The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is an adventure game which takes place in Italy in 1522, 3 years after Leonardo Da Vinci's death. It is not the same as the action/adventure game titled after…
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is an adventure developed by Elektrogames, released 12 May 2006 on iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Mobile.
What The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is an adventure game developed by Elektrogames and released in 2006. It was published by Coladia Games. It is available on iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Mobile.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The artist and inventor Da Vinci bequeathed all of his technical notes to his student and scholarly companion, Francesco Melzi. You play the role of Melzi's apprentice, Valdo, who is sent to Da Vinci's home to find his secret notebook. Once gaining entrance to Da Vinci's residence, there are many obstacles in his way including the artist's own inventions and the puzzles that go along with them.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript launched on 12 May 2006, within three weeks of Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money and Heroes of Might and Magic V. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money, Heroes of Might and Magic V.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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