The Messenger

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• These objects are called Satan's Keys, and must be located and destroyed before they are used
• As you explore a deep, dark underground tunnel, you will be propelled through different time periods
• Use stealth, logic, and your high-tech weaponry to solve the intrigues and mysteries that surround you, and awaken the past to save the future!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000059WIG
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 13, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,460 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

In The Messenger, you play a Secret Service agent looking for four enchanted object hidden deep within the Louvre

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The plot thickens till goopy., July 13, 2002

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Poookie (Granada Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Messenger (CD-ROM)

This is a PG-13 game. With lewd comments and implied sex scenes, it's not for kids . I was okay with it, but I got a bit embarassed when my son asked me why the wagon was rocking and why the character left his clothes outside the wagon for Morgana to steal. You also have to kill people ruthlessly by ambush, often them seemed innocent guards. The plot is pretty dumb, and even though it is unusal the hero is female, everyone goes on, and on about it in the cut scenes. The misogyny got to me after a while. She ain't no Lara Croft, her dialogue was annoying rather than clever. There are ample opportunities to die throughout the game. There is no automatic save if you quit, so save often!

Aside from that, the game has awesome graphics, but no "warp" mode like in Myst/Riven. The background sound was also too obviously looped. You get around clumsily by using a map in your inventory. The cut scenes have really bad sound quality (French speakers faking English accents) and after a few times I wanted to hit the space bar whenever I saw them coming on. They should have put a captioning option in there. Perfume urn sounded like "Peersfum Yeeern" As you get items, things that you would use them for or people who would react to them will appear in places you thought you had finished. The puzzles are easy, but not logical. Why would I use a crossbow on one lock and then later use acid, and then later use a spell if they all look the same? Also there is a really boring dictaphone that provided few clues to drone through. It was like Uncle Morty's slide show of his vacation through Hell. Then there were the magic chests to store your inventory. Heck, if my pockets had limited space, but all I had to do was to fly via map to the next chest and all my stuff would be in there, why didn't they just make my pockets bigger? Where's the suspense in that.

I hated swapping CDs. Wish there was a complete install option (I have the storage space) to avoid swapping copy protected disks midway.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, June 21, 2001

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H. McConnell "Dresden Fan" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Messenger (CD-ROM)

Very addictive game. Hours of play as nothing is easy. Interesting use of different timezones for one location. Not quite as unfocused as Riven as you know what you are trying to find, but just as much requirement to look into every nook and cranny. Puzzles come in different formats, including some very complex ones. Highly recommended.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good game; pretty bad programming, February 12, 2003

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Karen Anne Webb (Centerville, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Messenger (CD-ROM)

I've read the other reviews and can't disagree with most of what's been said. I actually liked the story (I think I've played every game in existence that features the Templars as a part of the plot) and found the integration of the aspects of the Louvre's development into the game play a nice touch. As others have mentioned, this is one of those games that, like Syberia, went for looks rather than character development or truly challenging puzzles. My big problems with the interface were that a) there are only eight save slots (and you do tend to get creamed without warning now and again) and b) the inventory management feature that only lets you cart around eight things: even Zork 1 allowed you to carry more stuff around. Also, I ran into one section where you could screw up so badly (again, not since the days of Zork 1 has this happened) you effectively had to start that time period all over again. I play these games with my little boy (5), so I have to admit I didn't like that the viewpoint character has to kill now and again (I think this is the reason for the rating, although there's some bawdy dialogue) but the tricky twist at the end did start us on an interesting discussion about the origin and persistence of good and evil.