The Da Vinci Code

by 2K Games

Product Features

• Uncover the ultimate treasure in this exciting murder-mystery game
• Combination of adrenaline-pumping stealth and frantic chases and combat
• Explore detailed environments; discover hidden clues in world-famous locations
• Solve a wide variety of challenging physical and intellectual puzzles
• New experiences and locations not visited in the book or film

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E65H80
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 15, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,320 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Da Vinci Code is a game based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel & Ron Howard's film. A strange murder at Paris' museum, the Louvre, leads two investigators to a great secret hidden in the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci. Explore massive conspiracies and shadowy groups -- while solving mysteries and puzzles that go beyond anything you have seen or read. Elude danger and stay one step ahead of an enemy that will stop at nothing to protect their secret.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Puzzle lovers, your game has arrived!, May 22, 2006

By 

David K. Fried (Huntington Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Da Vinci Code (CD-ROM)

The majority of this game involves solving word puzzles of every variety so take the advertisments telling you it's an "Action"/Adventure title with a grain of salt. There's anagrams and actual cryptography, as well as tile puzzles and research puzzles. If you don't like to read and you hate learning, you probably won't like this game. If you're a hardcore Christian who believe every word of the bible must be true word for word, you're going to be upset by some of the very subversive stuff you'll find in this game.

For you puzzle lovers. This is your game. Even the combat is a form of twitch puzzle gaming, where you have to hit the buttons in the right sequence to defeat your opponent. I'm not the greatest at the combat, but it does have a very cinematic feel to it in the way they handle the camera and as long as your reflexes are fairly quick, it won't stop you from progressing. In most cases you can avoid combat by using stealth and hiding in shadows. If you're particularly sneaky, you can even knock out the guards without them having a chance to attack (sneak behind them and back attack). That's actually pretty fun.

The artistry is simply amazing. If you've never been to Westminster Abbey or St.Sulpice, this is probably the closest you'll ever get without actually going there. The renditions of the locations are nothing less than superb.

If you're a big fan of literature and history, you'll also enjoy this game. It's filled with small paragraphs about everything from the Canterbury Tales to the lost books of the bible (all located in your Visual Database). Of course, you have to earn that information by solving puzzles, avoiding combat and occasionally defeating opponents.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Can't play game and no support response, June 27, 2006

By 

C. Meylan "Adventure gamer" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Da Vinci Code (CD-ROM)

I bought this game and tried to install on my Dell notebook (which I play many full-graphic games with) but I couldn't even play. While the first mission's loading, the game shut down and I've got the message...

EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
(Slayer) Exception address e86aa20
[5, Map_PostInit, 0xFFFFFFFF]
IMAGE HELP STACK:
ITriggerVisualDatabase::GetSingleton+9930
MAP FILE STALKWALK:

...I uninstalled and reinstalled but the same message kept coming. I tried to install on my desktop and still the same. I thought maybe it's the error of the DVD so I went back to the shop and claim to get a new one. After I tried installing, always the same problem so I gave up and claim my money back from the shop. However, I wrote to the support to ask about the problem, no reply. Now I think I won't buy this game anymore, it doesn't worth my time and money, just got me mad. I hope the others won't be unlucky like I was.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars JUNK! DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY! WON'T INSTALL!, November 9, 2006

By 

J. Kolmetz (Williamsville, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Da Vinci Code (CD-ROM)

I have to add my voice to all of those who say that I couldn't install this game on either one of my "new in 2006" Windows XP Computers. What a joke! I was really looking forward to playing a good puzzle/adventure game. I called the tech support guys and was told "too bad... it's your problem." The stores won't take back opened software, so I'm stuck with a useless brand new game. If you're looking for a fun game that will run on a newer but not "latest video card" computer, try "Barrow Hill." It was just spooky enough, with lots of things to solve.