Memento Mori

by Got Game

Product Features

• There are puzzles to solve, NPCs to meet and interrogate, objects to collect, and many locations to explore.
• Decisions made while playing influence the rest of the game and will result in one of eight different endings.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001KQA2SI
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: July 29, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,520 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Memento Mori is a classic person point & click

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!!, July 10, 2010

By 

Kyle Joseph Mullin (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Memento Mori (DVD-ROM)

Wow! I just got done playing this game, and I must say, I thought it was fantastic! Yes, the game had some shortcomings, but overall I found it to be a very enjoyable game. It starts off at a VERY slow pace, but perservere through the somewhat boring parts and eventually the story will suck you in and not let you go. I'm not going to give away anything about the game, as it should be a surprise (especially any of the eight endings!) I don't have the most powerful computer, but the game was still able to run decently for me. I thought the graphics in the game at times could have been done better, especially the close up shots of the main characters. Also it seemed like towards the end, the dialogue was not matching the characters movements. They would be speaking but their lips wouldn't move. However, this only detracted from the game slightly. I have played several other mystery games, including some Nancy Drew titles (I'm a twenty five year old male, by the way), but I wanted something more adult. This was definitely it. If you are the type of person who becomes easily frustrated with a slow plot pace, where things get revealed bit by bit, this game may not be for you. However, if you like a good story with layers of complexity, where things become known like peeling away an onion, this is for sure your game. The locations in the story were beautiful as well as the cut scenes in the game. Definitely worth getting I would say, if you are an adult and you have patience. Like I said, the story starts off slow, but then sucks you in and won't let you go. Overall, excellent game. No complaints here.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solving mysteries under pressure, European-style, April 18, 2011

By 

kpsting "Katarsis" (New York) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Memento Mori (DVD-ROM)

Firstly, I'm not really up to date with adventure games, last time I've played one was some 15 years ago. I'm fairly familiar with RPGs, MMOs, etc.

Here the controls are very simple but limited, basically a mouse is used for pointing & clicking while the Tab key highlights what things visible on the screen can be interacted with. Double clicking on an object or on the ground makes execution of a respective action faster within the confines of the system (entering/exiting buildings, etc.)
The two main characters and other NPCs are sufficiently well animated and voice acting is good all around. Player's control over them is very limited and amounts to clicking various elements on the screen and watching them respond to these commands. No WASD key functionality here.

My first observation was that 3D graphics in Memento Mori (MM from now on) are pretty good but camera movement is practically non-existent. You can't just move around and look at something from an angle that is the most convenient and it is kind of like watching a movie or a theatre play or even a still picture (sometimes) than playing an interactive game. I'm assuming this aspect of adventure games didn't change much since that last time I've played one.

Most sequences (or scenes) in MM push the story forward but some are basically a filler that have nothing to do with the plot, like setting up a chromatograph at Interpol HQ or an elaborate sequence of actions amounting to heating up a pot of water with an antique oven just so your character can wash his face.

It is evident that certain goals could be achieved with different alternative means and tools in the characters' arsenal but unfortunately the system doesn't aknowledge such variations. In other words there is no redundancy, if the game tells you to contact someone you have to call her but can't instead write an email even though it would have been entirely possible (and vice versa)

The game is very linear and as far as I could tell you have to do things in an exact and predetermined order to move the plot forward, even though some things could be anticipated and in theory a prior action could have been taken to prepare for them down the road and, most importantly, to limit running around. There are some moments where the cause-effect rule is thrown out the window altogether in favor of a more `cinematic experience'... for example your character needs to make an obviously useless phone call to trigger next sequence which itself has nothing to do with him making that phone call.

There are some hard puzzles, and I admit I gave up twice and looked up the solutions on the internet. Hard is fun, of course. Unfortunately in the first case I knew what to do and, IMO, had all the available tools to do it but the game apparently wanted me to do that in a very specific way, which I couldn't find out by myself.
The thinking puzzles are fun; the practical puzzles could have more redundancy in them.

While the mystery in MM was quite nice and interesting, the constant running between same old places and forced slow repetition (both due to rigid gameplay system and limited controls) were not.

4.0 out of 5 stars minor classic, July 13, 2011

By 

LBL (-) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Memento Mori (DVD-ROM)

every now and then you get a hunch that a game with just average rating from magazines/websites/users may be actually good and you turn out to be right..well this is one of them
finally a solid, solid story accompanying great graphics and good voicework - if like this reviewer you have no time for cartoonish adventures then you have to play this game - the story and the final are so good that they should shoot a movie based on MM
my only gripe is that the game would often crash strenge as nobody has reported problems however my pc eats Crysis for breakfast so I wonder what is going on here...regardless I can recommend MM heartily, a minor classic in my view next to Overclocked the excellent in recent times