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In Memoriam (video game)
Encyclopedia
In Memoriam is an adventure
video game for Windows
and Macintosh
. It uses alternate reality
-style gameplay, in which the player receives e-mails from other in-game characters, including the game's main antagonist. The player needs to find information and clues to the games' puzzles on the Internet
, both from real websites, and from specially-created websites that have been mixed in with other "real-world" domains.
The agency then decides to release the CD-ROM to the public in the hope of finding out what happened to Jack and Karen. This is where the player comes in.
In 1971, a beach goer accidentally witnesses the murder of Dr. Volker, Karen's father. Years later, Jack Lorski randomly purchases the video camera with the film still inside. Tracking down Karen, the two decide to track down the killers. It turns out a group called Manus Domini, a solar cult, murdered Dr. Volker to prevent him from releasing the "cursed codex" of the Nag Hammadi. The Phoenix in turn, is murdering the members of Manus Domini, in order to fulfill the initiation ritual of Giordano Bruno, whom he claims to be the reincarnation of. After realizing he is being tracked by Karen and Jack, he kidnaps them both in order to bring attention to the murders, and reveal the existence of Manus Domini.
Upon completing the primary games, the player is given the opportunity to play a game with the Phoenix for Karen's and Jack's life. Regardless of the outcome, a member of SKL, the paper investigating Jack's disappearance, hacks the Phoenix's site and locate Jack and Karen, who are found and rescued.
was produced, and was released in France in September 2006. On July 14, 2006, The Adventure Company
announced it was to bring the sequel to the US under the name Evidence: The Last Ritual. The game was released on October 17, 2006.
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
video game for Windows
Microsoft Windows
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and Macintosh
Macintosh
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. It uses alternate reality
Parallel universe (fiction)
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-style gameplay, in which the player receives e-mails from other in-game characters, including the game's main antagonist. The player needs to find information and clues to the games' puzzles on the Internet
Internet
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, both from real websites, and from specially-created websites that have been mixed in with other "real-world" domains.
Plot
The game centers around the disappearance of journalist Jack Lorski, and his young female companion, Karen Volker, in Europe while investigating a series of bizarre murders. Some weeks later, the agency they work for receives a package containing a CD-ROM. On this CD-ROM is a mixture of disturbing footage and reports made by Jack, but also some other data including puzzles and messages, created by someone referring to themselves only as "The Phoenix."The agency then decides to release the CD-ROM to the public in the hope of finding out what happened to Jack and Karen. This is where the player comes in.
In 1971, a beach goer accidentally witnesses the murder of Dr. Volker, Karen's father. Years later, Jack Lorski randomly purchases the video camera with the film still inside. Tracking down Karen, the two decide to track down the killers. It turns out a group called Manus Domini, a solar cult, murdered Dr. Volker to prevent him from releasing the "cursed codex" of the Nag Hammadi. The Phoenix in turn, is murdering the members of Manus Domini, in order to fulfill the initiation ritual of Giordano Bruno, whom he claims to be the reincarnation of. After realizing he is being tracked by Karen and Jack, he kidnaps them both in order to bring attention to the murders, and reveal the existence of Manus Domini.
Upon completing the primary games, the player is given the opportunity to play a game with the Phoenix for Karen's and Jack's life. Regardless of the outcome, a member of SKL, the paper investigating Jack's disappearance, hacks the Phoenix's site and locate Jack and Karen, who are found and rescued.
Sequel
An expansion, titled The 13th Victim, was produced and released in late 2005. A sequel, entitled In Memoriam 2: The Last RitualEvidence: The Last Ritual
In Memoriam 2 is an adventure game for Windows platform, and is notable for its Alternate Reality-style gameplay, in which the player receives e-mails from other in-game characters, including the game's main antagonist, as well as being asked to find a lot of information and...
was produced, and was released in France in September 2006. On July 14, 2006, The Adventure Company
The Adventure Company
The Adventure Company, is a publishing label of Nordic Games. It is formally a division of DreamCatcher Interactive but was sold to Nordic Games in 2011 following DreamCatcher's parent JoWooD Entertainment being sold after entering administration.-History:...
announced it was to bring the sequel to the US under the name Evidence: The Last Ritual. The game was released on October 17, 2006.