Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis | |
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Developer(s) | Fusionsphere Systems Animation Arts |
Publisher(s) | Deep Silver |
Designer(s) | Jörg Beilschmidt |
Writer(s) | Marco Zeugner |
Composer(s) | Dynamedion |
Series | Secret Files |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch |
Release | Microsoft WindowsWiiNintendo DS
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Genre(s) | Graphic adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis (German: Geheimakte 2: Puritas Cordis) is a graphic adventure video game developed by Fusionsphere Systems and Animation Arts and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. It was unveiled at the 2007 Leipzig Games Convention.[1][2] A sequel, Secret Files 3, was released in 2012 to close out the main Secret Files trilogy.
Gameplay[]
Puritas Cordis utilizes the same point-and-click adventure gameplay as its predecessor, Secret Files: Tunguska. However, plot developments lead to the inclusion of a third playable character in addition to Nina and Max from the first game.
The game occasionally breaks the fourth wall, similar to its predecessor. For example, when Nina is asked to pick up a gun she says that minigames have been forbidden by the lead designer.
Premise[]
After Nina Kalenkov resolves the Tunguska event in the events of the first game, she ends up splitting up with her lover Max Gruber. Nina embarks on a cruise to Portugal and Max travels to Indonesia, but their separation does not last long. There has been an escalation of natural disasters around the world, and Nina's father Vladimir Kalenkov has been called upon to find out what is causing them.[3] A vicar, fleeing into his church, is killed over documents prophesying the apocalypse, but not before he manages to get the documents into the hands of Bishop Parrey, a third playable character who is tasked with keeping the documents out of the wrong hands.[4]
Reception[]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | (Wii) 70/100[5] (DS) 70/100[6] (PC) 64/100[7] |
Publication | Score |
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4Players | 84/100[8] |
GameStar | 86/100[9] |
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[5][6][7]
Sequel and spin-off[]
A third and final installment of the Secret Files trilogy, Secret Files 3, was released on Microsoft Windows in 2012, then ported to modern smartphones and the Nintendo Switch in 2020.
One year after the initial PC release of Secret Files 3, a spin-off game, Secret Files: Sam Peters, was released and eventually made available on the same platforms as 3. It is a shorter game based on the eponymous character who first appeared in Secret Files 2.
References[]
- ^ "Secret Files: Tunguska News". Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "GC '07: Secret Files 2 First Look". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "Adventure Gamers Preview". 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "Gamespot Hands-On". 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ a b "Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Naser, Bodo (August 27, 2008). "Geheimakte 2: Puritas Cordis". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on August 31, 2008.
- ^ Trier, Michael (August 28, 2008). "Geheimakte 2: Puritas Cordis". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on August 31, 2008.
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