Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis

Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis is a process developed in Germany point-and -click adventure from Animation Arts, distributed by Koch Media / Deep Silver. Excellent it was with the Area Games Award 2008 Best in the category Adventure. It includes content of the predecessor Secret Files: Tunguska in 2006.

Action

Since the events of the first part some time has passed. Meanwhile, it has come around globe to devastating events: diseases in Africa, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Asia, as well as financial crises and unrest in South America. Also in the relationship of Nina Kalenkow and Max Gruber there were discrepancies that have lead to rupture of the relationship. While Max tries to head freizubekommen during an expedition in Southeast Asia again, Nina starts in Hamburg for a cruise. However, without knowing it concerning the other two get into dangerous situations.

Nina is bumped already in the port of an apparently persecuted, making them later to the destination unknown persons. During the cruise, she is repeatedly attacked, before the ship falls victim to a tidal wave. After escaping from the dangerous situation together with the Berlin theology scientist David Korell, both in France Find information about the attackers on: there are members of the European-wide sect Puritas Cordis, their actions are apparently remain hidden.

At the same time exploring Max in Indonesia with his former study mate Sam a temple when the group is attacked. Max survives and can Sam from the violence of the terrorists free. In addition, he found in the temple evidence of Puritas Cordis, the artificially trigger a volcanic eruption here. In the run, he falls into the hands of the champagne hunters.

In the course of the story Nina is captured and taken together with Max in the headquarters of Puritas Cordis. Here unveiled cult leader Pat Shelton Duo his plan: he plans an artificial environmental disaster to wipe out the leaders of the world's elite and declare a theocracy in the name of Puritas Cordis.

Nina and Max can escape and destroy the sect along with its headquarters captivity, however. Both begin a new relationship.

Technology and control

The game is played entirely with the mouse. The game screen consists of a surface plot, which is framed by a black top and bottom of a gray leather - patterned bars with gold trim.

In the upper black bars all objects and persons with whom an interaction is possible, referred to in text and by name. The lower bar shows in the left -to-medium range, all located in the inventory objects as icons through which you can click by means of lateral arrows. In addition, three additional buttons are mounted on the right side of the lower beam: a computer, a magnifying glass and a book. By clicking the computer takes you to the main menu. By clicking on the magnifying glass (optional via spacebar ) to obtain small memory and clues about what items you should look on the playing surface or even use. This is briefly mentioned by a magnifying glass icon. This assistance is optional, that is, they can also turn off if you prefer to play without extra tips. By clicking on the book you finally reaches Nina's diary, in which everything is so far in the game written down happened. If an entry is made in the book, this is represented by a typewriter sound and the lighting of the book icon in the upper left corner of the game screen.

On the game screen itself the character Nina is (at times even Max ) back and forth by clicking on certain objects or people as well as indefinite movement points. Serves as a stylized mouse cursor, the appearance changed in interagierbaren objects and subjects a little. Depending on the subject is indicated by green highlighting, with which mouse buttons on what is possible. The respective type of reaction is represented by small icons ( eye for reputation, for hand picking, ...). As on the surface are also in the inventory interactions with objects among each other is possible. This can be seen already at the state of the mouse pointer, whether an action is possible or not. Unnecessary clicking omitted. Dialogues and cutscenes can be abort by using the right mouse button, the mouse pointer symbolizes this through a fast forward icon.

In technical terms, both 16:9 - and a 4:3 image output support, but in the wide-screen version, the inventory disappears and is brought out by run over the mouse.

Successor

The sequel to Secret Files 3 was released on August 31, 2012 for Windows. On October 18, 2013 is also a spin-off appeared titled Secret Files: Sam Peters, which revolves around the journalist Sam Peters. Secret Files: Sam Peters was nominated for the children's software Price TOMMI 2013.