The Abbey

Unfortunately, it is impossible to play this game on Windows 10. The reason is - developers used a lot of Spanish letters in game files naming, in example ñ. The game won't even start if you would not fix one of such letters. But there are literally hundreds, if not thousands such files, so you cannot fix them all. Even though the game looks great, it should not be sold on Steam in such a condition. Refer to forums for details, you've been warned.

pros + well drawn hand-painted background graphics + story based on The Name of the Rose and it's quite intriguing. you're investigating some murders in abbey + there are some nice orchestral musics + generally good quality voice acting + interesting side characters + well made cinematics + there is a map for fast travel but interestingly you can't use nighttime + well written dialogues cons - slow paced - few puzzles, with little variety or challenge - characters can't run and slowly walk everywhere - game buggy. i couldn't finish game because of a inventory bug. - there is no auto save - there are no steam achievements - there are no cards - lack of a button which shows hotspots causes pixel hunting After 2.5 hours of playing without save, game is frozen. i had to stop game's exe with task manager and i lost my all progress. despite intriguing storyline, lack of fun puzzles and slow pace make this game tedious. i really don't want to play again same parts. therefore i give thumbs down for this game.

Fun point and click adventure. My biggest gripes were the slow moving character walk speed. That wasn't a huge issue the more familiar you become with the map. I used hints online a handful of times to complete the game, but that didn't feel too much to me. Most of the time i had the general idea of what i needed to be doing, just needed help figuring out exactly what to click. I think i would have been able to complete the game with 0 guide, it just would have added a few more hours to my time. Plot was kinda confusing along with keeping all the names straight, but they spell it all out for you in the final scenes. Overall i had a good time playing it. Been sitting in my steam library for literally a decade and I'm glad i finally played it.

Classic point & click adventure game where you investigate a series of murders in an abbey. As usual you need to speak with everyone, collect, combine and use objects in order to move with the story. There are a couple of very easy puzzles along the way that shouldn't block you too long if you have the needed objects in your inventory. The graphics are gorgeous for the period, all dialogues are voiced. My only grip is the walking speed in some screens, however you can usually double click to skip a scene or use the map through the M key for direct teleportation. Pay attention that a remaster / director cut edition of this game is sold on Steam for half the price, may be better to grab it but I didn't play myself so I can't compare.

A good mystery, however it is very very slow. The characters are interesting and you want to know what happens but you really need patience to get anywhere.

This is a game from the 2000s, so it has no hints/highlighting, it has a clunky inventory and the graphics may look a bit dated. Once you look past these, it's a decent title if you're P&C adventure games. It puzzles are not particularly challenging but they're logical. You'll get a few decent hours out of this.