Nicolas Eymerich The Inquisitor Book II : The Village

When I saw this second chapter had been released I was very optimistic. There was a lot I liked about the first game. However there is a lot about this second chapter that makes me really sorry I bought it. Good points first: The visuals are decent. The story is engaging The bad: The hammiest voice acting I've ever heard. The puzzles are llogical Pixel hunting to find objects and locations is not fun. The pace is really slow One aspect of the plot is just weird and creepy and disturbing Only buy this if the future episodes turn out to be more promising and you want completion of the story.

Tutti noi conosciamo bene cosa è e che frutti portava l’inquisizione vero? Ma avete mai pensato cosa passa per la mente ad un inquisitore ? da cosa è spinto a fare questa scelta nella vita? Ebbene questo gioco vi permette di capire a fondo proprio questo. Dovrete calarvi completamente nei panni di Nicolas Eymerich che ricopre il ruolo di inquisitore, inviato a Calcares per indagare sulla sparizione di un Monaco, e sugli effetti di una misteriosa peste non comune, ma dalle capacità di deformare uomini ,e di lasciare intatte le donne. Questa persona Nicolas è un pazzo egotista e pieno di sé dedito solo a fare carriera , per soldi, ma soprattutto per il prestigio che gli offre, si nutre del terrore che provoca in tutte le persone che incontra, si diletta nel potere che ha di provocare un moto di paura anche solo con il suo sguardo di ghiaccio, non si fa nessuno scrupolo di schiacciare altri, di scavalcarli o di ridurli al suo volere, tutto ciò condito da una ignoranza sulla natura stessa; perché convinto che anche creature semplici come uno scoiattolo siano bestie immonde di Satana. Nell’insieme è un bel gioco di avventura, con minigiochi semplici da fare, e una trama da seguire abbastanza intuitiva basta seguire la logica, mentre sappiate che alcuni achievement (pochi meno male) richiederanno che ci mettiate tutta la vostra cattiveria per ottenerli; devo dire che in certi momenti mi sono divertita a cercare di far fare cose umili al caro Nicolas tipo spazzare o svuotare un pitale, ottenendo una reazione avversa sono arrivata a farlo sclerare per mia insistenza, non ha prezzo sentirlo urlare “Ancora? Ti ho già detto che non sono lo sguattero!!!” ahah! Penso che alla fine come esperienza mi abbia fatto riflettere su cosa significhi questo tipo di vita, sì può essere attraente ,dà i brividi sentire di avere in mano altre persone , ma mi rendo conto che alla fine chi fa questa scelta deve fare i conti con la solitudine perché non puoi fidarti di nessuno e stà tranquillo che tutti si guardano bene da avere un amico del genere così malvagio, per cui do il mio pollice in su per il gioco ,ma pollice in giù per il protagonista.

I wish I had a different rating system than Yes/No... But don't we all? I really liked Book 1, in spite of all its shortcomings, as you can see in my review of it. Most of what I loved about Book 1 is sadly absent from Book 2. THE COOL: + Improved graphics, a lot! + Music and atmosphere are wonderful, dark, creepy, but not too overdone. + Nicolas is still a bada** snarky a**hole. His blessing of his meal is absolutely priceless. + Some puzzles are ok, interesting story. + Voice acting is ok, depending on the language. THE BAD: - WHY NO MORE LATIN AUDIO????? I had to settle for Italian! - No more nerdy historical references. - The English translation lacks accuracy (my Italian is less than basic, and even I noticed). I know word games are tough ("Dominicani... Domini cani"), but at least it should be clear in the translation/subtitle that it was an insult, or it seems like Nicolas got pi**ed over nothing. - From Part 7, subtitles decided to disappear, and nothing I did brought them back. I had to switch the audio to English. - Walking around can be excruciating because of the controls. THE AWFUL: = Sometimes, when you don't do things in the order that the game "expects" you to do, the next step never gets triggered, even if you already did absolutely everything you were supposed to do. Then you have to go back to a previous save. = Some of the puzzles are the single most effing annoying thing I played in a long time. There is a difference between challenging (making you think, or demanding manual skill) and just plain annoying to make it last longer. Here is a spoiler that I won't even block: At some point, you're going up a mountain with paths that work like a spiral-shaped maze. You need to find 15 stones scattered around. The maze is very long winding up and down, the priest walks at snail pace, gets stuck often, making you have to go back and forth numerous times, making this "challenge" a snooze fest. And that's not all. If you don't find the stones in a certain order, the game glitches, some disappear from your inventory (even though they were there before), and you have to start over from a previous save. = Your character randomly recites your undone objective every time you change scene. At first, this is ok. However, near the end, this starts repeating more and more often, until it's every few seconds, which became insanely annoying. There is no way of avoiding this. = In the same spirit, some of the NPC recite stuff that, at first, adds to the realism, but when it repeats every couple of seconds while you're examining things or whatever, it gets extremely annoying, and there is no way of skipping it. At this point, as I was still playing probably because I'm too obsessive to leave a game unfinished, Corona yelling "I must get out of this damned place" and "I'm tired of listening to such stupidity" was so meta I just had to laugh. I was sad about not enjoying this game, because I was really looking forward to it. I certainly did enjoy parts of it, when I could get past the annoying text repeats and the annoyance of some of the puzzles, the story was cool. But in general, the only thing that improved from Book 1 was graphics quality... and the rest either stayed the same or worsened. It makes me sad, but I will have to give it a thumb down :-(

I played the first game and sort of enjoyed it even if it had its faults (pixel hunting, weird puzzles). Curiosity got the best of me and I bought the second part just to see how the story progresses. This time navigating around the game world is so clumsy and terrible it's practically impossible to find your way around the game world. When you hover a cursor over a medieval village scene half of the screen says "exit". There are actually several different exits, though, but how are you supposed to tell them apart when the open scenery looks like you could go anywhere? Solving the puzzles is awkward. Half of the time I knew exactly what I was supposed to do, but I wasn't clicking stuff in the right order. Or at the right time. Or I didn't quite find the right spot to click. Sometimes the protagonist clearly said that he can't do this or that, but sometimes he didn't. So I just fiddled around and hoped for the best, basically. Gotta give this a thumbs down, even though I like the atmosphere and the fact that the protagonist is a bit of a d1ckhead. Oh, and the game is buggy. Better save often or you might lose an item and get stuck in a loop when a cutscene glitches.

