Computer Games Magazine - 1997
References edit
- ^ 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