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Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life

Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life is an adventure game full of challenging puzzles requiring wits and logical thinking. Experience the exciting, compelling story featuring Sylvie Leroux, a young…

80 10 December 2009 ESRB T

Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life is an adventure developed by City Interactive S.A., released 10 December 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life is

Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life is an adventure game developed by City Interactive S.A. and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Virtools Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

When knowledge becomes lethal. Find the legendary Tree of Life, which grants immortality to whoever tastes it’s fruits. Your search will lead you across the channels of Venice, through the dark alleys of Cairo and further into the unknown. Chased by ruthless assassins, you will have to solve ancient riddles and face a power that eludes the rules of logic.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 3,2 GHz, Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2 GB RAM and GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) or Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life launched on 10 December 2009, within three weeks of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII and Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

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Quick answers

Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life — frequently asked questions

When did Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life come out?
Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life was released on 10 December 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life?
At minimum, Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life needs Intel Pentium 4 3,2 GHz, Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2 GB RAM, GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) or Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870) graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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