这个游戏画面感人、满屏bug、操作别扭、谜题鬼畜，一言蔽之就是烂。 给它好评的原因就只能是你喜欢相关题材，以及你玩过一代。 （当然，我对一代的评价和这个一模一样，除了没有“，以及你玩过一代”。）

The highs and the lows. I had kept this game in my library for more than a year before playing it, simply because I had loved the first episode so much (until the last hour) and wanted to save episode 2 for a time i could fully immerse myself in the world of Nicolas Eymerich again, without interuption. That day came and I have completed part 2. The second episode hits some amazing heavens, but also falls into disappointment. The beginning is fabulous, explaing clearly the scenario where we left off from episode one/ The degredation of the inn and then the village is depicted perfectly and for the first 3 hours, the setting was absolutely sublime. The grahics are stunning and our great hero continues his amazing quet to cleanse the filth around him. The village is stunning and the puzzles are interwoven seamlessly into the plot. OK. Now mild spoiler alert.... I was absolutely astonished and gripped when Father Nicolas dealt with the village in the most amazing and satisfying way possible. If you know the greatest quote in the true religion stated by the esteemed Arnaud Amalric, you will see Nicolas Eymerich also staing it in this game to a rousing graphical depiction. From what had transpired in the previous 2 hours, anyone will fully understand the elation it brings. I can categorically state that this was the best moment of computer gaming I have ever had. I have always quoted this amazing sentence when I have personally spoken against the left-wing filth that has invaded our church today and against the invasion by the abominable creed of Islam that has continued to steadily destroy our formerly wonderful continent of Europe. It is a truly magnificent moment to see the grat Nicolas Eymerich state it. Well, then the story goes downhill as we meet another character and he then goes into a dream state that takes absoltely ages to plough through. If only we could keep a focus on Nicolas Eymerich and hear nore of his teachings, rather than have to wade through these tedious dream scenarios. So, after this game I have ordered the teachings of Nicolas Eymerich from amazon, though in Italian, and can't wait to read more. I am looking forward to episode 3, but hope we can focus on the noble life of Nicolas Eymeric rather than a kind of science fiction that much of ep. 2 turned into.

Eccezionale. E lo dico nonostante ho fatto a botte con alcune imperfezioni tecniche e beccato un paio di bug verso la fine del gioco, che mi hanno tenuto bloccato, ma fortunatamente risolti riavviando il gioco. I due episodi di Eymerich mi hanno intrigato ed esaltato come pochi giochi, a cominciare dalle premesse stuzzicanti de La Peste fino a raggiungere livelli esponenziali di goduria ne Il Villaggio. L’unico vero difetto è la natura ad episodi, ma credo che questi primi due meritino di essere giocati a prescindere, senza stare ad aspettare il completamento della serie (che mi auguro avverrà, prima o poi). Menzione speciale per il doppiaggio italiano (c’è anche il doppiaggio in Latino!), con delle voci davvero caratterizzanti e in grado di restituire tutta la putrescenza e morbosità che l’ambiente di gioco necessita. Ambienti altrettanto validi, che trasudano corruzione da ogni pixel e descrivono un medioevo realistico, grezzo, con una forte senso di abbandono e sfacelo. Insomma, un mondo in cui sguazzare, privi di qualsiasi baluardo morale. E poi c’è Nicolas Eymerich. Un personaggio per cui ogni parola è superflua. E situazioni che metteranno a dura prova il pelo sullo stomaco. E strilli di neonati [spoiler]bicefali[/spoiler] come colonna sonora. Basta o devo continuare? In finale, auguro ai confratelli avventurieri, una felice immersione nei sordidi segreti e nelle fetidi propaggini del male, in quel di Calcares. E al rogo i detrattori. Amen! :D

Just like the Holy Inquisition was a black spot in the history of mankind, due to convicting innocent people to death, TIconBLU convicts its own game to be nothing more than a black spot in the history of adventure games. A disastrous second part of an interesting opening chapter.

i liked the series the only problem is there is no news about book 3

Tο παιχνίδι μοιάζει ν’ ακολουθεί τη μοίρα της Ιεράς Εξέτασης, στην οποία ανήκει κι ο πρωταγωνιστής του. Όπως εκείνη αποτέλεσε μαύρη σελίδα στην ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας συχνά καταδικάζοντας αθώους πολίτες, έτσι κι αυτό καταδικάστηκε απ' τους ίδιους τους δημιουργούς του ν’ αποτελέσει ένα μελανό σημείο της ιστορίας των adventure game και τίποτα παραπάνω. Just like the Holy Inquisition was a black spot in the history of mankind, due to convicting innocent people to death, TIconBLU convicts its own game to be nothing more than a black spot in the history of adventure games. A disastrous second part of an interesting opening chapter. http://www.ragequit.gr/reviews/item/nicolas-eymerich-the-inquisitor-book-ii-the-village-pc-review